PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 469

114. The County Commissioners of Wicomico County shall,
at the time of making their annual levy, levy upon the assess-
able basis of said county a tax of not less than twenty cents
on the hundred dollars, which shall be used exclusively for the
building, repairing, reconstructing and maintenance of the pub-
lic roads, bridges and drains in the said county, which taxes
shall be levied and collected as are other county taxes. The
said County Commissioners may appropriate or levy such other
sum or sums of money as they may deem requisite for the above
purpose and building new roads, bridges and drains in said
county. All of the taxes levied and collected under the pro-
visions of this section shall be disbursed by the County Com-
missioners on the roads, bridges and drains in said county in
the manner hereinafter provided.

115. The County Commissioners of Wicomico County shall,
on or before the first Tuesday of June succeeding the passage
of this act, as hereinafter provided for, appoint some competent
person who shall have a sufficient knowledge of civil engineer-
ing and road construction to enable him to accurately make
surveys, plats, profiles and specifications for the grading, drain-
ing, maintenance, repairs and reconstruction of public roads
of the said county; and also to do the necessary engineering
work for the building or rebuilding of bridges; and who shall
have had at least two years' experience in road engineering
work, to be known as "County Road Engineer for Wicomico
County," at a salary of not less than fifteen hundred nor more
than two thousand dollars a year, payable monthly; and, in
addition thereto, a sum, not exceeding three hundred dollars
annually, to cover all actual and necessary expenses incurred by
him in discharge of his official duties hereunder; and the said
County Road Engineer shall hold office for four years from
the first day of June, 1912, unless sooner removed for cause
as hereinafter provided; and the County Commissioners shall
make such appointments without any reference whatever to
the political opinions of the person so appointed.

116. The said County Road Engineer shall not be liable to
removal from office for any reason other than immorality,
incompetency or wilful neglect of duty, and then upon the
sworn complaint of ten or more resident taxpayers of Wicomico
county, to be filed with the said County Commissioners, or upon
complaint by the clerk of the County Commissioners, filed by
their direction ; and every such complaint shall state specifically
the nature and character of the charges preferred, of which due
notice shall be given the said County Road Engineer; and if
the said County Commissioners, after hearing such charges, at