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road company or railroad companies interested in the hearing, shall be
given by publication of a notice in a newspaper or newspapers circulating
in the municipality or municipalities, or in the county or counties in which
the crossing or crossings to which such hearing relates may be located; such
newspaper or newspapers to be designated by the State Roads Commission.
Such publication shall be at such intervals and for such period of time as
said Commission shall deem reasonable; and shall be directed generally
"To Whom it May Concern, " give notice of the time and place of hearing
and describe generally the object of such hearing.

Provided, that no contract shall be entered into, or any money expended
by the State Roads Commission for the elimination of any grade crossing,
or crossings until after the execution by the particular railroad company
affected of a contract with the State Roads Commission on behalf of the
State of Maryland whereby said railroad company shall engage and obli-
gate itself to pay or to secure the payment of, one-half the cost of elimi-
nating such grade crossing, or crossings, nor until such contract has been
submitted to and approved by the Attorney General of this State.
See notes to sec. 13.

1931, ch. 539, sec. 21.

21. The State Roads Commission is hereby authorized and directed to
ask for bids and enter into contracts in the usual form for the construction
of all bridges, archways or culverts, including the approaches to such
bridges, archways or culverts, which may be required to be constructed in
the elimination of such grade crossings as it may from time to time, under
the provisions hereof determine to eliminate, said contracts to be made in
the name of the State Roads Commission and to contain and be subject to
the same provisions now required by law for contracts for the construction
of public roads.

1931, ch. 539, sec. 22. 1933, ch. 223, sec. 22.

22. One-fourth of the expense of the maintenance and repair of all
bridges, archways or culverts, including the approaches to such bridges,
archways or culverts, which may be required to be constructed in the
elimination of any grade crossing, shall be paid by the company or com-
panies operating such railroad. The other three-fourths of such expenses
shall be defrayed by the State Roads Commission. All of the details with
respect to such maintenance and repair shall be determined by the State
Roads Commission, whose power and duties relating thereto shall be sub-
ject to all of the provisions of the aforegoing sections concerning notice,
hearing, penalties, enforcement of orders, etc., so far as the same may be
practicable. ¹

1931, ch. 539, sec. 23.

23. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect or limit the
powers vested in or duties imposed upon the County Commissioners of the

¹ Sec. 2, ch. 223, of acts of 1933 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to extent
of such inconsistency.