896 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 424

shall also have the power to discharge any employee;
subject to the approval of the said County Commissioners.

The said Roads Engineer shall appear before the County
Commissioners on their first regular meeting in each
month, or oftener if required by said Commissioners, and
make a full and exact statement to them of all work done
or contemplated and the cost thereof. He shall also on
or before the fifteenth day of October in each year submit
to the County Commissioners a statement showing the
expenditures to date and the estimated expenditures for
the balance of the calendar year for the construc-
tion, reconstruction and repair of roads and bridges
and for the purchase, repair and operation of
road machinery and equipment, for all salaries,
wages and expenses, and other expenditures in connection
with the duties of his office. At the same time he submits
the above statement he shall also submit a proposed budget
for the approval of the County Commissioners for the
succeeding calendar year; for the purpose of giving the
Commissioners the necessary information to enable them
to estimate the County levy for roads and bridges for the
succeeding calendar year. The County Commissioners
shall publish this statement and budget, or as much thereof
as may be necessary to appraise the residents of the
County of the contents thereof, in one or more County
papers published in Harford County. He shall in no calen-
dar year expend a greater amount of money than has been
appropriated for the construction, reconstruction or repair
of roads or for the purchase of materials or machinery
without first obtaining a written order from the said Com-
missioners so to do.

The said Roads Engineer shall examine and certify to
the correctness of all bills and accounts for work and
materials furnished for any of the roads and bridges, or
for any other construction or repair work done by the
County under his supervision; also all expenditures for or
in connection with the purchase, repair, maintenance or
operation of any of the aforementioned machinery or
equipment; also for all supplies purchased for any of the
above mentioned purposes. He shall have the power to
purchase materials necessary for the proper performance
of his duties where the amount of such purchase does not
exceed Two Hundred and Fifty ($250. 00) Dollars, but he
must submit the vouchers for the same to the County Com-
missioners for their approval before the said bills are paid.
If the amount or estimated amount of said purchase is in
excess of Two Hundred and Fifty ($250. 00) Dollars he
must first secure the approval of the said County Com-