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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

proceed to readvertise for proposals as provided in the pre-

ceding section.

3. If any person shall bid for said printing and shall fail

Failure to en-

to enter into contract with said Board, it shall be the duty of the

ter into con-
tract after

Attorney-General of the State to enter suit in the name of the

award.

State of Maryland against the bond of the said bidder for the

amount of the difference between said bid and that of the next

lowest responsible bidder in the Circuit Court for the county or

in the Superior Court of Baltimore City where said bidder re-

sides ; and said court shall enter judgment against said bond

and issue execution thereon, and all moneys so received shall

be transmitted to the Comptroller of the Treasury and paid into

the Treasury of the State.

4. It shall be the duty of the said Board to report to the Gen-

To report to

eral Assembly of Maryland on the first day of the session

General As-
sembly.

the said contract and its action in regard thereto, including a

report of all bids received by it from all parties whomsoever;

the money so to be paid under said contract shall be due and

payable as follows: One-third at the end of sixty days from

the commencement of said session ; one-third at the end there-

of, and the balance so soon thereafter as the said contractor

hath fully and entirely completed the said contract; and the

Comptroller is hereby directed to draw his warrants upon the

Treasurer for such payments at such times, but no warrants

shall be drawn unless, at the times thereof, the said printing

board shal have certified in writing to said Comptroller that

up to the time of granting said certificates the said printing has

been done and contract performed as called for by it up to said

time.

5. So much of said printing as shall be necessary for the

Receipt to be
given for

General Assembly during its session shall be delivered to the

printed mat-

presiding officers of each House, and such presiding officer

ter.

shall give or cause to be given to the printer a receipt for

all printed matter delivered to the respective branches of

the Legislature.

6. The said Board is hereby authorized to pay the sum of

Additional
compensation.

fifty dollars as additional compensation to such officer in the

Treasurer's or Comptroller's department whom it shall select

to do the clerical work necessary in making said contract.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 12, 1904.