1602 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 888

Section, the other fifty per cent (50%) thereof to be
expended by the State Roads Commission for debt service,
that is to say, interest, sinking fund or maturity require-
ments with respect to bonds or other evidences of debt
to be issued by the counties, municipalities, or special
taxing areas, the proceeds of which are to be used for new
road or street improvements, and for the construction
and/or reconstruction of Lateral and Farm to Market
Roads as provided in Sub-section (a) hereof, provided
such expenditures shall be made only after seeking recom-
mendation from the County Commissioners or other duly
constituted road or street authorities and action with re-
spect thereto, as hereinbefore provided; provided, however,
that the County Commissioners of Frederick 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
maintain 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 Commis-
sioners of such County may require the State Roads Com-
mission and the Comptroller to pay over to them as here-
inafter provided, up to fifty per cent (50%) of the amount
to which such County is entitled under the provisions of
this Section, for the construction and/or reconstruction
of Lateral and Farm to Market Roads and/or county
roads to be expended by the County Commis-
sioners of such Counties under the supervision of
the County Roads Engineer, the cost of such projects to
be paid by the State Roads Commission 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 reconstruction of any such roads by the County Com-
missioners, the County Commissioners shall furnish to the
State Roads Commission in writing a statement showing
the location of the road or bridge proposed to be con-
structed, the length thereof and the type and character of
construction, together with a copy of the complete specifi-
cations 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. The authority delegated to the
State Roads Commission by Section 7 of Article 89B of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), is transferred