EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 967

Church in Prince George's County, and the cost of the con-
struction of said bridge including the abutments and ap-
proaches thereof and the securing of any necessary land shall
be borne equally by the County Commissioners of Charles
County and by the County Commissioners of Prince George's
County, and the said Commissioners of each of said Counties
are hereby authorized and directed to levy against the assess-
able property of their said Counties an amount not to exceed
five hundred dollars to defray their half of the expenses of
building said bridge.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commission-
ers of Charles County and the Commissioners of Prince
George's County are hereby constituted a joint commission for
the purpose of constructing said bridge, and they are author-
ized and directed to proceed to organize as such commission as
soon as possible after the passage of this act, and they are fur-
ther authorized and empowered to do all things necessary for
the purpose of building a safe and durable concrete bridge
over said Mattawoman Creek at said point.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the cost of main-
taining said bridge after the same shall be built and the cost of
keeping it in safe repair and in condition for public use and
travel shall be paid in equal portions by the County Commis-
sioners of Charles County and the County Commissioners of
Prince George's County; and they are each hereby authorized
to levy upon the assessable property of their respective Coun-
ties such sums of money as may be necessary from time to
time to defray costs in the proportions as aforesaid. The
actual keeping in repair of said bridge during the first five
years of its construction shall be done by the Road and Bridge
Authorities of Prince George's County, and a bill for one-half
of the cost thereof shall be rendered to the County Commis-
sioners of Charles County, who shall pay the same; for the
next five years the actual work shall be done by the Road and
Bridge Authorities of Charles County, and a bill for one-half
of the costs shall be similarly rendered to the County Commis-
sioners of Prince George's County who shall pay the same,
and so alternating each, five years the actual work shall be
done by the Road Authorities of one of the said Counties and
a bill for one-half of the costs thereof rendered to the other
County.

Approved April 11th, 1916.