HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. • 77

"Roads", as the same was enacted by Chapter 891 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1941 (being the same
section in Higinbothom's Code of Public Local Laws of Har-
ford County), be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

445. The County Commissioners of Harford County shall
on or before the 15th day of June, 1943, appoint a competent
person as County Roads Engineer for said County, to hold
office for four years from the date of his appointment and until"
his resignation or removal as hereinafter provided. Upon the
filling of the office of the Roads Engineer, the following qualifi-
cations, 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 ($3, 600. 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 amount necessary to pay the
salary of the engineer, his traveling and other expenses, to-
gether with all other expenses connected with the operation
of his office, shall, for the balance of the fiscal year 1943, be
paid from the contingent fund, and beginning with the year
1944 and annually thereafter, the amount necessary to pay
the salary of the said engineer, his traveling and other expenses,,
and all other amounts to be appropriated and paid under the
provisions of this sub-title, shall be included in the annual
budget of the County Commissioners and levied and collected
as other taxes for the support of the County Government are
now levied and collected. The engineer so appointed shall hold
office for four years from the date of his appointment and until
his successor is duly appointed and qualified and shall be
eligible for reappointment. In the event of the death or resig-
nation of the said engineer or in the event of his removal as
hereinafter provided, the said County Commissioners shall
appoint a man with the same qualifications for the balance of
the unexpired term.

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 useful-
ness. He shall not be removed, however, except after written
charges preferred against him, and an opportunity 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.