THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1563

ING SIGNS AND BLINKERS ON U. S. ROUTE NO. 40
AT APPROPRIATE PLACES NEAR ITS INTERSEC-
TION WITH MARYLAND ROUTE NO. 22 TO WARN
MOTORISTS OF THE DANGEROUS INTERSECTION
AHEAD ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1954.

SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT
THE STATE ROADS COMMISSION IS HEREBY AU-
THORIZED AND DIRECTED TO STUDY THE NECES-
SITY FOR WIDENING THE EAST AND WEST BOUND
LANES ON U. S. ROUTE NO. 40 FOR A DISTANCE OF
NOT MORE THAN ONE-HALF MILE ON EITHER SIDE
OF THE INTERSECTION OF U. S. ROUTE NO. 40 AND
MARYLAND ROUTE NO. 22, AND IF IT BE DEEMED
NECESSARY TO WIDEN SAID LANES, THE COMMIS-
SION SHALL DO SO PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31, 1954.

SEC. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT
THE STATE ROADS COMMISSION IS HEREBY AU-
THORIZED AND DIRECTED TO UNDERTAKE NE-
GOTIATIONS WITH THE PHILADELPHIA, BALTI-
MORE AND WASHINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY AND
THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY,
AND THE PROPER FEDERAL AGENCY FOR THE
PURPOSE OF REACHING AN EQUITABLE AGREE-
MENT AS TO THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF
ALL CONCERNED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
RAILROAD GRADE-CROSSING ELIMINATIONS IN
ABERDEEN, HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND.
UPON THE SATISFACTORY CONCLUSION OF SUCH
AN AGREEMENT, IT IS THEN DIRECTED AUTHOR-
IZED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SAID
GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATIONS BE UNDER-
TAKEN AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME COM-
PATIBLE WITH THE PREPARATION OF SURVEYS,
PLANS AND THE OBTAINING OF RIGHTS OF WAY,
AND THAT ITS POSITION IN THE TWELVE YEAR
CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM BE ADVANCED IN AC-
CORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS HEREOF.

SEC. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT
THAT THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON JUNE 1,
1953.

Approved April 27, 1953.