STATE ROADS. 1159

expenditure shall be made only after seeking recommendations from the
County Commissioners or other duly constituted road or street authorities
and action with respect thereto as hereinafter provided.

Prior to the time each year when the annual tax levy is made in each
county, and upon the second Monday of each year, and thereafter from
time to time, the State Roads Commission shall seek the recommendations
of the County Commissioners or other duly constituted public authorities
of the several counties having jurisdiction over roads and streets thereof
with respect to the following matters, to wit:

(1) What part of the funds allocated to the county under the provisions
of this section shall be expended for the construction of Lateral Roads as
part of the State Road system;

(2) What part shall be expended for the construction, reconstruction,
and maintenance of county roads or bridges or municipal streets;

(3) What part shall be expended for debt service;

(4) What specific roads shall be constructed, reconstructed, or main-
tained under the provisions of this section, and what methods and material
shall be used therein and the estimated cost thereof;

(5) The manner and amount in which funds allocated for the construc-
tion, reconstruction or maintenance of county roads shall be divided and
expended in, upon and with respect to the several municipalities, sections
and roads of said county; and

(6) The base rate of pay to be paid for unskilled labor employed by the
State Roads Commission in the said county in connection with the con-
struction, reconstruction or maintenance of county roads and municipal
streets.

The County Commissioners or other duly constituted public road or
street authorities of the several counties and municipalities shall have the
right to submit at any time, and from time to time, recommendations with
respect to the foregoing.

In the event that the State Roads Commission is not able to concur in
the recommendations of the County Commissioners or other duly consti-
tuted local road or street authorities, it shall notify the recommending
authority in detail as to the reasons why such approval is withheld, and
the recommending authority shall thereupon, if requested, be entitled to a
formal hearing before the State Roads Commission before final action is
taken with respect to such recommendations. ¹

1935, ch. 317.

7AA. The State Roads Commission of Maryland is hereby empowered
and directed to pay the Mayor and Town Council of Lonaconing out of the
funds allocated to Allegany County by the State Roads Commission of
Maryland from the "One and one-half Cent Lateral, County and Muni-
cipal Road Gasoline Tax Fund, " such sum or sums of money as to retire
each year two bonds in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500. 00)

¹ Sec. 4, ch. 465 of acts of 1935 continued in force secs 7A-7F to September 30
1937.