856                                 Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 590

be liable to arrest and prosecution at the instance of any road official,
his or their representatives or at the instance of any taxpayer of
the county; and upon conviction of any Trial Magistrate in Wash-
ington County shall be fined in an amount not less than Ten Dollars
($10.00) nor more than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars for each
offense.

(b) Any person arrested under this section shall have the right
to elect that his case be sent to the Circuit Court for trial. All fines
collected under this section shall be paid into the General Road and
Bridge Fund of the County.

525. Road Engineer; removal, duties.

(a)  The Road Engineer of Washington County shall be directly
answerable to the County Commissioners of Washington County
for the faithful and efficient discharge of his duties. The said County
Commissioners may remove him from office and he shall be remov-
able from office by them for wilful neglect of duty, inefficiency, dis-
honesty, conduct prejudicial to the best interests of the county or
such other cause as may impair his usefulness in his administration
of County affairs relating to roads.

(b)  The Road Engineer of Washington County shall be responsible
to the County Commissioners for the proper expenditure of all
money collected, by levy or otherwise, for county roads and bridge
purposes. Subject to the approval of the Board of County Com-
missioners, he shall have power to employ as many and such fore-
men, mechanics, laborers, teams, trucks, crushers, engines, rollers
and other equipment or appliances as he may think necessary for
the proper construction, care, and maintenance of the County roads
and fix the wages or hire thereof; and he shall have control and
supervision of the operation, preservation and repair of all road
making and road maintaining machinery and equipment owned by
the County and also subject to the approval of the County Com-
missioners he shall have the power to appoint as many and such
assistants, inspectors and clerks as he may think necessary and fix
their salaries.

(c)   When the amount of any purchase will in his judgment, exceed
One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) he shall first present a requisition
to the County Commissioners for their approval and the said County
Commissioners shall immediately act thereon, and when approved
by them in writing said purchase shall be made by the said Road
Engineer, after requesting bids therefor whenever in his judgment
the public interest will be better served by his so doing, and the bill
for said purchase, together with the requisition approved by the said
County Commissioners, with a memorandum of any bids received
attached thereto, shall be immediately presented by the said Road
Engineer to the said County Commissioners for payment. Bills shall
be paid promptly with a view of securing the largest possible
discount.

(d)  Requisitions, receipted bills and all other original papers and
accounts shall be preserved in the office of the County Commissioners
and shall be open to the inspection of any taxpayer of Washington
County.

(e)   The Road Engineer of Washington County shall inspect the
roads and bridges of the County as often as may be necessary to