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and for no other purpose or purposes whatsoever. When-
ever the people of any election district may desire a special
road fund for such district in excess of that provided by the
general rate of tax levied for, they may petition the said
County Commissioners for a special road tax for such dis-
trict, not to exceed twenty cents on the one hundred dollars
of the assessable property of such district, which petition
must represent three-fifths of the taxable basis of such dis-
trict; and when such petition is presented to the said Com-
missioners it shall be determined by them whether to grant
the same or not, provided notice of such petition shall be
given by publication in two weekly newspapers published
in Baltimore County and the taxpayers of the district be
given an opportunity to be heard; and, if granted, the said
Commissioners shall determine what special rate, not
greater than twenty cents on the one hundred dollars of
property in the district, shall be allowed, and it shall there-
upon become the duty of said County Commissioners to
levy for and collect such special tax as other taxes, and
when collected the same shall be used for the exclusive
benefit of the roads and bridges of the election district from
which collected. When there shall not be sufficient money
in the county treasury set apart as General Road and
Bridge Fund to meet the demand for an emergency, the
County Commissioners of Baltimore County shall have the
power to borrow money, not exceeding twenty thousand
dollars in one year, on the credit of the county, to be paid
out of road money provided by the next succeeding levy.
All bills and claims on account of the roads and bridges of
the county, before payment, shall receive the endorsement
of the Roads Engineer and shall be passed upon by the
County Commissioners at a regular or adjourned meeting,
and no such bill or claim involving the expenditure of more
than one hundred dollars, and no contract or agreement
involving a larger expenditure from the road moneys of
the county shall be allowed or made except by a majority
vote of said County Commissioners. All claims allowed and
passed as aforesaid shall be marked "approved" by the
president and chief clerk and auditor of said County Com-
missioners and when so approved an order for the amount
of the same shall be drawn on the County Treasurer, who
shall pay said amount out of the proper funds.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts and/or
parts of Acts, general and/or local, inconsistent with any
or all of the provisions of this Act, be and the same are
hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.