866 SURVEYOR AND STATE SURVEY. [ART. 91

Old Government Post Road.

1912. ch. 370, sec. 9. 1912, ch. 749, sec. 13.

32 C.* The State Roads Commission of Maryland are hereby author-
ized and directed to survey, repair and reconstruct about ten (10)
miles of that road known as the Old Government Post Road, which
proceeds eastwardly from the town of Perryville by Principio and
North East to the town of Elkton, all in Cecil county, and to utilize
in this repair and reconstruction sand, clay and gravel in their proper
proportion, with oyster shells or. any other proper materials for sub-
drainage; to construct or erect culverts where required; to regrade to
a grade of not more than seven per cent, where the grade is now exces-
sive, and to generally build and construct a first-class road eighteen
feet wide with the materials named.

1912, ch. 370, sec. 10. 1912, ch. 749, sec. 14.

32D. The State Roads Commission of Maryland have full author-
ity and right to widen, straighten or alter this road and condemn or
take any property necessary therefor in the same manner and under
the same law or laws as they are now authorized to use in widening,
altering or condemning for State roads.

1912, ch. 370, sec. 11. 1912, ch. 749, sec. 15.

32E. The State Roads Commission be directed to keep a careful
and accurate record of the cost of this road in its detail of construction
and maintenance, and so soon after the completion thereof as is possi-
ble, to report to the Governor of Maryland in full details, with other
matters of interest in connection with this construction.

1912, ch. 370, sec. 13. 1912, ch. 749, sec. 16.

32F.* The State Roads Commission be directed to begin construc-
tion at the earliest date that the conditions of the weather permit, and
this road so constructed and improved shall become a part of the State
Roads System and maintained as are other State roads.

1912, ch. 370, sec. 12.

32G. The sum of $40,000 be appropriated and set aside, 'and
the Treasurer of Maryland be directed to place this sum, to be known
as the "Old Government Post Road Repair Fund," to the credit of the
State Roads Commission of Maryland for the above-mentioned pur-
pose, as set forth in sections 32C, 32D and 33E.

*Sections 32C to 32F are enacted in substantially the same language both by
the act of 1912, chapter 749, sections 13 to 16, and by the act of 1912, chapter
370, sections 9 to 11. and section 13. Chapter 749 is codified because it was
approved later than chapter 370. Section 12 of chapter 370 is codified as section
32G of this article.