886 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 755

same is hereby repealed, and that a new Section 242 be
enacted in lieu thereof, to read as follows:

242. On and after the first day of April, 1927, the
license tax in respect of motor vehicle fuels, prescribed by
this sub-title, shall be increased one-half cent per gallon.
The State Treasurer shall create a special fund of the re-
ceipts from the said additional tax of one-half cent per
gallon, and shall disburse the same monthly (less such sum
to be retained by the Comptroller, as, in the judgment of
the Comptroller shall be sufficient to enable him to pay
promptly all claims for refunds), as follows: One-fifth
thereof to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, to be
used for the elimination of railroad grade crossings, within
the limits of said City, and the balance to be credited to
the account of the State Roads Commission of Maryland
to be paid out of the Treasury of the State, only upon the
warrant of the Comptroller, and to be used in any given
year first to the extent required by Section 140-K of Article
89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition)
as enacted by Chapter 856 of the Acts of 1941 of the.
General Assembly of Maryland with respect to servicing
the revenue bonds therein mentioned, and then to be used
in any given year to the extent required by Section 140-T
of Article 89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition) as added by Section 1 of this Act with respect
to servicing the Chesapeake Bay Ferry System Improve-
ment Bonds therein mentioned, and thereafter for the elim-
ination of railroad grade crossings, as provided by Sections
27 to 38, both inclusive, of Article 89B of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), or for the relocation of
roads for the purpose of accomplishing the elimination of
railroad grade crossings, and the reconstruction and re-
location of bridge structures and the construction or re-
construction of major projects, in the State System of Roads
as provided in the Budget Bill.

Provided, however, that at any time when there is a sur-
plus in the receipts of the Chesapeake Bay Ferry System,
after paying debt service charges and operating expenses,
and after full compliance with any requirements of the
Trust Indenture securing State Roads Commission of Mary-
land Chesapeake Bay Ferry System Revenue Bonds of 1941,
such surplus shall be used to restore to the One-half Cent
Gasoline Tax Fund the amounts of such funds which have
been used to service the bonds authorized by Sections 140N
to 140U of Article 89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law necessary for the