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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 engineer.

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 descriptions 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 proposals.

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 published 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