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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 608

Court of Appeals of Maryland, the Department of
Legislative Reference of Maryland, and the secretary of
the State Roads Commission of Maryland. The Commission
may, after advising and conferring with the governing
body of any county and the legislative delegation from
said county, change the priority of construction of any
project or transfer from one construction period to
another any project referred to in the aforementioned
document, and the Commission may also substitute after
advising and conferring with the governing body of any
county and the legislative delegation of said county any
construction project listed in the aforementioned
document for any construction project or projects
included in the document prepared by the State Roads
Commission entitled "State Highway System Study —
Including Sufficiency Eating" dated February 1, 1958
generally referred to as the "green book." The
Commission may also, upon the written request of a
majority of the members of the governing body of any
county and a majority of the members of the legislative
delegation from any county, substitute a project not
included in either of the above—mentioned documents for a
project included in the document generally referred to as
the "yellow book." Provided, however, any rescheduling
of construction projects shall be within the mileage
limitations hereinabove provided in this section.

§19. [§ 205A.] Effect of [ §§ 201 and 205] §§ 13 AND 18
OF SUBHEADING on completion of interstate system of
highways.

(a)   In order that the highways on the interstate
system may be constructed or completed as rapidly as the
use of federal interstate funds permits, the program
provisions contained in [§ 201] §13 OF THIS SUBHEADING
and the mileage limitations and restrictions provided in
[§ 205 of this article] §18 OF THIS SUBHEADING shall not
prohibit the Commission from completing the interstate
system of highways as rapidly as funds for that purpose
are available.

(b)   In cases where a primary highway carrying
through traffic is dualized or constructed sooner than
proposed in the yellow or green books through any county,
the Commission shall have the authority to construct or
improve the remaining projects scheduled in the yellow
book notwithstanding the mileage limitations provided in
[§ 205] §18.

§20. [§ 209.] Taxes to cover payment of principal and
interest; sinking fund.

For the payment of the principal of and the interest
on the bonds issued pursuant to [§ 199] §11 of this
subheading, as such principal and interest shall become
due and payable, there shall be and is hereby laid an
annual tax which shall consist of the following: (a)
Such amounts as may be necessary of the proceeds of the
excise tax on the issuance of certificates of title of