ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 875

borrow said sum of money for said purposes, the said Board of
County Commissioners shall thereafter in each and every year
until the same is paid retain from such amount of money as may
be appropriated for the use of the Board of Road Directors of
said County, the sum of Ten Thousand ($10, 000) Dollars and

the further sum necessary for the payment of interest on any
unpaid balance and to apply the same to the payment of said
indebtedness until the entire amount is liquidated.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the power hereby granted
shall only be used in the event that a contract shall be entered
into between the Board of Road Directors of Allegany County
and the State Roads Commission of the State of Maryland with
the proper legal authorities of the State of West Virginia where-
by it shall be mutually agreed that the proper legal authorities
of the State of West Virginia shall pay, bear and expend an
equal and like amount of money for the erection of said bridge
and in such contract and shall agree for the payment of one-
half of all monies hereafter necessary for the maintenance of
said bridge.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That such bridge and its ap-
proaches shall only be built under specifications approved by the
State Roads Commission of the State of Maryland and that no
amount of the money hereby authorized to be spent for bridge
purposes shall be expended for any other purpose than the actual
cost of said bridge and its approaches and that the State Roads
Commission of the State of Maryland shall supervise the erection
of such bridge and its approaches and shall not charge any part
of its expenses as against the said fund hereby authorized, and
in the event the said State Roads Commission shall refuse to
enter into an agreement with the County Commissioners of Al-
legany County and the Board of Road Directors of Allegany
County to supervise the erection of such bridge and its ap-
proaches as set forth herein, or in the event said proper legal
authorities of the State of "West Virginia shall refuse to enter
into such agreements for the erection and maintenance of such
bridge, then all power hereby granted to the Board of County
Commissioners of Allegany County to borrow such money and
expend the same shall cease and determine.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this bill shall take
effect from the first day of June, 1924.

Approved April 9, 1924.