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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of the interest on the bonds or certificates of debt

hereby created, and the balance invested by the

Treasurer in the bonds hereby authorized to be

issued, or other bonds of the State.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the Board of Pub-

To purchase a
suitable lot

lic Works of the State be and they are hereby author-

ized and directed to purchase a suitable lot or parcel

of land, for the purposes of this act; provided, how-

ever, they shall not pay for the same or any part

thereof until they shall be satisfied as to the title to

the same, that it is good, and the owner or owners

thereof shall have conveyed all his, her or their in-

terest in the same, both at law and in equity, to the

State of Maryland, by a good and sufficient deed or

deeds, in fee simple, absolute, to be approved by said

Board of Public Works of the State.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That after the purchase

of said lot or parcel of land by the said Board of

Erect buildings

Public Works of the State, as authorized in the third

section of this act, they are hereby authorized and

directed to erect or cause to be erected, such build-

ings as in their judgment may be necessary for the

purposes of this act; provided, that the entire cost

of the erection of the said buildings and improve-

ments, including the purchase of the grounds and

the furnishing of said building, shall not exceed in

the aggregate the sum of one hundred thousand dol-

lars, appropriated in this act.

Invite sealed

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said Board of

proposals

Public Works of the State, before entering into any

contract for the construction or erection of such

buildings or improvements, as they may deem neces-

sary, upon said purchased premises, shall invite

sealed proposals for said work, upon specifications

furnished, by publication in at least two of the

daily newspapers published in Baltimore city, for at

least ten days beforehand ; and said sealed proposals

shall be opened upon a day and at an hour specified

in said publication, in the presence of all such inter-

ested parties as may wish to be present, and the

Award contract

contract for such buildings and improvements shall

be awarded by them to the lowest responsible bid-

der; provided, that the party or parties entering into

said contract shall first give and execute to the said