144 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 75

levied and collected outside the limits of all incorporated towns
or cities, shall be set apart as a special road and bridge fund for
the use and benefit of the Election District from which it has
been levied and collected, and for no other purposes. The tax
so levied and collected within the limits of all incorporated
towns or cities, together with all other money receivable by
Washington County for road and bridge purposes, including
all fines and forfeitures on account of roads and bridges and all
taxes collected on stocks and bonds not apportioned to or as-
sessed in any district shall be and constitute a fund to be known
as the General Road and Bridge Fund and may be expended
for any lawful road or bridge purpose anywhere in Washington
County and for no other purposes whatsoever. When there
shall not be sufficient money in the County Treasury set apart
as the General Road and Bridge Fund to meet the demand for
an emergency the County Commissioners of Washington County
shall have the power to borrow money, not exceeding Twenty
Thousand Dollars ($20, 000. ) in one year, on the credit of the
County to be paid out of the road money provided in the next
succeeding levy. All bills and claims on account of roads and
bridges in the County shall receive the endorsement of the
Road Engineer before payment and shall be passed upon by
the County Commissioners at a regular or adjourned meeting,
and no such bill or claim involving the expenditure of more
than One Hundred Dollars ($100. ), and no contract or agree-
ment involving a larger expenditure from the roads funds of
the County shall be allowed or made except by a majority
vote of the said County Commissioners. All claims allowed
and passed as aforesaid shall be approved by the President and
attested by the Clerk of the said County Commissioners and when
so approved an order for the amount of same shall be drawn
against the County Tax Collector who shall pay the said amount
out of the proper funds.

342-H. The said County Commissioners of Washington
County shall not expend or contract to expend in any one year
more money than shall have been provided by levy or other-
wise for road and bridge expenses during such year, and shall
incur no debts that are not payable out of the funds derived
from such levy or other sources, except in case of an emergency
as provided in the preceding section, and to this end the Clerk
of the said County Commissioners shall compile and place before
the Commissioners at the regular meeting immediately follow-
ing the first and fifteenth day of each month a detailed state-