STATE KOADS COMMISSION—(Continued)

BUDGET FOB THE BIENNIUM 1944-1945
Number. Account Title For the Fiscal Year 1944 For the Fiscal Year 1945

being the intention that these appropriations shall
be 100% of the revenue aforesaid, and it being
further the1 intention that should the proceeds of
this tax exceed the amounts herein set forth, then
such excess shall not revert to the General Fund
of the State, but shall be set over to the use of the
State Roads Commission to be applied and admin-
istered for those purposes and in like manner as
the sums hereby requested. It is likewise' hereby
further provided that the whole or so much of this
fund as may be required, shall be expended by the
Commission in the1 relocation of roads for the pur-
pose of accomplishing the elimination of grade
crossings, the reconstruction (and relocation of
bridge structures and/or the construction) or re-
construction of major projects on the State System
of Roads; and for the general purposes of main-
taining the State System of Roads and Bridges, if
the funds allotted by this Budget for the purpose
of maintaining the State System should prove in-
sufficient in either of the years 1944 and 1945.

To the State Roads Commission................. $714,157.80 $789,536.73

01 MAINTENANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION (Two
Cent (2c) Gasoline Tax and Income from Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles) :

From the net receipts of the Two Cent (2c) Gasoline
Tax, after refund exemptions, but before the other
deductions as hereinafter provided, there shall be
set aside in a special account for each year, that
sum resulting from one and four-tenths mills
($.0014) of the Two Cent (2c) Gasoline Tax for
Debt Service, as provided by Sections 147-A to
147-F, both inclusive, of Article 89B, of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), as said
sections were enacted by Chapter 884 of the Acts
of 1941 (which fund is in this Budget hereinafter
specifically dedicated). There is then to be de-
ducted one-half (% ) of the cost of maintaining1 the
Gasoline Tax Collection Department in the1 office of
the State Comptroller. There is then to be de-
ducted a ratable share of the tax not exceeding
$112,035.00 for the purpose of maintaining the
State Guard Detail as part of the Military Depart-
ment of the State, but such deduction shall be
made only so long as the Emergency exists due to
the War status, or until provision is otherwise
made to release the Guard from the duty of safe\