34 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 119B-1. The County Commissioners of Howard County
shall at the time of making their annual levy, levy upon the
taxable property of said County a sum not less than Twenty-
one Thousand Dollars, to be used in the districts of said County
according to the mileage of each district which shall be used
for the building, repair and reconstruction of public roads and
bridges in said County, which taxes shall be levied and collected
as are other County taxes. The said County Commissioners may
appropriate or levy such other sum or sums of money as they
may deem requisite for building of new bridges and opening
new roads, and for repairing and reconstructing public roads
and bridges in said County. All of the taxes levied and col-
lected under the provisions of this Section shall be disbursed
by the said County Commissioners upon the roads and bridges
in said County, and in the manner hereinafter provided for
and in no other.

119C-1. The County Commissioners of Howard County
on or before the first day of May, in the year nineteen hundred
and fourteen and every second year thereafter, shall appoint
some competent person as County Road Superintendent, for the
term of two years, who shall have had at least two years prac-
tical experience in constructing, building, maintaining and re-
pairing roads in Howard County, and who shall have the au-
thority and right, by and with the consent of the County Com-
missioners, to employ such civil engineer as in his judgment
he may deem prudent and wise; the compensation of such
engineer to be agreed upon by, the Road Superintendent and the
engineer prior to said engineer's employment. Said County
Road Superintendent shall reside in Howard County during his
employment as such County Road Superintendent. He shall
receive a compensation of twelve hundred dollars annually,
payable monthly. Said County Road Superintendent shall qual-
ify within thirty days after his appointment by the County
Commissioners by subscribing to the oath as required by Article
1, Section 6, of the Constitution of the State of Maryland, and
upon such qualification shall execute in favor of the County
Commissioners of Howard County a corporate bond in the sum
of one thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his du-
ties. In case of vacancy in the office of said County Road Super-
intendent caused by death, resignation or otherwise, the County
Commissioners shall within thirty days appoint some competent
person having the above qualifications as County Road Superin-
tendent for such unexpired term caused by such vacancy.