WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1365

mileage of county roads in all the counties, but such share
shall not be less than the amount the county would have re-
ceived from the former "One and One-half Cent Lateral Road
Gasoline Tax Fund" as apportioned under Section 9 of Article
89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943 Supplement),
if said Section 9 had not been repealed by this Act, and to
that end the respective shares of all counties shall be adjusted
proportionately as may be necessary. From the share so deter-
mined, the State Treasurer shall deduct the amount, if any,
allocated to a municipality under the next succeeding sub-
division (b) hereof. The resulting share shall constitute the
county's share for the purposes of this section.

(b) If any municipality which is authorized by law to con-
struct or maintain streets or roads shall request the State
Treasurer in writing not later than thirty days prior to the
beginning of any State fiscal year for its share of the funds
distributable under this Section, the State Treasurer during
such fiscal year shall allocate for the account of such munici-
pality a portion of the share as first determined in Sub-section
(a) hereof of the county within which the municipality lies.
Such portion shall be determined by the proportion which the
total mileage of county roads in the municipality bears to the
total mileage of county roads in such county. The portion so
determined shall be the municipality's share for the purposes
of this Section.

(c) The mileage proportions required by Sub-division (a)
and, when applicable, by Sub-division (b) of this section shall
be computed by the State Roads Commission as of June 30,

1947. for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1947, and recomputed
as of December 1, 1947, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,

1948. and as of December 1 of each year thereafter for each
next succeeding fiscal year. To assist the Commission in
making such computations, the County Commissioners of the
respective counties and the appropriate officials of such mu-
nicipalities as may have requested a share under said Sub-
division (b), shall, not later than December 31 of each year,
beginning with December 31, 1948, make a report to the Com-
mission, in the form required by it, showing the mileage added
to the county roads within such counties or municipalities
during the twelve months period ending on the preceding
December 1.

(d) The State Treasurer, upon warrants of the Comptroller,
shall pay over each county's share to or on the order of the
proper officials thereof as designated by local law, or, in
the absence of such designation, to the County Commissioners,
at monthly intervals or at such other appropriate times as
may be reasonably requested, or, in the case of a county