1734

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 289

(b)  Road and Bridge Fund. The tax so levied and collected
within the limits of all incorporated towns or cities, together
with all other money receivable by Washington County for road and
bridge purposes, including all fines and forfeitures on account
of roads and bridges and all taxes collected on stocks and bonds
not apportioned to or assessed in any district shall [be and]
constitute a fund to be known as the General Road and Bridge Fund
and may be expended for any lawful road or bridge purpose
anywhere in Washington County and for no other purposes
[whatsoever].

(c)  Borrowing power. When there [shall not be sufficient
money] ARE INSUFFICIENT FUNDS in the county treasury set apart as
the General Road and Bridge Fund to meet the demand for an
emergency, the County Commissioners [of Washington County shall
have the power to] MAY borrow [money not exceeding] UP TO
$250,000 in [one] 1 year, on the credit of the county, to be paid
out of the road money provided in the next succeeding levy. All
bills and claims on account of roads and bridges in the county
shall receive the endorsement of the Road Engineer before payment
and shall be passed upon by the County Commissioners at a regular
or adjourned meeting.[, and no such] A bill or claim involving
the expenditure of more than [one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)]
$1,000, and [no] A contract or agreement involving a larger
expenditure from the roads funds of the county [shall] MAY NOT be
allowed or made except by a majority vote of the [said] County
Commissioners.

(d)  Claims. All claims allowed and passed as aforesaid
shall be approved by the President and attested by the Clerk of
the [said] County Commissioners. [and when] WHEN so approved an
order for the amount of [same] THE CLAIM shall be drawn against
the county tax collector who shall pay the [said] amount out of
the proper funds. (See note (3)) (1959, ch. 590, sec. 527;
1980, ch. 103; 1981, ch. 178.)

27-15. Special road improvement districts.

(a) Definitions. (1) [The term used in] IN this section
[have the following meanings] THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED:

[(1)] (2) [A special] "SPECIAL road improvement
district" means an area of land in the county which has frontage
on a substandard private road in which improvements to the road
will be funded from special assessments imposed on all the owners
of the land in proportion to the lengths of their respective
frontages, designated as a special road improvement district by
the County Commissioners.

[(2)] (3) [A private] "PRIVATE road" [is] MEANS a
road not previously accepted into the County road system.

(3) "Owners" means owners of property included in the
district.