4916 ARTICLE 22.

condition and requirements of the County in general and make such
special examinations and reports as the County Commissioners may re-
quire. He shall have full power to suspend work being done by contract
if in his judgment the same is not being done in accordance to the con-
tract and the County Commissioners when work is done by contract shall
make no payment except upon the written certificate of the Road Engi-
neer that said work has been done in conformity with such contract. The
said Road Engineer shall annually, within ninety days after the beginning
of each fiscal year make a written report to the said County Commissioners
covering the condition of the county roads and bridges and the improve-
ments that have been made in the twelve months ending on the last day
of the preceding fiscal year. Said report shall contain a concise state-
ment of the amount of money expended from each district fund and from
the General Road and Bridge Fund and for what items, which concise
statement shall be published by the County Commissioners in one or
more newspapers published in Washington County. At least thirty days
before the end of each fiscal year the Road Engineer of Washington County
shall submit a written report or budget, supplemented with plats as he
may see fit, to the County Commissioners of Washington County which
report or budget shall embrace a comprehensive plan of road and bridge
work, repair and construction in Washington County for the ensuing
fiscal year, showing approximately the several district funds, and the
General Road and Bridge Fund and other available funds, how they are
to be expended and the character of the repairs, and the new construction,
and the estimated cost of each item, and what proportion of the road
money is for new construction, and what proportion is for maintenance,
and repairs, and what proportion is set apart and reserved for salaries,
incidentals and contingencies. Notice of the filing of said report, em-
bracing said comprehensive plan of road work for the ensuing fiscal year,
shall be published by the County Commissioners in one or more news-
papers published in Washington County, the first publication to be within
one week of the filing of said report and containing a notice that the said
County Commissioners will hold not less than two meetings, naming the
time and place thereof, during the said thirty day period prior to the end
of the year for the purpose of receiving and hearing recommendations,
suggestions, or objections of any taxpayer of Washington County in regard
to any matter or thing contained in the said plan. Said County Com-
missioners at the conclusion of the last of said meetings and on or before
the first day of the new fiscal year thereafter, shall have power to reduce
or modify any item in the said comprehensive plan of the said Road
Engineer; but the said comprehensive plan as submitted or as reduced
or modified by the said County Commissioners on or before the said first
day of the new fiscal year, shall be binding on the said County Commis-
sioners during the ensuing fiscal year, and it shall be the duty of the said
Road Engineer to see that the said plan is carried out in every particular.
The Road Engineer of Washington County, with the approval of the
County Commissioners, shall be and he is hereby authorized to withdraw
an amount not to exceed 15% of any allowance for any work named in