Chap. 88.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 37 of the Motor Vehicle Code

| of Virginia, relating to the disposition of fees and license taxes collected pur-

suant to said Code. | [S B 91]
Approved March 2, 1942

1. Beit enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-seven of the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia, be amended and
re-enacted, as follows:

Section 37. Disposition of Fees——Except as otherwise provided
in sections ten and one hundred and nine, all fees and licenses collected
pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be paid into the State treasury,
and warrants for the expenditure of funds necessary for the proper
enforcement of this act shall be issued by the Comptroller upon certif-
icates of the Director or his representatives, designated by him and
bonded, that the parties are entitled thereto, and shall be paid by the
State Treasurer out of the said funds, not exceeding the amount ap-
propriated in the general appropriation bill.

This fund, except as is otherwise provided in this section, shall
constitute a special fund to be expended under the direction of the State
Highway Commissioner for the maintenance of roads and bridges in
the State Highway System; provided, however, that the State Highway
Commission may in its discretion first set aside, out of said funds each
year, the amount in their judgment necessary for the maintenance of the
roads and bridges in the State Highway System and expend in their
discretion the balance of said fund for construction or reconstruction
of roads and bridges in the State Highway System under the provisions
»f sections five, six, eight and nine, or any -amendments thereto, of
chapter four hundred and three of the Acts of the General Assembly of
aineteen hundred and twenty-two, provided any funds available for con-
struction or reconstruction under the provisions of this section, shall be
1s nearly as possible equitably apportioned by the Commission among
he several construction districts; provided, further, that no part of the
said maintenance fund shall be expended on toll roads so long as tolls
are collected thereon. The State Highway Commissioner is hereby au-
thorized to expend part of the funds which may be available for main-
tenance, and of those that may be available for construction of roads in
the State Highway System, for the maintenance, construction or recon-
struction of roads and bridges in the State Highway System in incor-
porated towns of thirty-five hundred inhabitants or less, according to
the last preceding United States census. There may be paid out of this
fund as a contribution toward the construction, reconstruction and
maintenance of streets in cities or towns such sums as may be provided
by law, and such amounts as may be provided by law for the operation
and maintenance of the Department of Highways and the Division of

Motor Vehicles.