750 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 425

from the two cent gasoline tax (imposed by Section 212 of
said Article 56), and the receipts from the office of the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, an amount equal to the
sum so expended on such major project, in addition to the
funds to be allocated to that County under the provisions
of Section 7A hereof.

7E. The State Roads Commission is hereby authorized
and empowered to expend a part of the funds at its dis-
posal derived from the Two-cent Gasoline Tax (imposed
by Section 212 of Article 56) or from the receipts of the
office of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, for the grad-
ing, drainage, reconstruction and/or improvement of
county roads or bridges, when such expenditure, in the
judgment of the State Roads Commission, will serve as a
permanent improvement of the county road concerned, and
provided that the road to be so improved, is, in the judg-
ment of the State Roads Commission, among the county
highways which it is logical and proper to pave or other-
wise improve with a view to making the same an ultimate
part of the State Roads System.

7F. The County Commissioners or other duly consti-
tuted local authorities are hereby relieved from the require-
ments of existing law with respect to levying a minimum
amount or a minimum rate for road maintenance purposes,
and the portion of all public local laws making such require-
ment is hereby suspended.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts
of laws, whether Public General Laws or Public Local
Laws, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be and
they are hereby suspended for the effective period of this
Act.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That Sections 7A, 7B,
7C, 7D, 7E and 7F of Article 89B of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, as enacted by this Act, shall
continue and be in force from June 1, 1933, to September
30, 1935, and no longer, and thereafter shall cease to be in
force and shall be null and void and of no effect whatsoever.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1933.

Approved April 21, 1933.