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order removing said engineer from office, in which case the said
engineer shall not be entitled to receive any salary from the
date of the order of the County Commissioners from which
such appeal is taken.

SEC. 118B. The County Road Engineer shall reside in Cecil
county during the term of his office, and shall have entire
charge, control and supervision of the working, repairing and
reconstructing of the public roads and bridges in Cecil county,
and shall make all specifications for the building of new roads
and bridges. He shall employ such help, teams and implements
as he may deem necessary for the working, repairing and re-
constructing of said roads and bridges, to be paid by the
County Commissioners; provided that he shall not employ any
person or persons to be paid a greater amount than one dollar
and twenty-five cents per day without first obtaining the writ-
ten consent of the County Commissioners, for each person so
employed. He shall have charge and control of all teams,
carts, wagons and other machinery and implements which may
be purchased by the County Commissioners for the use of said
roads. He shall not work out or expend on the roads and
bridges of said county a greater amount in any one fiscal year
than the amount levied by the County Commissioners for the
purpose without obtaining the permission in writing of said
Commissioners. He shall appear before the Commissioners at
their first meeting in each and every month, and make a de-
tailed statement to them of the work done and money ex-
pended. He shall examine and certify to the correctness of
all bills and accounts for any work done or materials furnished
on any of the public roads or bridges in Cecil county before the
same shall be paid by the County Commissioners, and said
County Commissioners shall make no payment until such ac-
counts have been certified by said engineer. He shall make out
annually, in writing, a detailed report to the Commissioners
of all work done on the county roads and bridges for the year,
together with the names of all persons working on said roads
and bridges and the amount to which each person is entitled
for such work and which he has certified as correct; which re-
port shall be made on or before the fifteenth day of July for the
year ending on the thirtieth day of the preceding June; and in
the making of said report he shall be allowed the services of a
stenographer and typewriter, to be paid by the County Com-
missioners a sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars, for such
services. The said County Road Engineer shall not be inter-
ested in any firm or corporation from which anything shall be
purchased for the use of said roads or bridges, nor shall he
receive any commissions on said purchase or purchases.