WM. PRESTON LANE,, JR., GOVERNOR. 1383

thereto pursuant to Section 16(3) of this Article, shall be
used for the benefit of the counties and municipalities of the
State (other than Baltimore City) as follows:

(a) The State Roads Commission shall allocate for the
account of each county a share determined by the pro-
portion which the total mileage of county roads in that
county bears to the total mileage of county roads in all
the counties, but such share shall not be less than the amount
the county would have received from the former "One and
One-half Cent Lateral Road Gasoline Tax Fund" as appor-
tioned under Section 9 of Article 89B of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1943 Supplement), if said Section 9 had not
been repealed by this Act, and to that end the respective
shares of all counties shall be adjusted proportionately as
may be necessary. From the share so determined, the
State Roads Commission shall deduct the amount, if any,
allocated to a municipality under the next succeeding sub-
division (b) hereof. The resulting share shall constitute the
county's share for the purposes of this section.

(b) If any municipality which is authorized by law to
construct or maintain streets or roads shall request the
State Roads Commission in writing not later than thirty
days prior to the beginning of any State fiscal year for
its share of the funds distributable under this section, the
State Roads Commission during such fiscal year shall allo-
cate for the account of such municipality a portion of the
share as first determined in Sub-section (a) hereof of the
county within which the municipality lies. Such portion
shall be determined by the proportion which the total mile-
age of county roads in the municipality bears to the total
mileage of county roads in such county. The portion so de-
termined shall be the municipality's share for the purposes
of this section.

(c) The mileage proportions required by Sub-division (a)
and, when applicable, by Sub-division (b) of this section
shall be computed by the State Roads Commission as of June
30, 1947, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1947, and recom-
puted as of December 1, 1947, for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1948, and as of December 1 of each year thereafter
for each next succeeding fiscal year. To assist the Commis-
sion in making such computations, the County Commissioners
of the respective counties and the appropriate officials of such
municipalities as may have requested a share under said
Sub-division (b), shall, not later than December 31 of each
year, beginning with December 31, 1948, make a report to
the Commission, in the form required by it, showing the mile-