The county highway engineer shall have direct supervision over all public roads of the county, and over the road overseers and of the expenditure of all county and district funds made by the road overseers of the county. He shall also supervise the construction and maintenance of all roads, culverts and bridges. No county commission shall issue warrants in payment for road work or for other expenditure by road overseers, or in payment for work done under contract, until the claim therefor has been examined and approved by the county highway engineer.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.220
Supervisory duties (second, third and fourth class counties)
Effective: 28 Aug 1957; (RSMo 1939 § 8662, A.L. 1957 p. 322); Prior revisions: 1929 § 8013; 1919 § 10789; 1909 § 10558
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.