ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 327

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 pur-
poses 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 immedi-
ately published by the County Commissioners for two succes-
sive weeks in one or more newspapers published in Baltimore
County. On or before the first day of December in each year
said Baltimore County Roads Engineer shall submit a written
report, supplemented with plats as he may see fit, to the County
Commissioners of Baltimore County, which report shall em-
brace 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 construction, and the estimated cost of each item, and
what proportion of the road money is for new construction, and
what proportion is for maintenance and repairs, and what pro-
portion of each fund is set apart and reserved for salaries, inci-
dentals and contingencies, in detail. Notice of the filing of
said report 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
said report and containing a notice that said County Com-
missioners will hold not less than three meetings, naming1 the
time and place thereof, during said month of December for the
purpose of receiving and hearing recommendations, suggestions
or objections of any taxpayer of Baltimore County in regard to
any matter or thing contained in said plan. Said County Com-
missioners at the conclusion of the last of said meetings and on
or before the first day of January thereafter, shall have power
to change, alter or modify said comprehensive plan of said
Road Engineer, but said comprehensive plan as submitted or as
changed, altered or modified by said County Commissioners on
or before said first day of January, shall be binding on said
County Commissioners during the ensuing fiscal road year and
it shall be the duty of said Roads Engineer to see that said
plan is carried out in every particular.