TALBOT COUNTY. 4637

receiving five days' notice in writing of the time and place of such hear-
ing; 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 by the County Commissioners of his removal and the cause
therefor, whose decision shall be final.

1912, oh. 638, sec. 171D.

411. The said County Road Engineer shall reside in Talbot county
during his term of office, and shall have entire charge, control and super-
vision of the working, repairing and reconstructing of the public roads
and bridges of Talbot county. He shall have charge of all teams, ma-
chinery and implements used by him on the roads and bridges of Talbot
county, and of any conveyance for said engineer which the county com-
missioners, in their discretion, may at any time purchase or acquire. He
shall employ and discharge such labor, teams and implements as he may
deem necessary for the maintenance, repair and construction of said roads
and bridges; provided, that he shall not employ any person at a greater
compensation than one dollar per day unless authorized in writing by
the County Commissioners. He shall at the first meeting of the County
Commissioners in each and every month file a statement, duly certified,
of the work done in the preceding month, together with a statement show-
ing amount due to each person for labor, teams and implements employed
by him in the preceding month, which amounts shall be at once due and
payable; and the County Commissioners shall make no payment for work
on the county roads unless the bills therefor shall be approved by the
County Road Engineer.

He shall not contract for the expenditure of a greater amount on the
roads and bridges of said county in any one fiscal year than the amount
levied by the County Commissioners for the purpose, without obtaining
the permission in writing of said commissioners.

He shall make requisition to the County Commissioners and furnish
specifications for all material, supplies, feed, teams and implements to
be purchased by the County Commissioners for use in the repair and
construction of roads and bridges, and the County Commissioners shall
make no payment unless the bills for the same shall be certified as cor-
rect by him; and to that end the specifications shall set forth that all
material furnished by any person, firm or corporation shall be subject to
the approval of the said County Road Engineer.

He shall make annually, in writing, a detailed report to the commis-
sioners, which report shall be published by the commissioners within
thirty days after filing same with them by the County Road Engineer,
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 15th day
of July for the year ending on the first day of July; and in making of