HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1661

Lateral and Farm to Market Roads as hereinbefore pro-
vided in sub-section (a) hereof.

(d) If any County desires to maintain its own County
road system in the manner provided in sub-section (b)
hereof, it is hereby permitted to do so and if such County
desires so to do, it shall be entitled to fifty per cent. (50%)
of the funds allocated to such County under the provision
of this Section, the other fifty per cent. (50%) thereof to
be expended by the State Roads Commission for the con-
struction and/or re-construction of Lateral and Farm to
Market Roads as provided in Sub-Section (a) hereof; pro-
vided, however, that the County Commissioners of Fred-
erick County are hereby directed to request the return of
the county roads maintenance to Frederick County.

(e) If any County now or hereafter shall have and main-
tain a Roads Department in charge of a roads engineer
having a degree of civil engineering and experience in road
and bridge building, or who has had at least ten (10) years
practical experience in road and bridge building in a super-
visory and executive capacity, then the County
Commissioners of such County may require the State Roads
Commission and the Comptroller to pay over to them as
hereinafter provided, up to fifty per cent. (50%) of the
amount to which such County is entitled under the provi-
sions of this Section, for the construction and/or re-con-
struction of Lateral and Farm to Market Roads to be
expended by the County Commissioners of such Counties
under the supervision of the County Roads Engineer, the
cost of such projects to be paid by the State Roads Com-
mission to the County Commissioners of such Counties,
upon the submission by them of satisfactory evidence of
the expenditures or costs for the purposes herein set forth.
Before the construction or re-construction of any such
roads by the County Commissioners, the County Commis-
sioners shall furnish to the State Roads Commission in
writing a statement showing the location of the road or
bridge proposed to be constructed, the length thereof and
the type and character of construction, together with a
copy of the complete specifications for such road or bridge
and an estimate of the cost thereof. No construction shall
be commenced on any such project until the same shall
have been approved by the State Roads Commission.

(f) If the County Commissioners of any County shall
desire to avail themselves of the provisions of either Sub-
Sections (d) or (e) of this Section, they shall notify the
State Roads Commission before September 1st of their
intention to avail themselves of the provisions thereof for
the succeeding two fiscal years. In the event that the