The Republican., 1962-03-29

point ana remove SuDOfulndlcS Ill
such departments or offices;
tb) Prepare and submit to the
board of county commissioners at
the end of each fiscal year COM
pletc report on finances and adj
ministrative activities of the coun-
ty for the preceding year as pro-
vided in Section sol of this Code;
tcD Keep the board of county
commissioners advised on the fl
nancial condition and future needs
of the county and make such
recommendation as may seem to
him desirable;
I'd Serve as county purchasing
agent for the purchase of supplies,
materials and equipment for all
county departments and offices.
All purchases or contracts involv-
ing an expenditure of more than
one hundred dollars shall be made
only with the prior approval Of
the board of county commissioners;
(e) Establish, after consultation
with appropriate officials, suitable
specifications and standards for all
supplies, materials and equipment
to be purchased and provided for
adequate inspection of deliveries
to determine compliance with such
specifications and standards;
% Establish and operate a Sys-
TEN of requistions and receipts
covering the furnishing of supplies,
materials and equipment to depart
ments and offices of the county;
(g) Supervise and administer
the County Roads Department, and
in that capacity report to the
county commissioners at every
meeting in which they sit as a
Road Board as provided in Section
68 of this Code;
th) Perform such other admins
trative duties as the office of coun-
ty business manager may dictate
or as may be assigned by the
board of county commissioners.
The county business manager
shall at all times be held RESPONSE
bic for the proper discharge of
his duties, but in the exercise of
such duties. he may delegate to
appropriate officers, engineers
and employees such authority as
he deems necessary to carry out
the duties of his office
The duties of the county business
manager during his temporary alb
sence or disability shall be per-
formed by a qualified administra-
tive officer of the county desig-
mated in writing by the manager,
or by the board of county commits
sioners, by appropriate resolution,
in the event the manager fails to
make such designation.
And be it further enacted, That
Section 68 and Section sol of said
Code and title, sub-titles, respec-
lively, County Commissioners"
and Reports" be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as fol-
lows:
The County Commissioners of
Garrett County are authorized and
empowered to control and regu-
late the public roads and bridges
in said County. subject to the pro-
visions of Article SOB of the An
nOtated Code of Maryland 1889
Edition.; they shall sit as a Road
Board once in each month, and
oftener if deemed by them neces-
sary to the public interest, for the
consideration and determination
of matters relating to county roads
and bridges; and at such meetings
each County Commissioner shall
inform the Board of conditions af-
fecting roads and bridges in said
county, SO far as the same have
come to his knowledge, and the
county business manager shall re-
port to the Board on such matters
relating to the roads and bridges of
the County and to the operations
of the County Roads Department
as the County Commissioners may
from time to time require 1t shall
be the duty of the County Com
miSsiOners to make careful inspec-
ton of the roads and road work in
Garrett County, according to rules
to be adopted by the Board For
the duties imposed by this section,
the County Commissioners shall
each receive a salary of Three
Hundred Dollars (S3O000) per
year, in addition to such salary as
is now provided for them by law
(a) The Board of County Com
missioners of Garrett County shall
publish, during the second month
next succeeding the close of its
fiscal year, an accurate statement
of all receipts and expenditures of
said Board for the preceding year.