ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR, 587

the case may be) of the expense, as ordered, shall be deemed a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, such railroad or railroads
shall be subject to a fine of One Hundred ($100. 00) Dollars
for each day such company or companies shall fail, neglect or
refuse to make such payment; provided, however, that such
penalty shall be in addition to any other remedy which may be
resorted to by the Commission for the enforcement of its order,
or the collection of the share of the expense due by such rail-
road company or companies.

38-G. The notice of time and place of hearing required to
be given by this Act, except as to the municipality or munic-
ipalities and the railroad company or railroad companies in-
terested in the hearing, shall be given by publication of a
notice in a newspaper or newspapers circulating in the munic-
ipality or municipalities, or in the County or Counties in which
the crossing or crossings to which such hearing relates may be
located; such newspaper or newspapers to be designated by the
State Roads Commission. Such publication shall be at such
intervals and for such period of time as said Commission shall
deem reasonable; and shall be directed generally "To Whom
It May Concern, " give notice of the time and place of hearing
and describe generally the object of such hearing.

Provided, that no contract shall be entered into, or any
money expended, by the State Roads Commission for the elim-
ination of any grade crossing, or crossings, until after the exe-
cution by the particular railroad company affected of a con-
tract with the State Roads Commission on behalf of the State
of Maryland whereby said railroad company shall engage and
obligate itself to pay, or to secure the payment of, one-half the
cost of eliminating such grade crossing, or crossings, nor until
such contract has been submitted to and approved by the Attor-
ney General of this State.

38-H. The State Roads Commission is hereby authorized
and directed to ask for bids and enter into contracts in the
usual form for the construction of all bridges, archways or
culverts, including the approaches to such bridges, archways
or culverts, which may be required to be constructed in the
elimination of such grade crossings as it may from time to
time, under the provisions hereof, determine to eliminate, said
contracts to be made in the name of the State Roads Commis-
sion, and to contain and be subject to the same provisions now