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bridge, they may make application to the County
Commissioners, and the County Commissioners shall
issue a commission to three disinterested tax payers
of said county, directing them to meet on the
premises named in said application at a stated time,
and examine and determine if the public convenience
requires said bridge and the probable cost thereof,
and they shall report their opinion in writing to the
County Commissioners, and if the County Com-
missioners shall be of opinion that such application
ought to be granted, they shall advertise in one or	Advertise
more newspapers published in Baltimore county,
setting forth the place where said bridge is to be
built, with full specifications of the plan and materials; and that sealed proposals for building said bridge
will be received until a day named in said adver-
tisement, on the day named in said advertisement,
the proposals shall be opened and the contract
awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, who, in
the opinion of the County Commissioners, shall be
qualified to build said bridge; contractors shall give
bond in double the amount of the contract, for the
faithful performance of said contract, and when said
bridge shall be completed to the satisfaction of the
County Commissioners, they shall pay to the con-
tractor the last instalment due thereon, and shall
accept the bridge for the use of the public.
PEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That at least	Expended
three-fourths of all sums of money to be expended
in each district of said county, in the repairs of roads
in any of said districts, shall be expended between
the first day of April and first day of October in each
and every year.
SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the road super-
visors of the several road districts, are hereby	Road supervi-
directed to put up and maintain suitable guide-posts	sors
and finger-boards at cross roads, and where roads
enter and diverge from each other, designating the
most prominent places and distances to which such
roads lead ; any person defacing such posts and
finger-boards, shall be liable to a fine of not less than
two nor more than five dollars for each offense, said
fine to be imposed by any justice of the peace, for
the use and in the name of the County Commis-
sioners of Baltimore county.