Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-07-22
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS


portionate part of the proceeds to be
derived from the sale of the bonds OF
certificates of Indebtedness to be dated
June Is, 1922, and herein appropriated
for the construction of lateral roads,
and shall Immediately and not later
than May 1, 1922, notify the County
Commissioners of the several counties
of the amount, thus ascertained, which
has been appropriated from the pro-
ceeds of the sale Of bonds to be dated
June Is, 1922, to each of the counties,
respectively for lateral road purposes.
1t shall thereupon be the duty of the
proper authorities of each county to
provide, by assessing tax upon the
taxable basis of said county or by Dor
rowing upon the faith and credit of
said county or by special assessments
and benefits assessed upon the proper
ty especially benefited by said road, or
by levying a tax upon the property
within a special assessment district
created for the purpose, or by COM
bination of two or more Of these meth,
DDS, or by any manner which in their
discretion is lawful and equitable for
the raising, during said year, of sum
Of money equal to the proportionate
amount appropriated to said county as
aforesaid. The duty of raising the
said amount to be furnished by each
of said counties is hereby made manda-
tory upon the proper authorities of the
respective counties and subject to en-
forcement by mandamus at the in.
stance of the State Roads Commission.
Full power and authority is hereby
granted to the County Commissioners
or other lawfully constituted authori-
ties of each and every county to raise
said money in any of the ways here
inbefore set out, and in case they de-
eide to raise the same by borrowing
upon the credit and faith of the county,
they are authorized to issue the bonds
or certificates of Indebtedness of said
county to the extent of the amount SO
needed, upon such terms and condi-
tons and with such rate of interest
and with such dates of maturity as
to them may seem best. The Lateral
road money raised by each and every
county as hereinbefore provided shall
be paid to the State Roads Commits.
sion at such times and in such
amounts, and under such guarantees
as the State Roads Commission shall
from time to time determine. If the
County Commissioners of any county
shall have fixed the county tax levy
for such county for the year 1922 prior
to May l, 1922, and said Board of Com
missioners shall desire to raise the
whole or any part of such county's
share of said lateral road money for
the year 1922 by assessing a tax upon
the taxable basis of said county, the
said Board of County Commissioners
are hereby authorized and empowered
to borrow such amount as shall be re-
quired for said purpose for the year
1922, and issue their scrip as evidence
of the obligation, and to include in the
next succeeding tax levy the amount
necessary to repay such loan or loans.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted,
That the State Roads Commission
shall, on or before January Is, 1923,
after first setting apart therefrom the
sum of one hundred and fifty thousand
($150,000) dollars, to be used as here
matter provided, ascertain, on the
same basis as hereinbefore set forth,
the amount to which each county will
be entitled in the balance of the pro-
ceeds to be derived from the sale of
bonds to be dated June Is, 1923, and
shall Immediately and not later than
January Is, 1923, send notice thereof
to the County Commissioners of the
respective counties, and it shall there
upon become the duty of the proper
authorities in each county, during the
year 1928, to provide, by any of the
methods hereinbefore set forth, an
equal amount to represent the said
county's share of said lateral road
fund for 1923, and the same powers
and duties shall rest upon the Boards
Of County Commissioners of the sew
eral counties and the State Roads
Commission with reference to said
funds to be raised and used during
1923 as those hereinbefore conferred
for 1922. The sum of one hundred and
fifty thousand ($150,000) dollars to be
set apart from the proceeds of the sale
of the bonds to be dated June Is, 1923,
as hereinbefore provided, shall be used
in the construction of such bridges in
the various counties of the State as
may be selected by the State Roads
Commission, and the same rights and
powers are hereby conferred upon the
said State Roads Commission in con-
nection with the building of such
bridges as are herein conferred upon
said Commission in connection with
the building of the roads herein au-
thorized.
SEC. 9. And be 1t further enacted,
That one-half of the cost of construc-
ton of all lateral roads which shall be
built in pursuance of the provisions of
this Act, shall be paid by the State
out of the proceeds from the sale of