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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

as the basin and docks to be thoroughly cleansed by
dredging the same to such a uniform depth as may
be necessary for the removal of all sediment and to
cause the sewage of the said city to be diverted from
the waters of the harbor by the construction of one
or more intercepting sewers of sufficient capacity to
conduct the sewage of the city to some point so
remote from the said harbor as not to be liable to be
returned thereto by the operation of the tide-water,
or otherwise.

Appoint civil
engineer.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That before the dredging
of the said basin and the construction of the said
sewer shall be begun, the Mayor and City Council
shall appoint some competent and skillful person,
educated and accredited as a civil engineer under
whose direction the said work shall be executed, and
who shall receive for his services payment as may
be determined by the Mayor and City Council of
said city during the time he shall be employed.

Duty of engi-
neer.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of said engineer after due surveys and examinations
to make an estimate of the costs of executing said
work, with detailed explanations and specifications
of the kind of work required, and of the several de-
scriptions of work required both for dredging the
basin and constructing the sewer or sewers; which
estimates and specifications shall not provide for a
work to exceed in cost the sum of money hereinafter
authorized to be expended.

Invite propo-
sals.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That as soon as the said
estimates and specifications shall be completed and
reported to the Mayor by the said engineer, it shall
be the duty of the Mayor, Register and Comptroller
of the City of Baltimore to invite proposals for the
execution of the various kinds of work required, by
advertisement thereof in all the daily papers pub-
lished in the City of Baltimore, giving at least thirty
days notice of the time and place of opening said
proposals, and the said proposals shall be publicly
opened by the Mayor in the presence of the Register
and Comptroller and of all the bidders for such
work who may choose to attend; and the said work
shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder or