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for the year, together with the names of all persons working on
said roads and bridges, and the amount to which each person
is entitled for such work, and which he has certified as correct,
which report shall be made on or before the fifteenth day of
June for the year ending on the thirty-first day of the preced-
ing May; and in the making of said report he shall be allowed
the services of a stenographer and typewriter, to be paid by the
County Commissioners a sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars
for his services. The said County Road Engineer shall not be
interested directly or indirectly in any firm or corporation from
which anything shall be purchased for the use of said roads and
bridges, or receive any commissions on said purchase.

230F. The County Road Engineer shall annually on
the first Monday in May appoint by and with the advice and
consent of the Board of County Commissioners district road
supervisors, but not more than one supervisor in any election
district of Queen Anne's County, who shall be paid such wages
or salary as the County Commissioners may prescribe; and it
shall be the duty of said district road supervisor to take charge
of and manage the work on the public roads and bridges in the
district for which he is appointed, subject to the control and
direction of the County Road Engineer, or the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners and he shall perform such other duties as the
County Road Engineer or the Board of County Commissioners
may prescribe, and may be removed at any time by the said
County road Engineer or the Board of County Commissioners.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and the same
being passed upon a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths
of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the Gen-
eral Assembly, shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 18, 1927.

CHAPTER 105.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown
to retire pension chauffeurs, tillers and drivers of the Fire
Department of said City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown are hereby
empowered and authorized, whenever in their discretion the