484 ARTICLE 2.

in the same districts where levied and collected, and in no other. For the
building of new roads and opening the same, and for the building of new
bridges and for repairing and reconstructing public roads and bridges in
said county, the County Commissioners may, in their discretion, levy or
appropriate such other sum or sums of money as they deem requisite.
All of the taxes authorized in this section shall be levied and collected aa
are other county taxes and shall be disbursed by the County Commission-
ers upon public roads and bridges in Anne Arundel County, and not other-
wise.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 193. 1890, ch. 378. 1898, ch. 531. 1908, ch. 654.
1914 Code, sec. 318. 1924, ch. 67. 1927, ch. 86.

411. The County Commissioners shall, within thirty days after the
passage of this Act, appoint some competent person as County Road Engi-
neer of Anne Arundel County, who. shall hold office from the date of his
appointment or until removed by the County Commissioners of Anne
Arundel County, and who shall receive a salary not to exceed thirty-six
hundred dollars ($3,600) per year, payable monthly, and an" allowance
for traveling expenses not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500). He shall
be a graduate civil engineer, with a degree from an institution of recog-
nized standing; and the County Commissioners shall make such appoint-
ment without reference to the political opinions of the persons so ap-
pointed.*

A. A. Co. v. Carr, 111 Md. 141.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 194. 1892, ch. 645. 1898, ch. 531. 1908, ch. 654.

1914 Code, sec. 319.

412. The County Road Engineer shall not be liable to removal from
office for any other reason than incompetency or wilful neglect of duty, or
other cause which may impair his usefulness, and then upon the sworn
complaint of ten or more resident taxpayers of Anne Arundel County,
to be filed with the County Commissioners, and every such complaint shall
state specifically the nature of the charges preferred, of which due notice
shall be given the County Road Engineer; if the County Commissioners,
after fully inquiring into said charges at a hearing at which the County
Road Engineer and the parties making complaint shall be entitled to be
represented by counsel and to produce any competent testimony shall find
that the County Road Engineer is incompetent or has wilfully neglected
his duties under this Act, they shall immediately remove him from office
and without unreasonable delay appoint another person having the qualifi-
cations hereinbefore provided.

A. A. Co. v. Carr, 111 Md. 141.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 195. 1898, ch. 531. 1908, ch. 654. 1914, ch. 647.

1914 Code, sec. 320.

413. The County Road Engineer shall reside in Anne Arundel County
during the term of his office, and shall devote his entire time to the dis-

*Sec. 2, ch. 86, 1927, repealed all laws Inconsistent therewith.