470 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 331]

which the Engineer and the parties making complaint shall be
entitled to be represented by counsel and to produce any com-
petent testimony, shall find that said County Road Engineer
is immoral, incompetent or has been guilty of wilful neglect
of duty, it shall be their duty to immediately remove said
County Road Engineer from office; but either party to such
hearing shall be entitled to an appeal from the decision of said
County Commissioners to the Circuit Court for Wicomico
County; provided, that such appeal is taken within five days
thereafter; and when such appeal shall be made in writing, it
shall be the duty of the clerk to the County Commissioners to
at once file all papers, with the ruling of the County Commis-
sioners, with the clerk to the Circuit Court for said county,
and the clerk to the Circuit Court shall place said appeal on
the Appeal Docket of said Court, which appeal shall be heard
de novo without the intervention of a jury in recess or term
time; and the Court shall fix a date for hearing of said appeal,
of which date the appellant and appellee shall have at least five
days' notice, and the clerk shall issue subpoenas for witnesses,
and the Court may affirm or overrule the action of the County
Commissioners as to removing or not removing said Engineer
and may award costs. But if the order of the County Commis-
sioners removing such Engineer, shall be affirmed, then in such
case the said Engineer shall not be entitled to receive any salary
from the date of the order of the County Commissioners from
which such appeal is taken. Pending an appeal where such
Engineer has been removed the County Commissioners may
employ another engineer with the same duties as by this article
provided for the Road Engineer.

117. The County Road Engineer shall reside in Wicomico
county during the term of his office, and shall have entire
charge, control and supervision of the working, repairing and
reconstructing of the public roads, bridges and drains in Wicom-
ico county, and shall make all specifications for the building of
new roads, roads and bridges.

He shall employ such help, teams and implements as he may
deem necessary for the working, repairing and reconstructing
of said roads, bridges and drains, to be paid by the County
Commissioners. He shall have charge and control of all teams,
carts, wagons and other machinery and implements which may
be purchased by the County Commissioners for the use of said
roads. He shall not work out or expend on the roads, bridges
and drains of said county a greater amount in any one fiscal
year than the amount levied by the County Commissioners for
the purpose, without obtaining the permission in writing of said