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Public Roads.

27.

See notes to art. 16, sec. 1. of Constitution.

As to throwing refuse on public highways of Prince George's and Montgomery
Counties, see art. 27, sec. 475A.

1927, ch. 205.

27A. Whenever the State Roads Commission shall determine that any
laud or bridge, acquired by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, in con-
nection with the State's system of roads and highways, is not necessary or
desirable in the maintenance of said system of roads and highways, or
whenever, by reason of the re-location of any road or bridge by the State
Roads Commission, any land or bridge ceases to be used in the State's sys-
tem of roads and highways, the State Roads Commission, with the consent
and approval of the Board of Public Works, shall be vested with full power
and authority to dispose of such land or bridge. Deeds for the transfer of
any property disposed of under this section shall be executed by the Chair-
man of the State Roads Commission and the Board of Public Works. In
the event of a sale of such property, the proceeds shall be accounted for and
remitted by the State Roads Commission to the State Treasurer, who shall
create a special fund thereof, to be used for the construction, reconstruc-
tion, maintenance and repair of the State's system of roads and highways,
in accordance with appropriations thereof made by the General Assembly.

28.

State Roads Commission held authorized to dispose of Conowingo bridge and
relocate same. Mandamus. Implied powers. Meaning of "maintain" Parties
to agreement. Acts 1910, ch. 116. Huffman v. State Roads Commn,. 152 Md. 575.

To second note to this section, page 2828, vol. 2, of Code, add Brady v. Road
Directors, 148 Md. 500 (involving condemnation by road directors of Allegany
County).

This section referred to in construing sec. 29—see notes thereto. Libertini v.
Schroeder, 149 Md. 494.

See notes to sec. 50.

1929, ch. 125.

28A. In all proceedings in which the State Roads Commission seeks
to obtain property by condemnation under Sections 203 to 209, inclusive,
or Sections 331 to 337, inclusive, of Article 23 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (Edition of 1924) where any owner or owners is or are not
known, it shall be lawful to describe such owner or owners as the unknown
owner or owners, or the unknown heir or heirs of a deceased owner, and
notice shall be given to such unknown persons by publication as notice is
provided for in the case of non-residents in Section 204 of Article 23 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (Edition of 1924); and when such no-
tice is given by publication, it shall have the same effect as if the said
unknown owner or owners had personally appeared and answered in the
said condemnation proceedings.

See art. 23, sec. 154. As to condemnation in general, see art. 33A.