1348 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 560

SECTION 1. Be it enacted 'by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 152 of Article 10 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Dorchester
County", sub-title "Board of Estimates", be and it is here-
by repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

152. The revenue derived from all of the sources thereof
shall be devoted absolutely to the paying and defraying the
the said estimates in detail and the said ten per cent, of
the aggregate of estimates or whatever part of the same
that may be levied, shall be used only for emergency pur-
poses, provided that the Board of County Commissioners
shall have authority to transfer any unexpended balance in
any estimate to any other estimate, provided that the total
expenses for all budget estimates for the fiscal year shall
not exceed the total revenue derived from all sources, and
provided further that the Board of County Commissioners
shall have authority to receive any additional revenue
from any source other than the annual levy and expend
the same for any estimate, or for any purpose not included
in said estimates.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts
of laws, whether public local or public general, inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act, be and they are hereby
repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 16, 1947.

CHAPTER 560.
(Senate Bill 359)

AN ACT to provide for the financing, planning, constructing
and maintaining of public roads in the State; to amend
Section 241 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1939 Edition), title "Licenses", sub-title "Gasoline
Tax", to impose a license tax with respect to motor vehicle
fuel of five cents per gallon, which shall include gasoline
taxes imposed under prior laws, to repeal Section 242 of
said Article 56 of said Code (1943 Supplement), as amended
by Chapter 755 of Acts of 1945, and Section 243 of said