Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-05-24
PUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER 1903;


certain requirements Of vouchers for
road expenditure.
Section |. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That Section 1874
of Article 16 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of the State of Maryland, title
Montgomery County" subtitle Roads. y
as the same was enacted by Chapter 1873
of the Laws of Maryland Of 1898, be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-enact-
ed with amendments so as to read as fol-
lows :
Section 1874. The Board of County Com
missioners Of Montgomery county shall an
nually make a general levy of an amount
not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.O0)
per mile for the repair Of the dirt roads in
said county. the said amount, when col
lected, to be apportioned to the several
election districts according to the mileage
of county dirt roads in each of said cleo
ton districts, and in computing said cleo
ton district mileage each election district
shall be credited with one-half Of the
mileage Of all county dirt roads constitute
ing boundary lines between it and other
election districts. And said County Com
missioners shall also annually make a
general levy of an amount not exceeding
one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00)
per mile for the repairs to macadam or
other permanently improved roads with
which the county is charged with the duty
and expense of maintenance, said amount,
when collected, to be apportioned to the
several election districts according to the
mileage Of such macadam or other perm
anently improved roads located in each
of such election districts, and in comput-
ing said election district mileage of ma
cadam or other permanently improved
roads each election district shall be cred
tied with one-half the mileage of all the
macadam or other permanently improved
roads, constituting boundary lines be-
tween it and other election districts And
each of said appointments for repairs to
dirt roads and for repairs to macadam or
other permanently improved roads shall
be expended wholly upon the roads with
in the election district to which 1t is ap-
portioned. Any unexpended or surplus
part of such apportionment for the repairs
to dirt roads may be expended for repairs
to macadam or other permanently i'm
proved roads in the election district to
which it is apportioned and any unex-
pended or surplus part Of such appOrti0n-
luClt lOt ACPdho VI hldCdhuhA VI ONhCA
permanently improved roads and any
other road fund which may be credited to
the several election districts or any Of
them, and not set apart for some particu-
lar purpose, upon the certificate OF
t he Road super int n
that it is not needed for repair work,
may be expended for the construction of
new macadam or other permanently inn
proved roads in the election district to
which such apportionment or such other
fund is credited, but shall not be expend-
ed elsewhere nor for any other purpose.
All monies received by said county for
maintenance of roads from the automO-
bile tax, or from other miscellaneous
sources, for general road purposes, shall
be expended as needed for resurfacing or
repairs of macadam or
other permanently improved roads which
the county is CHARGED with the duty Of
The said Board of County
Commissioners shall also make a general
annual levy of an amount not to exceed
six cents on the one hundred dollars OF
the taxable property of said county. which
amount from the levy for the years 1912
and 1913 shall be apportioned and ex-
pended for resurfacing the macadam road
on Connecticut Avenue from Bradley Lane
to Chevy Chase Lake. the Washington and
Rockville pike. beginning at the line Of
the District of Columbia, and the macadam
road from Muncaster's Cross Roads to
said annual levy of not ex-
ceeding six cents for the year 1914 and
shall be expended in the dis
cretion of said Board Of County Commits
cinnaro in roo.nrfontnd tho noAav,,
other permanently improved roads Of the
county. or whenever it or any of it is not
needed for resurfacing or repairs it may
be used in the construction Of continuous
stretches Of new macadam. or other per-
manently improved roads, or in the con-
struction Of new macadam OF other per-
manently improved stretches of road to
connect such macadam roads which may
have been constructed. And said Board
of County Commissioners shall make no
other general levy for road purposes in
said county: Provided. that said Board
Of County Commissioners may levy in the
year 1912, only. an amount not to exceed
five and one-half cents on the one hun
dred dollars Of the taxable property of
said county. to be expended in the perm
anent Improvement Of roads of said coun-
ty. And provided, further, that not later
than the first Monday Of April preceding
the annual levy the said Board Of County
Commissioners shall publish in at least
two Of the county newspapers a state
ment of the amount of money which is
proposed to be levied and objectionable
to the several election districts for re-
pairs to dirt roads; the amount which will
be levied together with the total amount
which will be available to each election
district for ordinary repairs to macadam,
or other permanently improved roads; the
amount, with sources Of same, which will
be available for resurfacing and other
extraordinary repairs to macadam or
permanently improved roads with the
names of the roads by election districts
upon which such resurfaciu9 OF extraor-
binary repairs are to be made, and the
estimated amount which will be availa-
BILE for the purpose on each of such roads;
the names by election districts of the
roads which said Board has selected to
be macadamized or permanently i'm
proved during the ensuing year, and the
estimated amount which will be availa-
BILE for each Of said roads; and said Board
shall set date not later than April 18th
following. upon which it will receive re-
quests from the citizens and taxpayers of
the several election districts for addi-
tional road improvements. which they
may desire to have made during the en-
suing year. either from special levy up
on the taxable property Of the election
district in which such road or roads are
located or border upon, by private sub
scription, or partly by private subscrip-
ton and partly by such special levy, or
otherwise. and after having heard such
requests said Board shall take such &C
ton as il may see fit with respect to the
entire matter, consistent with law And
If said Board shall determine that there is
a general demand on the part Of the citi-
zens and taxpayers Of any election dis
trict for special levy upon the taxable
property Of such district or districts for a
special or additional road improvement
fund for the construction or repairs to a
road, within or bordering upon such dis
trict or districts, which otherwise could
not be constructed or repaired during the
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