ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                1383

funds appropriated for the construction of roads and bridges
in the State highway system, provided the State of West
Virginia shall pay the other one-half. Title to such bridges
and approaches so purchased or erected shall be vested jointly
in the State of Maryland and the State of West Virginia, in
each an undivided one-half interest.

41.      The State Roads Commission of Maryland is hereby
authorized and empowered to provide for the charge and col-
lection of tolls over said bridges and approaches so purchased
or erected at such rate of toll as may be agreed on by said
Commission or which may be prescribed by any Board or Com-
mission having power- to fix such rates of toll, and for the
application of the tolls collected, after the payment of the cost
of collection, on the purchase price or cost of erection of such
bridge or bridges and approaches thereto, until said purchase
price or cost of erection and interest thereon is fully paid,
provided that thereafter such bridges and approaches shall be
free of tolls.

42.      The State Roads Commission of Maryland is hereby
authorized and empowered to provide for the payment of one-
half of the cost of repair, operation and maintenance of such
bridge or bridges and approaches thereto, if such bridges are
acquired or erected as hereinbefore provided, from funds ap-
propriated for the maintenance of roads and bridges in the
State highway system, provided the State of West Virginia
shall pay the other half.

43.      The State Roads Commission of Maryland is hereby
authorized and empowered to enter into any and all agreements
not inconsistent with this Act, deemed by it necessary to carry
out the purposes thereof, both for acquiring and erecting such
bridges and approaches, paying therefor, and for the repair,
operation and maintenance thereof, provided there shall be in-
corporated in such agreement with the State of West Virginia
a covenant on its part that no' effort will at any time be made
by the State of West Virginia or any sub-division thereof to
levy, assess or collect any tax upon the interest or title of the
State of Maryland or any political sub-division thereof in either
such bridges or the approaches thereto1.

44.      The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Company, a corporation
duly created and existing under the general laws of this State,