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it may be due, as finally certified by the State Roads Commis-
sion, and the amount due on behalf of the State and of the
State Roads Commission payable out of the appropriations
hereunder, or other moneys available to pay the same, shall be
thereupon certified to the Comptroller of the State of Mary-
land, who shall promptly pay the same to the contractor or
other persons to whom the said amounts may be due, it being
the intent and purpose of this section that the cost of the State-
aided roads provided for in this Article shall be equally divided
between the State and the county in which such roads may be
located; that such cost shall be promptly paid, both by the
State and the county, as the work progresses, and is approved
by the State Roads Commission; which said State Roads Com-
mission, for the purpose of certifying the amount due from
the State and any county, shall have the right to reject or allow
any exception or objection made as aforesaid in behalf of any
county.

SEC. 43. No portion of the cost of acquiring land for any
road or any damages caused by the construction or improve-
ment of any road shall be paid by the State.

SEC. 44. No one county of the State shall receive in any
year a larger proportion of the total amount appropriated by
this subtitle for said year than the proportion which the then
existing miles of public road in said county bear to the then
existing miles of public road in all of the counties applying
as determined by the said State Roads Commission, unless a
balance remains unallotted under the arrangement above pre-
scribed, in which event said balance may be apportioned in the
same manner among the counties which have not received the
full amount of their applications.

SEC. 45. Any road constructed under the provisions of this
subtitle shall thereafter be a county road, and the duty of keep-
ing the same in repair shall devolve upon the county in which
it is situated; and all other powers and duties respecting such
roads shall be imposed upon and vested in said county; and
the Board of County Commissioners shall provide all moneys
necessary to keep in a proper state of repair the roads con-
structed under this subtitle, and it shall be the duty of the
State Roads Commission to notify said Board of County Com-
missioners of all such repairs as they may deem necesary to
be made to such county roads; and immediately on such notifi-
cation the Board of County Commissioners of such county shall
cause such repairs to be made according to the direction and
to the satisfaction of said State Roads Commission, and if
said board shall refuse or neglect to make such repairs within
thirty days from the date of such notification by said State
Ivoads Commission, said county shall not thereafter receive