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and signature of plats, drawings, deeds or other documents by the
roads engineer, chief sanitary engineer or other subdepartments of
the department of public works, the same shall be subject to re-
assignment by the director of public works with the approval of
the county to any division which may be created for the purpose of
consolidating such operations as design, drafting, construction, in-
spection, maintenance operations, land acquisition, etc., in the in-
terest of efficiency and economy.

1-5. Supervision of director of public works over engineering
questions, etc.

The director of public works shall have supervision over all en-
gineering questions and over all matters concerned or connected
with any and every public improvement in the county or else-
where, made by the county or any department, office, board, com-
mission or agency thereof, and all plans and specifications of such
public improvements shall be submitted to the director of public
works and be subject to his approval.

1-6. Additional duties of director; authority to reverse, alter or
amend his decisions.

The director of public works shall perform such additional duties
as may be required of him by the county and the county shall have
full and complete authority to reverse, alter or amend in any way,
any decision of the director of public works.

1-7. Authority of director of public works to assign or reassign
work of sub departments.

The director of public works shall have the power to assign and
reassign to and take from the subdepartments of the department
of public works the performance of any duties or the exercise of any
powers incident to the conduct of the department of public works
as may seem to the director of public works to be necessary and
proper, and whenever it seems advisable, from time to time to
transfer duties and powers from one subdepartment to another sub-
department, and from time to time to retransfer the same, in
whole or in part.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 630
(House Bill 1490)

AN ACT to add new Section 160A to Article 77 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Public Educa-
tion," subtitle "Chapter 14½. Employee Organizations," to follow
immediately after Section 160 thereof authorizing the Board of
Education of Prince George's County to negotiate with organiza-