878                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 531

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AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTIONS 240B THROUGH 240G, INCLU-
SIVE, OF ARTICLE 9 OF THE CODE OF PUBLIC LOCAL
LAWS OF MARYLAND (1930 EDITION), TITLE "CHARLES
COUNTY", SUB-TITLE "ROADS AND BRIDGES", SAID SEC-
TIONS HAVING BEEN ENACTED BY CHAPTER 291 OF THE
ACTS OF 1953, AND TO REPEAL AND RE-ENACT, WITH
AMENDMENTS, SECTION 173 OF ARTICLE 89B OF THE
ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND (1951 EDITION), TITLE
"STATE ROADS", SUB-TITLE "SPECIAL PROVISIONS AS
TO DESIGNATED COUNTIES", ABOLISHING THE ROADS
BOARD OF CHARLES COUNTY AND PROVIDING FOR CON-
STRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF
THE COUNTY ROAD SYSTEM BY THE STATE ROADS COM-
MISSION.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY OF MARYLAND, THAT SECTIONS 240B THROUGH 240G,
INCLUSIVE, OF ARTICLE 9 OF THE CODE OF PUBLIC LOCAL
LAWS OF MARYLAND (1930 EDITION), TITLE "CHARLES
COUNTY", SUB-TITLE "ROADS AND BRIDGES", SAID SEC-
TIONS HAVING BEEN ENACTED BY CHAPTER 291 OF THE
ACTS OF 1953, BE AND THEY ARE HEREBY REPEALED.

SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT SECTION
173 OF ARTICLE 89B OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARY-
LAND (1951 EDITION), TITLE "STATE ROADS", SUB-TITLE
"SPECIAL PROVISIONS AS TO DESIGNATED COUNTIES", BE
AND IT IS HEREBY REPEALED AND RE-ENACTED, WITH
AMENDMENTS, TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

173. IF ANY COUNTY NAMED IN SECTION 171 OF THIS
SUB-TITLE SHALL HEREAFTER DESIRE TO TAKE OVER
AND PERFOM THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION AND
MAINTENANCE OF ITS COUNTY ROADS ON ITS OWN BE-
HALF AND FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, THE COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS THEREOF MAY MAKE A WRITTEN REQUEST
THEREFOR TO THE STATE ROADS COMMISSION. SUCH RE-
QUEST SHALL BE MADE AT LEAST NINETY DAYS IN AD-
VANCE OF THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST STATE FISCAL
YEAR AS TO WHICH THE REQUEST IS DESIRED TO TAKE
EFFECT. IF THE STATE ROADS COMMISSION SHALL FIND
THAT SUCH COUNTY HAS, OR IS REASONABLY ASSURED
OF OBTAINING ADEQUATE FACILITIES FOR CONSTRUCT-
ING, RECONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING ROADS, AND
THAT SUCH COUNTY HAS, OR IS REASONABLY ASSURED
OF OBTAINING THE SERVICES OF A ROADS ENGINEER
HAVING A DEGREE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND EXPERI-
ENCE IN CONSTRUCTING ROADS, OR WHO HAS HAD AT
LEAST TEN YEARS PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN CON-
STRUCTING ROADS IN A SUPERVISORY AND EXECUTIVE
CAPACITY, THEN THE STATE ROADS COMMISSION SHALL
BY RESOLUTION RELINQUISH AND TRANSFER TO THE
COUNTY THE FUNCTIONS OF CONSTRUCTING, RECON-