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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Commissioners, after giving at least two weeks' no-

tice in some newspaper printed in Calvert county,

and by hand-bills posted throughout the county, for

at least two weeks, shall offer at some central place

in each election district in said county, at auction to

Offer at auc-

the lowest bidder, the contract for keeping in repair

tion.

for two years from that date the said section of the

public roads, and shall award to the lowest responsi-

ble bidder the said contracts; provided, however,

that said road commissioners, or either of them ap-

pointed under this act, shall not become a bidder,

(for said contracts,) under this section of the act;

and, provided further, that, before said contracts are

awarded, the contractor or contractors shall be requir-

Give Bond.

ed to give bond to the State of Maryland for double

the amount of said contract or contracts, with such

security as the said Board of County Road Commis-

sioners shall direct; and the said bond may be put

in suit for the benefit of any person or persons

suffering by reason of the failure of said contractor

to comply with their contracts, in keeping in repair

the section or sections of the public roads awarded

to them; and in case any of said contractors shall

die during the two years, the County Commissioners

shall have power to provide for the repairs of the

section of said contractors in such manner as they

may deem best.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, No contractor, supervisor

Not to be paid
without certifi-

or laborer shall be paid any thing for his work on

cate.

the roads, unless he obtains a certificate from the

Board of Road Commissioners, with the affidavit of

a road commissioner attached thereto, certifying that

the work for which he is to be paid has been faith-

fully done, and that the holder is entitled to the

amount of money which he claims ; and said Board

of County Road Commissioners shall, before enter-

Make oath or

ing upon the discharge of their duties as such, make

affirmation.

oath or affirmation before a justice of the peace for

said county that they will issue no such certificate,

unless they believe the same to be just and proper,

and have personally examined the said work for

which the same is issued, which oath or affirmation

shall be filed with the Board of County Commission-

ers for Calvert county ; and any road commissioner

issuing any such certificate without having person-

ally inspected the work, shall be deemed guilty of a