858                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 590

time for making the county levy, a rate sufficient to pay the interest
and the proper amount on the principal of any outstanding road
bonds, a rate sufficient to pay the State Roads Commission the
amount due for lateral roads or other plans for state aid for road

purposes, and a rate of not less than fifteen (15) cents nor more

than forty (40) cents on the One Hundred Dollars for county roads

and bridges. TO BE SET BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM-
MISSIONERS, NOT TO EXCEED FORTY (40) CENTS ON THE
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

(b)  The tax so levied and collected within the limits of all incor-
porated towns or cities, together with all other money receivable by
Washington County for road and bridge purposes, including all fines
and forfeitures on account of roads and bridges and all taxes col-
lected on stocks and bonds not apportioned to or assessed in any
district shall be and constitute a fund to be known as the General
Road and Bridge Fund and may be expended for any lawful road
or bridge purpose anywhere in Washington County and for no other
purposes whatsoever.

(c)   When there shall not be sufficient money in the county
treasury set apart as the General Road and Bridge Fund to meet
the demand for an emergency the County Commissioners of Wash-
ington County shall have the power to borrow money not exceeding
$250,000 in one year, on the credit of the county to be paid out of
the road money provided in the next succeeding levy. All bills and
claims on account of roads and bridges in the county shall receive
the endorsement of the Road Engineer before payment and shall be
passed upon by the County Commissioners at a regular or adjourned
meeting, and no such bill or claim involving the expenditure of more
than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and no contract or agree-
ment involving a larger expenditure from the roads funds of the
county shall be allowed or made except by a majority vote of the
said County Commissioners.

(d)  All claims allowed and passed as aforesaid shall be approved
by the President and attested by the Clerk of the said County Com-
missioners and when so approved an order for the amount of same
shall be drawn against the county tax collector who shall pay the
said amount out of the proper funds.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws,
public general or public local, inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of any such inconsistency.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety, and having been passed
by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of the members
elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 28, 1959.

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.

CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.

Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.