The county engineer shall be the custodian of all road machinery and equipment, tools, supplies, and repair parts, owned by Coffee County, and shall be accountable to the Coffee County Commission for the same at all times. The Coffee County Commission shall establish necessary policy and regulations governing accountability and relief therefrom. The commission shall furnish the necessary storage and repair facilities for the tools, machinery, supplies, and equipment, and the county engineer shall keep on file in his or her office, at all times, an up-to-date inventory containing a list of all tools, machinery, equipment, and supplies belonging to Coffee County.
Ala. Code § 45-16-130.07 (1975)