ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 527

CHAPTER 300.

AN ACT to authorize the State Roads Commission of Mary-
land and the United States Department of Agriculture,
to construct a shell road from Trappe Mills, near Berlin,
Maryland, to the south end of the Railway Farm, in Sine-
puxent Neck, a distance of about seven miles, such shell
road to follow the route of the present county road now
used and already graded.

(Vetoed.)

CHAPTER 301.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 81Z
of Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (Volume
3), title "County Commissioners," sub-title "Draining
Lands," as the same was enacted by Section 26 of Chap-
ter 656 of the Acts of the Ceneral Assembly of Maryland
of 1912, so as to authorize Boards of Drainage Commis-
sioners to issue bonds.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land. That, Section 81Z of Article 25 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (Volume 3), title "County Commissioners." sub-
title" Draining Lands," as the same was enacted by Section
26 of Chapter 656 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
so as to read as follows:

81 Z. In the event that the. United States Government makes
provisions for loans to prosecute drainage and reclamation
work, or provides for such work to he done in whole or in
part, under the supervision of its officials, the drainage dis-
tricts to be created under Sections 81A-81AA are empowered
to avail themselves of such provisions at any time. Provided
that in order to facilitate the carrying out of any co-opera-
tive construction plan which may be agreed to by the United
States and any district organized under the provisions of the
aforesaid sections, the Board of Drainage Commissioners of
such district shall have the authority to issue the bonds of
such district in such form and of such maturities as may be
required by the United States, but no such contract or agree-
ment between the district and the United States for such co-
operative construction work shall be valid until a majority of
the land owners of such district shall have, given such contract
their written approval. That it shall be the duty of the officials
of this State to solicit the co-operation of the various bureaus
of the United States Government in prosecuting drainage and
the reclamation of agriculture lands.