ALBERT G. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 21

condition and requirements of the county generally and make
such special'examinations "and report as the County Commis-
sioners may require. He shall have full power to suspend
work being done by contract if the same is not in his judg-
ment being done according to the contract and the County
Commissioners when work is done by contract shall make no
payment except upon, the written certificate of said Roads
Engineer that said work has been done in conformity with
such contract. Said Engineer shall annually on or before
the first day of February in each year make a written report
to said County Commissioners and to the Maryland Geological
Survey covering the condition of the county roads and the
improvements that have been made in each district in the
twelve months ending on the last day of the preceding Decem-
ber, showing the amount and kind of material used on each
road with a detailed statement of its cost and the amount
and cost of labor on each road and the amount of money ex-
pended for road purposes in each district. Said report shall
contain a concise statement of the amount of money expended
in each district and for what items, which concise statement
shall be immediately published by the County Commissioners
for two successive weeks in one or more neswpapers pub-
lished in Baltimore County. On or before the first day of
December in each year said Baltimore County Roads Engi-
neer shall submit a written report, supplemented with plats as
he may see fit, to the County Commissioners of Baltimore
County, which report shall embrace a comprehensive plan of
road and bridge work, repair and construction in Baltimore
County for the ensuing fiscal road year, showing as closely
as may be the several district funds, and the general road and
bridge fund and other available funds and how they are to
be expended and on what roads and bridges, naming them,
and the character in detail of the repairs and new construc-
tion, and the estimated cost of each item, and what proportion
of the road money is for new construction, and what propor-
tion is for maintenance and repairs, and what proportion of
each fund is set apart and reserved for salaries, incidentals
and contingencies, in detail. Notice of the filing of- said re-
port embracing said comprehensive plan of road work for the
ensuing fiscal; road year shall be published by the County
Commissioners in such newspaper or newspapers as they may
see fit, the first publication within one week of the filing of