ART. 12.] GARRETT COUNTY. 843

206D, 206E, 206p and 206G, and to provide for the submis-
sion to the voters of the several election districts of said
county separately, when petition is made to the Board of
County Commissioners, whether or not an additional assess-
ment shall be made for roads, on the taxable basis of the
district so petitioning.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205 and 206 of article
12 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Garrett County,"
sub-title "Roads," be and the same are hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments, and that new sections be added
to said article 12, to be known and designated as sections 206A,
206B, 206C, 206D, 206E, 206F and 206G, and that provision be
made for the submission to the voters of the several election
districts of said county separately, when petition is made to
the Board of County Commissioners, whether or not an addi-
tional assessment shall be made for roads, on the taxable basis
of the district so petitioning.

200. The Board of County Commissioners are hereby au-
thorized to appoint annually one road supervisor for each
election district, and to remove any supervisor at any time, at
the pleasure of said board, and appoint his successor.

201. The Board of County Commissioners of Garrett county
shall appoint a road engineer for the county, who shall hold
office for a term of four years, unless removed by a unanimous
vote of the board. Before appointment he must present to the
Board of County Commissioners a certificate setting forth his
competency to perform the work required of him. The board
shall fix his annual compensation, and allowance for expenses,
and determine the amount of bond that shall be required of
him.

202. The road engineer shall have direct and complete
charge and direction of the opening and repair of all roads
and bridges in the county; he shall advise with, and direct
the work of all district supervisors; he shall furnish estimates
and specifications for all new construction or repair to roads
and bridges, and shall supervise their construction whether
done by labor or contract; he shall act as surveyor to the
Board of Viewers, in the opening or re-location of roads or
bridges, and make plats and profiles of the same without extra
charge to the county; he shall care for all tools and machinery
and other material owned by the county, and see that the
same is kept in repair, inspecting all bridges of twenty-five
feet or over in length, at least twice annually; he shall issue
an illustrated book, to be paid for by the county, giving full