QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. 4265

1910, ch. 35, sec. 230C (p. 1068). 1924, ch. 535, sec. 230C. 1927, ch. 104, sec. 230C.

371. The County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County, on or before
the first day of June, in the year nineteen hundred and ten, shall appoint
some competent person to be County Road Engineer for Queen Anne's
County, the said County Road Engineer shall hold his office for the term

of four years from the date of his appointment unless sooner removed for

cause and shall receive a salary not exceeding eighteen hundred dollars
per year, payable monthly; and every four years thereafter or in case
of vacancy in said office, as hereinafter provided, the County Commis-
sioners of Queen Anne's County shall appoint some competent person to
be County Road Engineer of said county, and the said appointment shall
be made without any reference whatever to the political opinions of the
persons so appointed.

1910, ch. 35, sec. 230D (p. 1068). 1927, oh. 104, sec. 230D.

372. The said County Road Engineer shall not be liable to removal
from office for any reason other than incompetency or neglect of duty,
and then upon the sworn complaint of ten or more resident taxpayers of
Queen Anne's County, to be filed with the said County Commissioners.

1910, ch. 35, sec. 230E (p. 1068). 1924, ch. 535, sec. 230E. 1927, ch. 104, sec. 230E.

373. The County Road Engineer shall reside in Queen Anne's County
during the term of his office. He shall inspect and pass upon all material
purchased by the County Commissioners to be used on the roads and
bridges. He shall not work out or expend on the roads and bridges of
said county a greater amount in any one fiscal year than the amount levied
by the County Commissioner for the purpose without obtaining the per-
mission in writing of said County Commissioners. He shall appear before
the County Commissioners at their first meeting in each and every month
and make a statement to them of the work done and money expended.
He shall examine and certify to the correctness of all bills and accounts
for any work done or materials furnished on any of the public roads or
bridges in Queen Anne's County, before the same shall be paid by the

County Commissioners; and said County Commissioners shall make no
payment, until such accounts have been certified by said engineer. He
shall make out annually in writing, a detailed report to the County Com-
missioners of all work done on the county roads and bridges for the year,
together with the names of all persons working on said roads and bridges,
and the amount to which each person is entitled for such work, and which
he has certified as correct, which report shall be made on or before the
fifteenth day of June for the year ending on the thirty-first day of the
preceding May; and in the making of said report he shall be allowed the
services of a stenographer and typewriter, to be paid by the County Com-
missioners a sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars for his services. The
said County Road Engineer shall not be interested directly or indirectly
in any firm or corporation from which anything shall be purchased for the

use of said roads and bridges, or receive any commissions on said purchase.