ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 647

Mary's County to issue bonds on the credit of said county
to the amount of two hundred thousand ($200,000) dollars
for the repair and construction of public roads and bridges,
the appointment of a Road Engineer by the County Commis-
sioners of said county, and to provide for levying taxes to
pay the interest on said bonds and to redeem the bonds as
they mature," and to add a new section to Chapter 358 of
the Acts of 1920, to be konwn as Section 10A and to follow
immediately after Section 10 of said Chapter, requiring the
County Road Engineer, in addition to his other duties now
prescribed by law, to prepare and keep for public inspection
an anual road construction and repair estimate or pro-
gramme, and to reduce the salary of said County Road Engi-
neer.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 6 and 9 of Chapter 358 of the Acts of 1920
be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments, and that a new section be and it is hereby added
to said Act, to be known as Section 10A, and to follow immedi-
ately after Section 10 of said Act, and all to read as follows:

6. The County Commissioners of St. Mary's County shall,
on or before the first Tuesday in June succeeding the passage
of this Act, and every second year thereafter, appoint some
competent person who shall have a sufficient knowledge of civil
engineering and road construction to enable him to accurately
make surveys, plats, profiles and specifications for the grading,
draining, maintenance, repair and reconstruction of public
roads, bridges or drains of said county; and also to do the
necessary engineering work for the building or rebuilding of
bridges. He shall have had at least two years experience in
road civil engineering work, and shall be known as County
Road Engineer for St. Mary's County. He shall receive an
annual salary of not more than two thousand dollars,
payable monthly; and, in addition thereto, a sum, not to exceed
four hundred dollars per annum, to cover all actual and neces-
sary expenses incurred by him in the discharge of his official
duties hereunder; said expenses to be paid on the proper
vouchers presented to the County Commissioner. The County
Road Engineer shall qualify by subscribing; to the oath as re-
quired in Article One, Section Six, of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, and upon such qualification shall execute
in favor of the County Commissioners a corporate bond in the
sum of five thousand dollars for the faithful performance of