218 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 169

Edition), the other twenty-five per cent. (25%) thereof to be
expended by the State Roads Commission for the construction
and/or reconstruction of Lateral and Farm to Market Roads
and/or construction, reconstruction and maintenance of coun-
ty roads.

(5) If Cecil 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 supervisory 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 twenty-five per cent. (25%) 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 construction, reconstruction and
maintenance of county roads to be expended by the County
Commissioners of such county 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 Commissioners, the County Com-
missioners 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.

(6) If the County Commissioners of Cecil County shall
desire to avail themselves of the provisions of either sub-sec-
tions (4) or (5) 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 County Commissioners
of any county shall avail themselves of the provisions of sub-
sections (4) or (5) of this section, the State Roads Commis-
sion or the Comptroller shall before any monies are paid over
to the Commissioners of such county, reimburse the said
Commission for any sums due by such county for monies
expended in said county by said Commission under sub-sec-
tion (1) or (2) of this section.