PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 409

lic roads and bridges of the county. The said sum of ten thou-
sand ($10,000) dollars to be provided for shall include the
six thousand ($6,000) dollars hereinbefore annually provided
for, for the maintenance, repair and construction of the public
roads and bridges of said county and no greater amount shall
be levied. All moneys derived from the sale of bonds and all
moneys now levied or hereafter to be levied for the use of the
public roads and bridgs of St. Mary's county under the pro-
visions of this act shall be distributed among the three road
commissioner districts according to the road mileage of the said
commissioner districts.

SEC. 8. The County Commissioners are hereby directed and
required within thirty days from the passage of this act to
sell twenty-five thousand dollars of bonds provided for in this
act, and to pay over to the Board of Road Commissioners as seen
as received, the full amount realized from the sale of said bonds,
the cost of printing and engraving said bonds, advertising the
same, and all other costs attached to the issuing and sale of
said bonds, to be paid by the County Commissioners from the
ordinary county funds, and the said Board of Road Commis-
sioners from the proceeds thereof, to immediately thereafter
purchase road equipment and machinery as follows: One gaso-
line road-roller of minimum weight, not less than eight mules
for each road commissioner district and such harness, split
log-drags, carts, hoes, plows, picks, shovels, scoops, scrapes and
other machinery and equipment as may be necessary for a thor-
ough working of the roads by a sufficient number of men. Pro-
vided, that all moneys received from the sale of the bonds pro-
vided for in this act and all moneys received for wornout or
useless equipment shall be placed to the credit of the Board of
Road Commissioners in some national bank in St. Mary's
county so that interest can be obtained; the same to be known
as a road fund and no part of said fund shall be used for any
other purpose other than the purchase of equipment or machin-
ery, salaries, labor, provender or other running expenses for
the working or building the roads and bridges, and the County
Commissioners of said county are hereby directed to turn over
to said Board of Road Commissioners within twenty days after
the organization of the Board of Road Commissioners all road
machinery, tools and implements in the possession of the County
Commissioners, and the said Board of County Commissioners
are hereby directed and required to turn over to the said Board
of Road Commissioners the usual sum now levied, six thou-
sand ($6,000) dollars, which amount shall be annually levied
as heretofore provided by law for the use of county roads, which.