PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 937

and appropriate such other and additional taxes as they may
deem requisite for the building of new bridges and the open-
ing of new roads and for repairing and reconstructing public
roads and bridges in said county. All the taxes levied and
collected under this act shall be disbursed by the said County
Commissioners for use upon the roads and bridges in said
county in the manner hereinafter provided, and in no other.

SEC. 171A. The County Commissioners shall on or before
the first day pf July, 1912, appoint some competent person to
be known as the County Road Engineer, who shall have a suffi-
cient knowledge of civil engineering to enable him accurately to
make surveys, plats 'and specifications for the grading, draining,
maintenance, repair and reconstruction of public roads and
bridges ia said county, and also do the necessary engineering
work for the rebuilding and construction of bridges and public
roads, and who shall have had at least two years' experience in
engineering work on public or quasi public work or roads, at
a salary of not less than fifteen hundred dollars per year,
payable monthly; and the said County Road Engineer shall
hold his office for four years from the date of his appointment
or until his successor be appointed and qualified, unless sooner
removed for cause as hereinafter provided; and the said County
Commissioners shall make such appointment without reference
to the political opinions of the appointee.

SEC. 171B. The County Commissioners of Talbot County,
whenever the office of County Road Engineer shall become
vacant by expiration of his term of office, death, resignation or
removal from office, shall appoint within sixty days from the
date of such vacancy some person to fill the same, and in the
manner and with the same qualifications as prescribed in sec-
tion 171A of this act, to hold office for four years' from the
July first immediately preceding his appointment.

SEC. 171C. The said County Road Engineer shall not be
liable to removal from office during the term for which he is
appointed for any reason other than incompetency or neglect of
duty upon the sworn complaint of six or more resident tax-
payers of Talbot county. Complaints of such character shall
be filed in writing with the County Commissioners, who shall
set a day for hearing such charges and complaints, at which
hearing the County Road Engineer shall be entitled to be pres-
ent with counsel, after receiving five days' notice in writing
of the time and place of such hearing; and in case the County
Road Engineer shall be removed from his position during the
term for which he is appointed he shall be notified in writing