3306 ARTICLE 89B

1931, ch. 539, sec. 43.

59. 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.

60. 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 Tails, 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 BAY BRIDGE
1931, ch. 539, sec. 44.

61. 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.

Secs. 61-73 referred to in construing secs. 102-121. Public Service Comm. v. Md.
Bay Co., 176 Md. 67.

1931, ch. 539, sec. 45.

62. Said bridge shall be a highway bridge for vehicular traffic and the
driveway of said bridge shall be of a width of at least twenty (20) feet and
that said bridge shall be constructed with at least two draws suitable for the
passage of vessels, one of which draws shall be located in the main
channel of said Bay and shall be at least two hundred (200) feet in width,
and the other of which draws shall be located at a convenient point on the
western side of the main channel and shall be at least forty (40) feet in
width; and that before said Company shall undertake the construction of
said bridge the plans and specifications thereof, including the specifications
of the draws to be included in said bridge, shall be submitted to and
approved by the State Roads Commission.

1931, ch. 539, sec. 46.

63. Said Company may agree with the owners for the land, water
rights, or other property and for the earth, stone or other material neces-
sary for the construction, protection, maintenance, repair or rebuilding