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<TYPE>EX-99.1
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<DESCRIPTION>CERTIFICATION OF RODNEY I. SMITH
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                                                                    Exhibit 99-1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Smith-Midland Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-QSB for the period ended September 30, 2002 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I
, Rodney I. Smith, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that:

     (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
          material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Company.


                                              By: /s/ Rodney I. Smith
                                              ---------------------------------
                                              Rodney I. Smith
                                              Chief Executive Officer and
                                              President

                                              Dated: November 14, 2002

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