1176 ARTICLE 89B.

and approaches thereto, until said purchase price or cost of erection and
interest thereon is fully paid, provided that thereafter such bridges and
approaches shall be free of tolls.

1931, ch. 539, sec. 42.

42. The State Roads Commission of Maryland is hereby authorized
and empowered to provide for the payment of one-half of the cost of repair,
operation and maintenance of such bridge or bridges and approaches
thereto, if such bridges are acquired or erected as hereinbefore provided,
from funds appropriated for the maintenance of roads and bridges in the
State highway system, provided the State of West Virginia shall pay the
other half.

1931, ch. 539, sec. 43.

43. The State Roads Commission of Maryland is hereby authorized
and empowered to enter into any and all agreements not inconsistent with
this Article, deemed by it necessary to carry out the purposes thereof, both
for acquiring and erecting such bridges and approaches, paying therefor,
and for the repair, operation and maintenance thereof, provided there shall
be incorporated in such agreement with the State of West Virginia a
covenant on its part that no effort will at any time be made by the State
of West Virginia or any sub-division thereof to levy, assess or collect any
tax upon the interest or title of the State of Maryland or any political
sub-division thereof in either such bridges or the approaches thereto.

1935, ch. 189.

43A. The permission and sanction of the State of Maryland is hereby
given to the United States of America for the erection of a bridge across
the Potomac River at Great Falls, Maryland, at such point as may be
deemed desirable; provided, however, that the entire cost and expense of
the same be borne by the United States.

The Secretary of State is hereby ordered and directed to send a certified
copy of this Act to the Governor of the State of Virginia, to the Presi-
dent of the United States and to the proper Congressional Committees.

CHESAPEAKE BAT BRIDGE.

1931, ch. 539, sec. 44.

44. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Company, a corporation duly created
and existing under the general laws of this State, is hereby authorized to
construct a bridge over the Chesapeake Bay from a point in Baltimore
County near the mouth of Back River, to a point in Kent County between
Rock Hall and Tolchester Beach, together with appropriate fills, ap-
proaches and appurtenant structures, and to maintain, operate, repair and
rebuild the same.