Alabama Code Title 45. Local Laws § 45-36-180.07

The county engineer shall be the custodian of all road tools, machinery, supplies, and equipment of the county, and he or she shall be accountable for the same. It shall be the further duty of the county engineer to inspect all materials, machinery, equipment, and supplies purchased for use on public roads, bridges, and ferries and the garbage system, when the same is delivered, and the same shall not be accepted and paid for without first having been approved by him or her. 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 Jackson County.