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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

be appropriated for the erection of said public school building

Duty of Com-
missioners.

in said precinct it shall be the duty of said School Commis-

sioners to so apportion said sum so as to clearly designate how

much of said sum shall be expended for the purpose of pur-

chasing a lot of land (if a lot is not already owned) or addi-

tional land, if necessary ; how much shall be expended for the

erection of a school house, and how much shall be expended

in furnishing and equipping the same ; and said School Com-

missioners are hereby authorized and directed to acquire by

purchase or condemnation the necessary lot or addition thereto

for the erection of said school building.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That immediately upon notifica-

Plans and
specifications

tion from said Commissioners that said lot is ready for the erec-

tion of said school building, the said building committee shall,

as speedily as possible, procure and adopt plans and specifica-

tions for the erection of said public school building, and as soon

as said plans and specifications are determined upon by said

building committee they shall invite sealed proposals by ad-

vertisement, for a reasonable time, for the construction and

completion of said building, which proposals shall be sent in

sealed envelopes in care of the School Examiner of Anne

Arundel County, addressed to said committee, and shall be

publicly opened on the day and hour named in said advertise-

ment ; said proposals shall set forth the amount of money for

which the parties proposing will complete the building ac-

cording to the specifications, and the time or times at which

payment therefor shall be made, and the time when said build-

ing will be completed ; and the said building committee shall

Awarding the

award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, giving

contract.

bond to the State of Maryland in such penalty as said com-

mittee shall determine, conditioned for the faithful perform-

ance of the contract entered into; which bond or bonds shall

be liable at the suit or suits of the County Commissioners or

School Commissioners of Anne Arundel County for any viola-

tion of its conditions ; the said building committee is hereby

authorized to employ a skilled and competent architect under

whose control and supervision, as to material and workman-

ship, said building shall be erected, and said building committee

shall also, in like manner, determine upon the proper fur-

nishing of the rooms and offices of said building and shall

at such times as they may deem proper advertise for such fur-

niture as in their discretion will be suitable for the several

Cost of build-

rooms therein, and shall award the contract therefor to the

ing and fur-
nishing.

lowest responsible bidder; provided, however, that the entire

cost of erecting and furnishing said building shall not in any