ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 873

used by the State Roads Commission, subject to the condi-
tions and provisions contained in said Act or Acts of Congress,
in the construction of rural post roads throughout the State,
provided, however, that said funds shall be expended in the
several counties of the State in the same ratio as the county
road mileage of each county bears to the entire county road
mileage of the State.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That if the Congress
of the United States shall fail on or before December 15, 1927,
or December 15, 1928, respectively, to pass legislation appro-
priating from the Federal Treasury funds for the construction
during said years 1927 and 1928, respectively, of rural post
roads in the various States sufficient to equal the amounts
herein respectively appropriated for said purpose in Mary-
land, then, and in; that event the money herein appropriated
to be used in connection with said Federal appropriations for
the building of rural post roads, or so much thereof as shall
not be matched by Federal appropriations, shall on and after
December 15, 1927, and December 15, 1928, respectively, be-
come available, in the discretion of the 'State Roads Commis-
sion, for use by said State Roads Commission in the construc-
tion of roads in the various counties of the State, said money
to be appropriated by the State Roads Commission to the var-
ious counties of the State in the same ratio which the public
road mileage of each county bears to the total public; road
mileage of the several counties of the State, and it shall not be
necessary for the various counties to add to such monies any
county funds whatever.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That 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 such rural post roads or lateral roads as it together with the
County Commissioners or duly constituted road authorities
of the several counties may from time to time under the pro-
visions hereof determine to construct, said contracts to be made
in the name of the State Roads Commission, and to contain
the same provisions now required by law for contracts of such
roads. The term "rural post roads" as used herein, provided
it shall not be contrary to the Act or Acts of Congress appro-
priating Federal aid therefor, and the term "lateral road" as
used herein shall include bridges, and authority is hereby given
to the State Roads Commission to build such bridges as it may