EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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County Commissioners of the two counties, be awarded the con-

tract for constructing and building said bridge, upon comply-

Bids to be
awarded.

ing with the provisions of the following sections, provided,

however, that the said County Commissioners jointly shall have

power to reject all of said bids and re-advertise for the same as

above provided.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the person or persons or

corporation to whom the aforesaid contract shall have been

Contract in

awarded shall enter into a contract in writing with said County

writing.

Commissioners of the said counties jointly such as shall be

prepared by said County Commissioners for the building of

said bridge, and shall enter into bond to said County Com-

missioners of Baltimore County and said County Commis-

sioners of Anne Arundel County jointly in such penalty and

with surety to be approved by them, conditioned for the faith-

ful execution of said contract ; that said contract and said bond

shall be executed in duplicate; one of said duplicate contracts

and bonds to be filed with and approved by the County Com-

missioners of Baltimore County and the other duplicates to be

Bonds to be
filed.

filed with and approved by the County Commissioners of Anne

Arundel County. And upon failure of said contractor to ex-

ecute said contract and file his. their or its bond as herein

provided within ten days from the day said award was made,

the said Commissioners may proceed as hereinbefore as if said

award had not been made, or in their discretion may award

said contract to the next lowest bidder under the first adver-

tisement.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That no contract for the building

of said bridge shall be entered into by the said County Com-

Skilled bridge

missioners with any person, persons or corporation, except

engineer to
have charge.

upon the condition that the contract shall be executed in every

particular under the supervision, direction and control of an

experienced and skilled bridge engineer, and the said County

Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to contract

with and employ a competent engineer to supervise, direct and

control the building and construction of said bridge according

to the plans and specifications hereinbefore provided.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the cost of constructing and

building said bridge and the abutments and the future main-

Cost of con-
struction.

tenance thereof, as also the expenses incident thereto, in-

cluding the pay of the supervising engineer, shall be com-

puted and one-third of the same borne by Baltimore County

and the other two-thirds by Anne Arundel County, but the

roadways and approaches thereto from either county shall be