ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 381

written and signed requisition filed with him in duplicate.
One copy shall be retained in his office. When the amount of
the purchase does not exceed $250 he shall make the same and
immediately present the bill for same with the other copy of
said requisition, attached, to the County Commissioners for
payment. When the amount of the purchase will in his judg-
ment exceed $250 he shall first present one copy of said requisi-
tion to the County Commissioners for their approval and said
County Commissioners shall immediately act upon the same
and when approved by them in writing said purchase shall be
made by said Roads Engineer, after requesting bids therefor,
and the bill for said purchase, together with the requisition
approved by said County Commissioners with a memorandum
of the bids received attached thereto, shall be immediately pre-
sented by said Roads Engineer to said County Commissioners
for payment. Bill shall be paid promptly with a view of secur-
ing the largest possible discount. Requisitions, receipted bills
and all other original papers and accounts shall be preserved in
the office of the County Commissioners and be open to the in-
spection of any tax payer of Baltimore County. The Balti-
more County Roads Engineer shall inspect the roads and
bridges of the county as often as may be necessary to thorough-
ly familiarize himself with the condition and requirements of
the county generally and make such special examinations and
report as the County Commissioners may require. He shall
have full power to suspend work being done by contract if the
same is not in his judgment being done according to the eon-
tract and the County Commissioners when work is done by
contract shall make no payment except upon the written certi-
ficate 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 Mary-
land Geological Survey covering the condition of the county
roads and the improvements that have been made in each dis-
trict in the twelve months ending on the last day of the pre-
ceding December, 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 expended for road purposes in each district. Said re-
port 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 Com-
missioners for two successive weeks in one or more newspapers