1162 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 555

ated in the State Budget. He shall maintain an office in
the City of Baltimore, open daily, except Sundays and legal
holidays.

Any person, in order to be eligible to appointment as
State Engineer, must have had at least ten years of prac-
tical experience in the designing and erection of buildings
of all kinds and must have such knowledge of the mechani-
cal equipment therein as will enable him to determine the
efficiency of all installations thereof therein.

129. There shall be appointed for two years by the
Governor, a Senior Assistant State Engineer and he shall
be an electrical engineer who has had at least ten years of
practical experience in his profession and who has a knowl-
edge of building construction and design sufficient to en-
able him to assume the duties of the State Engineer in his
absence. He shall receive a salary of three thousand
($3, 000. 00) dollars per annum, payable monthly, and his
term of office shall begin simultaneously with that of the
State Engineer. He shall be subject to removal by the
Governor for official misconduct or incompetency, and
shall hold office until his successor is appointed and quali-
fied. He shall devote all his time to the duties of his of-
fice and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to
him by the State Engineer.

130. There shall be appointed by the Governor a Junior
Assistant State Engineer. He shall be a sanitary engi-
neer who has had at least ten years of practical experi-
ence in his profession and who shall be able to design
plumbing fixtures and to supervise the installation of all
classes thereof. He shall receive a salary of two thousand
five hundred ($2, 500. 00) dollars per annum, payable
monthly, and shall perform such duties as shall be as-
signed to him from time to time by the State Engineer.
In all other respects the provisions of Section 129 shall
apply to him and his office.

131. It shall be the duty of said Department of Mechani-
cal Engineering to make, in each fiscal year, a complete sur-
vey of all physical properties of the State such as conditions
of the mechanical equipment and repairs necessary, and to
make, at the end of each fiscal year, a written report of its
activities, including said survey during the preceding fiscal
year. The report shall contain a list in detail of all such me-
chanical properties of the State, shall indicate changes there-
in made during said period, as well as all additions to, or
diminutions of, the same, and shall contain an accurate