1364                        LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 539

of the State in reference to the matter of roads as well as of
the progress from time to time of the work of said Commission.

2.     Whenever the State Roads Commission shall determine
that any land or bridge, acquired by purchase, condemnation
or otherwise, in connection with the State's system of roads
and highways, is not necessary or desirable in the mainte-
nance of said system of roads and highways, or whenever, by
reason or the relocation of any road or bridge by the State
Roads Commission, any land or bridge ceases to be used in the
State's system of roads and highways, the State Roads Com-
mission, with the consent and approval of the Board of Public
Works, shall be vested with full power and authority to dis-
pose of such land or bridge. Deeds for the transfer of any
property disposed of under this section shall *be executed by
the Chairman of the State Roads Commission and the Board of
Public Works. In the event of a sale of such property, the pro-
ceeds shall be accounted for and remitted by the State Roads
Commission to the State Treasurer, to be used for the construc-
tion, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of the State's sys-
tem of roads and highways, in accordance with appropriations
thereof made by the General Assembly.

3.     The commission created under this act is hereby au-
thorized and directed to include in its work of improving the
system of main roads of the State, the improvement of such
portions of the main roads selected by said commission as a
part of such system as lie inside the limits of the city of
Baltimore, provided that on completion of such improvements^
the portions of the roads so improved within the city limits
shall be city streets under the provisions of the city charter.
The said commission, in addition to the powers hereinbefore
mentioned, shall have full powers and be charged with the full
duties to select, construct, improve and maintain such a gen-
eral system of improved State roads and highways, as can
reasonably be expected to be completed with the funds herein
provided in and through all the counties of this State. The
said commission shall reach its conclusions as to the selection
of the roads to be improved on or before May 1, 1909, and
shall on or before that date file with county commissioners of
each county for public inspection a certified copy of a map of
the State showing plainly thereon the adopted system of main
roads to be improved under this Act, which map shall bear the
written approval of the said commission. It may make all