538 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 376]

mission shall keep accurate .records in detail showing as far
as practicable the cost of maintenance and repair of such roads
under the various systems of maintenance and repair adopted
by it from time to time; the cost and quantities of different
kinds of stone, oil and other materials used in the maintenance
and repair of said roads, and the durability and effects of
traffic of various kinds upon the different types of roads con-
structed, maintained or repaired under the provisions of this
sub-title. And said commission shall embody in its annual
report to the Governor a synopsis of such investigations and
expenditures. The County Commissioners of the several coun-
ties of this State are directed to levy the State taxes to be col-
lected according to law for the year 1913, and annually there-
after, a tax of one cent on each one hundred dollars ($100) to
aid in the maintenance and repair of the State roads, and the
Comptroller of the Treasury shall levy the same tax rate on the
shares of the capital stock of all banks, State and national, and
other incorporated institutions or companies of this State, the
shares of whose capital stock are liable by law to assessment and
taxation, to aid in the maintenance and repair of State roads
in this State. Said taxes shall be collected as other State
taxes are now collected, and shall be paid into the State Treas-
ury, the Comptroller being hereby required to keep the same
separate and distinct, to be known as "The Road Repair Fund,"
said fund to be paid by the State Treasurer upon the warrant
of the Comptroller, to and upon the order of the State Roads
Commission, semi-annually, viz: July 1st and January 1st, in
each year, the money so received by the State Roads Commis-
sion to be used by such commission in the various counties for
the maintenance of State roads.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1912.

CHAPTER 376.

AN ACT to authorize the payment by the Treasurer of the State
of Maryland of certain sums of money to certain laborers,
material men and other persons who furnished labor or mate-
rials or teams or hold certificates of indebtedness for the
furnishing of labor or materials or teams for the construc-
tion of a certain highway in St. Mary's county, Maryland,