2480

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 492

(b)   If any municipality which is authorized by law
to construct or maintain streets or roads shall request
the [State Roads Commission] ADMINISTRATION in writing
not later than December 31 prior to the beginning of any
fiscal year for its share of the funds distributable
under this section, the [State Roads Commission]
ADMINISTRATION during such fiscal year shall allocate for
the county or such municipality a portion of the share as
first determined in subsection (a) hereof of the county
within which the municipality lies. Such portion shall
be determined (1) by applying to one half of the county
share of highway user revenues provided under this
section the ratio which the total mileage of county roads
in the municipality bears to the total mileage of county
roads in such county and then allocating the resulting
portion to the municipality and (2) by initially applying
to one half of the county share of highway user revenues
provided under this section the ratio which the motor
vehicle registrations within the municipality bears to
the total number of motor vehicle registrations within
such county, and then allocating one half of the
resulting portion to the municipality.

The portion so allocated shall be the municipality's
share for the purpose of this section. In the
distribution of the shares under the mileage formula
pursuant to this subsection, the special improvement
districts in Prince George's County in existence on
January, 1953, shall be treated as municipalities, but
the payments made hereunder shall be retained by the
County Commissioners of said county as credits to said
districts, and shall be applied toward the cost of
maintenance of such streets and roads in the said
districts so long as it has an indebtedness.

(c)   The mileage proportions required by subsection
(a) and, when applicable by subsection (b) of this
section shall be computed by the [State Roads Commission]
ADMINISTRATION as of June 30, 1947, for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 1947, and recomputed 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 [Commission]
ADMINISTRATION 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 subsection (b), shall not
later than December 31, 1948 and not later than each
December 31 thereafter, make a report to the [Commission]
ADMINISTRATION, in the form required by it, showing the
mileage added to or removed from the county roads system
within such county or municipality during the twelve
months period ending on the preceding December 1.