EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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be made and the time when said building shall be completed ;

and the said Building Committee shall award the contract to

the lowest responsible bidder, giving bond to the State of

Maryland in such penalty as said Committee shall determine,

conditioned for the faithful performance of the contract en-

tered into, reserving to them the right to reject any and all

bids; which bond shall be liable at the suit of the Board of

County School Commissioners of Dorchester County for any

violation of its conditions. The said Building Committee is

hereby authorized and required to employ a skilled and com-

petent architect, under whose control and supervision as to

Required to

material and workmanship such work shall be done; provided,

employ
skilled archi-

however, that the entire cost of such improvements and addi-

tect.

tion to said building complete, including said heating appa-

ratus, shall not exceed the amount realized from the sale of

the bonds hereinafter authorized and directed to be issued for

that purpose.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said Building Committee,

upon entering into any contract, as mentioned in the preced-

To report to
County

ing section, shall forthwith make report to the Board of

School Com-
missioners.

County School Commissioners of Dorchester County, fully set-

ting forth the terms and character of said contract and the

debts incurred thereby, which report shall be entered upon the

records of the said Board of County School Commissioners.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of raising

the necessary money for repairing and improving said school

Issue of bonds.

building and building the addition thereto, including said heat-

ing apparatus, the School Commissioners of Dorchester

County be and they are hereby authorized and directed to issue

bonds in the name of the Board of County School Commis-

sioners of Dorchester County, with the endorsement thereon

of the County Commissioners of Dorchester County (which en-

dorsement said County Commissioners are hereby authorized

and required to give) to the amount of twelve thousand five

hundred dollars ; said bonds shall be issued in sums of not less

than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars each,

and shall be signed by the President of the said Board of

School Commissioners and countersigned by the Secretary of

said board, with the corporate seal of said board attached ;

such bonds shall be dated the first day of July, 1904, and shall

bear interest at the rate of four per cent, per annum, pay-

able on the first day of January and July in each year, until

the said bonds are respectively paid; for which semi-annual

interest proper interest coupons payable to the bearer shall