QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. 1071

SEC. 230H. Whenever any person or persons shall desire to
improve any public road in said county to any extent beyond
that contemplated by the County Road Engineer, he or they
may make application to the County Commissioners by peti-
tion, setting forth the location of the road to be improved, the
extent and character of the improvement, and the probable
cost thereof; and the said County Commissioners shall there-
upon order tile County Road Engineer to examine the location
and purpose set forth in the petition; and if he shall be of the
opinion that the public interest will be promoted thereby, he
shall report his determination to the County Commissioners,
setting forth his reasons for such determination, and an esti-
mate of the costs of such improvement; and if the County
Commissioners shall approve the report of the said County
Road Engineer, they shall direct the expenditure of any
amount, not to exceed one-half the total of said estimate, to be
paid out of the road levy or of other moneys belonging to the
county; provided, that the petitioners for such improvements
shall first pay into the treasury of the county an amount not
less than one-half of said estimate; all of said money to be
expended under the direction of the County Road Engineer.

SEC. 230i. It shall not be lawful for the County Commis-
sioners to open any new public road in Queen Anne's County
until they shall have such proposed road surveyed and platted
by the County Road Engineer and an estimate in writing made
by him of the cost of building such proposed road, including
necessary bridges on the same, and any such new public roads
which the County Commissioners may hereafter decide to open
shall be built under control and direction of the County Road
Engineer, and shall not be accepted and paid for by the
County Commissioners until the County Road Engineer has
certified to sajd County Commissioners that the said road has
been built according to the contract and specifications signed
by the contractor, if such road is built by contract.

SEC. 230j. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners
of Queen Anne's County, whenever the office of County Road
Engineer shall become vacant by death, resignation or removal
from office, to appoint, within sixty days from the date of such
vacancy, some person in the same manner and with the same
qualifications as prescribed in Section 230c of this Act to fill
said office of County Road Engineer for the residue of the
period of six years for which the person so dying or resigning
or so removed from office was appointed.

SEC. 230K. Whenever the County Road Engineer shall find
it necessary to open an outlet or watercourse through private
property in Queen Anne's County to secure proper drainage