STAfl MAM COMMISSIOK—(Continued)

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

guarding strategic points or projects for the con-
tinued and uninterrupted use of the road and high-
way system. The ratable share to be deducted
.shall be the ratio of the Two Cent (2.c) Gasoline
Tax to the entire net income from the O-asoline Tax
and Income from the Commissioner .of Motor Ve-
hicles, exclusive, however, of one and four-tenths
mills. ($.0014) of the Two Cent (2c) Tax, and ex-
clusive of income from Truck License Fees and
Franchise Taxes. From the then remainder of the
Two Cent (2c) Tax, there shall be alloted Seventy
Percent. (70%) of the tax to the State Roads
Commission,

From the net total receipts from the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles, after refunds but before any other
deductions as hereinafter provided, there shall be
set aside in a special fund for the use of the State
Roads Commission in each of the years, that sum
representing income derived from Truck License
Fees and Franchise Taxes, which sum is to be ap-
plied in accordance1 with the provisions of Sections
147-A to 147-F, both inclusive, of Article 89B, of
the Annotated 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). From the re-
mainder of income derived from the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles, exclusive of Truck License Fees
and Franchise Taxes, and from the Income from
the Traffic Courts, there first are to be deducted
the expenses, being the Budget Appropriations to
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, the Budget
Appropriations to the Department of the Maryland
State Police, and the Budget Appropriations to the
Traffic Courts. After these allocations, there shall
be deducted a ratable share not exceeding
$118,055.00 of the income for the purpose of main-
taining the State Guard Detail as part of the Mili-
tary Department of the State, but such deauction
shall be made only so long as the Emergency exists,
due to the War status, or until provision is other-
wise made to release the Guard from the duty of
safeguarding strategic points or projects for the
continued and uninterrupted use of the road and
highway System. The ratable share to be deducted
shall be the ratio of the Income from Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles to the entire net income from
the Gasoline Tax and Income from the Commis- *