476 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 203

times and in such amounts, and under such guarantees as the
State Roads Commission shall from time to time determine.
If the County Commissioners of any county shall have fixed
the county tax levy for such county for the year 1922 prior to
May 1, 1922, and said Board of Commissioners shall desire to
raise the whole or any part of such county's share of said lat-
eral road money for the year 1922 by assessing a tax upon the
taxable basis of said county, the said Board of County Com-
missioners Are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow such
amount as shall be required for said purpose for the year 1922,
and issue their script as evidence of the obligation, and to in-
clude in the next succeeding tax levy the amount necessary to
repay such loan or loans.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the State Roads
Commission shall, on or before January 15, 1923, after first
setting apart therefrom the sum of one hundred and fifty thou-
sand ($150, 000) dollars, to be used as hereinafter provided,
ascertain, on the same basis as hereinbefore set forth, the
amount to which each county will be entitled in the balance of
the proceeds to be derived from the sale of bonds to be dated
June 15, 1923, and shall immediately and not later than Janu-
ary 15, 1923, send notice thereof to the County Commissioners
of the respective counties, and it shall thereupon become the
duty of the proper authorities in each county, during the year
1923, to provide, by any of the methods hereinbefore set forth,
an equal amount to represent the said county's share of said
lateral road fund for 1923, and the same powers and duties
shall rest upon the Boards of County Commissioners of the
several counties and the State Roads Commission with refer-
ence to said funds to be raised and used during 1923 as those
hereinbefore conferred for 1922. The sum of one hundred and
fifty thousand ($150, 000) dollars, to be set apart, from the pro-
ceeds of the sale of the bonds to be dated June 15, 1923, as
hereinbefore provided, shall be used in the construction of such
bridges in the various counties of the State as may be selected
by the State Roads Commission, and the same rights and powers
are hereby conferred upon the said State Roads Commission in
connection with the building of such bridges as are herein con-
ferred upon said Commission in connection with the building
of the roads herein authorized.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That one-half of the
cost of construction of all lateral roads which shall be built in
pursuance of the provisions of this Act, shall be paid by the