ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 141

pair of all road making and road maintaining machinery and
equipment owned by the County. He shall have the power to ap-
point as many and such assistants, inspectors and clerk as he may
think necessary and fix their salaries, the said salaries to be sub-
ject to the approval of the said County Commissioners. He shall
have the power to arbitrarily discharge any of his employees or
appointees, without the consent of the County Commissioners, but
when any one appointed by him and whose salary has been
approved by the County Commissioners, is discharged by him,
he shall immediately notify said County Commissioners in
writing of his actions and of his reason or reasons therefor.
He shall be the sole purchasing agent of all road supplies, ma-
terials and equipment of every kind for use on the county
roads and bridges. When the amount of any purchase does
not exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250. ) he shall make
the same and present the bill for the same to the County Com-
missioners for payment. When the amount of any purchase,
will in his judgment, exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250. )
he shall first present a requisition to the County Commission-
ers for their approval and the said County Commissioners shall
immediately act thereon, and when approved by them in writ-
ing said purchase shall be made by the said Road Engineer,
after requesting bids therefor whenever in his judgment the
public interest will be better served by his so doing, and the bill
for said purchase, together with the requisition approved by
the said County Commissioners, with a memorandum of any bids
received attached thereto, shall be immediately presented by the
said Road Engineer to the said County Commissioners for pay-
ment. Bills shall be paid promptly with a view of securing 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 shall be open to the in-
spection of any taxpayer of Washington County. The Road En-
gineer of Washington County shall inspect the roads and bridges
of the County as often as may be necessary to thoroughly fa-
miliarize himself with the condition and requirements of the
County in general and make such special examinations and
reports as the County Commissioners may require. He shall
have full power to suspend work being done by contract if in
his judgment the same is not being done in accordance to the
contract and the County Commissioners when work is done by
contract shall make no payment except upon the written cer-
tificate of the Road Engineer that said work has been done in
conformity with such contract. The said Road Engineer shall