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to the total allotment of Prince George's County as the
amount of the county road tax rebated to said town in the
year 1932 bore to the total road fund of said County for said
year, which said sum shall be paid by the State Roads Commis-
sion to each town in Prince George's County, to be expended
by the towns in their discretion, for the payment of interest,
sinking funds or redemption payments on bonds issued by said
towns for street or highway purposes, or for the maintenance,
construction or repair by said towns of streets or highways
within said town. If any town so elects, its share may be ex-
pended for the maintenance, construction or repair of streets
or highways within said town by the State Roads Commission
of Maryland in accordance with the provisions of law, allot-
ting the proceeds of the "one and one-half cent (l^^) Lateral,
County, and Municipal Road gasoline tax fund" to the several
Counties for road purposes.

The balance of said allotment to Prince George's County shall
be expended by the State Roads Commission of Maryland, in
that portion of the County not included with the limits of the
incorporated towns.

Provided that, for the duration of war, notwithstanding the
provisions of any and all other parts of this Article and of the
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland the State Roads
Commission of Maryland and the Board of County Commis-
sioners of Prince George's County, Maryland, can use and
expend any portion or all of the funds of the "One and One-
half Cent Lateral Road Gasoline Tax Fund" not already set
aside for highway bond debt service or other purposes for which
commitment have already been made, for such maintenance
of streets and highways, and Lateral and Farm to Market
Roads, of said County as is necessary, to the exclusion of con-
struction of streets, highways and roads, within the discretion
of the Board of County Commissioners of said County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved May 7, 1943.

CHAPTER 372.
(House Bill 496)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 2
and 4 of Chapter 189 of the Acts of 1931, as amended by
Chapter 666 of the Acts of 1941, increasing the annual