MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 951

panies, gas, water and electric light companies, and similar
uses thereof as the said County Commissioners may consider
necessary for the proper protection of said roads, streets, ave-
nues, lanes, alleys and bridges of the county, and the rights of
the public therein, and shall impose reasonable penalties for
the violations of all such rules and regulations, and make other
necessary provisions for the enforcement thereof, and shall
have the right from time to time to change or alter the same.
and all such rules and regulations when adopted and recorded
in a book or books kept for the purpose, shall have the force
and effect of municipal ordinances regularly adopted by au-
thority of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland; the
Constables of the county shall be charged with the duty of en-
forcing all such rules and regulations; and, in addition to the
other methods of enforcing compliance with such rules and reg-
ulations, , said County Commissioners shall have the right to
apply to the courts of equity of the State for an injunction to
enforce compliance therewith, in which case it shall not be nec-
essary to make other jurisdictional averment than the threat-
ened breach of such rules or regulations; and said courts shall
have jurisdiction to grant such injunctions on such allegations
being made. A certified copy of any such rules and regula-
tions shal be deemed proper evidence of the same in any of
the courts of this State. The said County Commissioners, in
connection with the performance of their duties under this
Act, shall have power to require any party or corporation with
whom a contract is made to do work, or to furnish supplies or
materials, to give bond, with surety to be approved by said
Commissioners, for the faithful performance of such contract,
and to require a similar bond of any of the agents or em-
ployees appointed by said Commissioners under the authority
of this Article.

177i. The County Commissioners of Montgomery County
shall, after the passage of this Act, appoint as Montgomery
County Road Superintendent a man of good judgment, having
the necessary technical qualifications and experienced in build-
ing macadam roads f determine the amount of bond which he
shall give; fix his salary, not to exceed eighteen hundred dol-
lars ($1,800) per annum, payable monthly, and may remove
such County Road Superintendent for incompetency, inapti-
tude, malfeasance or misfeasance in office, upon written charges,
after an opportunity to be heard, not less than five days after
the service of such charges. The term of said Road Superin-
tendent for Montgomery County shall be four years, unless
sooner removed, as herein provided; and, in addition to his
salary, he may receive such further allowance for expenses and
assistance as the said County Commissioners may find requisite