166                                 Laws of Maryland                          [Ch. 59

9C. When acquiring land and property rights under these sec-
tions for the construction or reconstruction of a State highway,
said highway shall, in the alternative, have (a) both of its

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TERMINII at or within the limits of a city or town of this State,
which city or town is recognized by the Commission as a principal
traffic generating center, (b) one of its

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TERMINII at or
within the limits of a city or town of the State which city or town is
recognized by the Commission as a principal traffic generating cen-
ter and the other terminus at or near a public road within this State,

(c)  both of its termini at or near a public road within this State, or

(d)  one of its

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TERMINII at or within a city or town of
the State or a public road of the State and the other terminus at the
boundary of another State or the District of Columbia connecting
with a highway recognized by the Commission as a principal traffic
distribution, collection or dispersal artery.

9D. Upon the adoption by the Commission of the location, the
length and width of the right of way necessary for the proposed
construction or reconstruction in accordance with the conditions
prescribed in sub-sections (1) and (2) above, the said Commission
shall estimate and determine the fair value of each property taken
and damage done, if any, to the remaining property of the owners
along the entire route as shown on the above referred to plats or
maps, and the Commission shall then make provision to pay said
amount to the owner or owners thereof, or make provision to pay
said amount into the Circuit Court of the County or the Superior
Court of Baltimore City, in which the property is located, as the
case may be, for the use of the owner or owners thereof. The Com-
mission's estimate of the fair value of the property taken in each
case and the damage, if any, to the remainder of the owner's prop-
erty shall be kept among the permanent records of the Commission,
and such information shall not be considered public information,
any statute or statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, until such
time as all of the property along said section of the highway shall
have been finally acquired or the price therefor determined or agreed
upon between the parties except in cases being heard by the Board
of Property Review, hereinafter created, or by a Court. Plats or
maps showing the above engineering and technical information shall
be finalized by appropriate resolution of the Commission and the
above referred to plats or maps shall be filed among the Commis-
sion's records, and made a permanent part thereof. However, said
plats or maps shall not be considered public records of the Commis-
sion, and shall not be open to public inspection except by permission
of the Commission, or its duly constituted officer, any statute or
statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, until said plats or maps
have been recorded as hereinafter prescribed.

9E. Upon the completion of the aforementioned plats or maps,
and upon ascertaining the amount to be paid to the property owners
affected thereby, or into Court for their use, the said plats or maps
shall be signed by the Chairman of the State Roads Commission,
and then recorded with the Secretary of said Commission, with the
office of the Secretary of State of Maryland in his office at Annapolis,
Maryland, and with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County or
Counties through which the proposed new highway or reconstructed
highway traverses, or with the Clerk of the Superior Court of Balti-
more City, as the case may be, and it shall be the duty of the Secre-
tary of the State Roads Commission, the Secretary of State of Mary-