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joining or abutting said present road such deed or grant of
lands as may be necessary or may purchase any parcel or strip
of land that may be required to accomplish the widening of the
road immediately adjacent thereto and parallel with the boun-
dary line of said road where the acquisition of said land will
gracefully conform to the lines of said roadway.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted That the County Com-
missioners are hereby required to avoid as far as possible the
condemnation of land and premises whereupon buildings have
been located, but the Commissioners shall not be deterred or
hindered in the acquisition by condemnation, purchase or other-
wise of any land or premises either improved or not and such
improvement shall be no legal obstruction in the way of con-
demnation, but it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to
obtain such land and premises as may be necessary with the
least cost possible under the circumstances. The County Com-
missioners are authorized and empowered to contract with the
Washington and Rockville Railway Company of Montgomery
County or any company having jurisdiction over said electric
railway running along said road for the purposes herein enum-
erated and upon such terms and conditions as may be neces-
sary for the widening and lighting of said highway along and
adjacent to the said line of railway.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the County Com-
missioners are hereby authorized and empowered to contract
with the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company where said pro-
posed road shall cross over said line of railway in relation to the
building and maintaining a bridge across the tracts to conform
to the east line of the proposed widening of said road.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the State Roads
Commission of Maryland are hereby authorized and empow-
ered to take over said work and condemnation of said land
necessary to widen, locate or re-locate said roadway, construct
and maintain same in their discretion. That said public im-
provement may be made by the use of the county and State
funds or by either State or county funds or Federal aid as
may be determined by the County Commissioners and the State
Roads Commission.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on the first day of June, A. D. 1922.

Approved April 13th, 1922.