570 ARTICLE 91.

than sixty-five thousand dollars, then such amount as shall exceed said sum
of sixty-five thousand dollars shall be contributed equally by the counties
of Harford and Cecil.

See sec. 93, et seq., and notes to sec. 28.

36.

See notes to sec. 28.
38. Repealed by ch. 327 of the Acts of 1927.

Grade Crossings.

1927, ch. 327, sec. 38A.

38A. Whenever a State highway and any railroad, worked by steam.
or other power, cross each other at the same level and it shall appear to the
State Roads Commission that such crossing is dangerous to public safety,
or that the public travel on such way is impeded thereby, the State Roads
Commission may alter such crossings by substituting therefor a crossing
not at the grade of such public highway, either by carrying such public
highway under or over such railroad, or by reconstructing such railroad
under or over such public highway, or by vacating, relocating or changing;
the lines, width, direction or location of such highway and the opening of
a new highway in the place of the one ordered vacated, provided, however,
that whenever the Commission deems it advisable, the Commission may
order the company or companies operating such railroad to make such
alterations, changes, relocation and/or opening, within such time as the
Commission may fix, and according to plans to be approved by the Com-
mission.

As to railroad corporations, see art. 23, sec. 194, et seq.

As to the loan of 1924 for bridges and grade crossings, see sec. 90, et seq.

See art. 23, sec. 240.

See sec. 26.

1927, ch. 327, sec. 38B.

38B. One-half of the expense of such alterations, changes, relocation
and/or opening, including damages to adjacent property, shall be paid by
such railroad and one-half by the State Roads Commission. When two or
more railroads use such crossings, each shall bear its proper proportion of
the railroad's share of the expense, such proportion to be determined by
the State Roads Commission.

The Mayor and City Council of Cumberland is authorized and empow-
ered to advance to the State Roads Commission out of any surplus now in
its hands from its General Improvement Bond Issue of 1920, or from any
other surplus now in its hands, or from any money which may now be
owed it, such sum as may be necessary, not exceeding one-half of the
amount which the State Roads Commission will be required to pay as its
proportionate share, for the purpose of altering, in the manner provided in

¹ Through inadvertence this section was omitted in the 1924 edition of the Code.