BALTIMORE COUNTY. 731

been approved by the County Commissioners is discharged by him, he
shall immediately notify said County Commissioners in writing of his
action and of his reason or reasons therefor. He shall make no purchase
except on a written and signed requisition filed with him in duplicate.
One copy shall be retained in his office. When the amount of the purchase
does not exceed1 $250 he shall make the same and immediately present
the bill for the same with the other copy of said requisition attached, to
the County Commissioners for payment. When the amount of the pur-
chase will in his judgment exceed $250 he shall first present one copy of
said requisition to the County Commissioners for their approval and said
Commissioners shall immediately act upon the same and when approved
by them in writing said purchase shall be made after requesting bids,
therefor, and the bill for said purchase, together with the requisition
approved by said County Commissioners with a memorandum of the bids
received attached thereto, shall be immediately presented by said Roads
Engineer to said County Commissioners for payment. Bills shall be paid
promptly with a view of securing the largest possible discount. Requi-
sitions, receipted bills and all other original papers and accounts shall be
preserved in the office of the County Commissioners and be open to the
inspection of any taxpayer of Baltimore County. The Baltimore County
Roads Engineer shall inspect the roads and bridges of the county as often
as may be necessary to thoroughly familiarize himself with the condition
and requirements of the county generally and make such special examina-
tions and report as the County Commissioners may require. He shall
have full power to suspend work being done by contract if the same is
not in his judgment being done according to the contract and the County
Commissioners when work is done by contract shall make no payment
except upon the written certificate of said Roads Engineer that said work
has been done in conformity with such contract. Said engineer shall
annually on or before the first, day of February in each year make a
written report to said County Commissioners and to the Maryland Geolog-
ical Survey covering the condition of the county roads and the improve-
ments that have been made in each district in the twelve months ending
on the last day of the preceding December, showing the amount and kind
of materia] used on each road with a detailed statement of its costs and
the amount and cost of labor on each road and the amount of money
expended for road purposes in each district. Said report shall contain
a concise statement of the amount of money expended in each district
and for what items, which concise statement shall be immediately pub-
lished by the County Commissioners for two successive weeks in one or
more newspapers published in Baltimore County. On or before the first
day of December in each year said Baltimore County Roads Engineer
shall submit a written report, supplemented with plats as he may see fit,
to the County Commissioners of Baltimore County, which report shall
embrace a comprehensive plan of road and bridge work, repair and con-
struction in Baltimore County for the ensuing fiscal road year, showing
as closely as may be the several district funds, and the general road and