894 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 424

estimation of the value thereof is in excess of Five Hun-
dred ($500. 00) Dollars, shall be submitted to competitive
bidding on specifications prepared by said Engineer and
approved by the County Commissioners; also providing
for the County Commissioners to acquire one or more
buildings for the housing and care of road machinery
and equipment and imposing on said Engineer the duty
of the supervision thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 445 to 448 inclusive of Article
13 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
"Harford County", sub-title "Roads", be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to
read as follows:

445. The County Commissioners of Harford County
may appoint a competent person as County Roads Engineer
for said County, to hold office from the date of his appoint-
ment until his resignation or removal as hereinafter
provided. Upon the filling of the office of the Roads Engi-
neer, the following qualifications, salary, duties, etc.,
pertaining to such office, shall immediately become
effective:

The Engineer must have the degree of Civil Engineer
and experience in bridge and road building, or have had
at least ten years' practical experience in road and bridge
building in a supervisory and executive capacity. The
Engineer shall receive a salary not to exceed Thirty-six
Hundred ($3600. 00) Dollars per year, payable monthly,
and an allowance for traveling and other expenses not to
exceed Five Hundred ($500. 00) Dollars per year.

The said Roads Engineer shall not be liable to removal
from office for any other reason than incompetency or
wilful neglect of duty, or other cause which may impair
his usefulness. He shall not be removed, however, except
after written charges preferred against him, and an oppor-
tunity to be heard in his defense afforded him. Hearings
in regard to his removal from office shall be public, and
there shall be no appeal from the decision of the County
Commissioners.

He shall give bond to the County Commissioners of Har-
ford County conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his
duties and the protection of said County Commissioners
against loss or damage by reason of any act, default,
neglect, false or fraudulent statement of his whatsoever,
in the penal sum of Ten Thousand ($10, 000. 00) Dollars.

The said Roads Engineer shall not be interested finan-
cially in any individual, firm or corporation from which