EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 599

charge preferred, and of which due notice shall be given the
said County Road Engineer; and if the County Commission-
ers, after hearing said charges, at which the Engineer and the
parties making the complaint shall be entitled to be repre-
sented by counsel and to produce any competent testimony,
shall find that said County Road Engineer is incompetent or
has been guilty of neglect of duty or misconduct in office, it
shall be their duty to immediately remove said County Road
Engineer from office, but either party to such hearing shall be
entitled to an appeal from the decision of said County Com-
missioners to the Circuit Court for Kent County; provided
that said appeal is taken within five days thereafter, which
appeal shall be heard de novo by said Court at its next regular
term, without the intervention of a jury, and if the said Court,
after hearing all the evidence, shall find that the said County
Road Engineer is incompetent or has been guilty of neglect of
duty, it shall pass an order removing said engineer from office,
in which case the said Road Engineer shall not be entitled to
receive any salary from the date of the order of the County
Commissioners from which said appeal is taken.

167e. The County Road Engineer shall reside in Kent
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 Kent County
and the purchase of the material thereof, and shall make all
specifications for the building of new roads and bridges, and
shall see that no obstruction, hindrance or injury is or shall be
permitted upon any road or bridge under his supervision as
aforesaid. He shall employ such help, teams and implements
and contract for and purchase such material as he may deem
necessary for the working, repairing and reconstructing said
roads and bridges, to be paid by the County Commissioners;
provided, that he shall not employ any person or per-
sons to be paid a greater amount than one and one-half dol-
lars per day, without first obtaining the written 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.