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for; that three of said committee shall constitute a quorum;
and the concurrence of three of them shall be necessary for the
decision of all questions which may arise in the discharge of
their duties; that all vacancies in said building committee,
whether from death, refusal to act, resignation or otherwise shall
be filled by competent taxpayers from Vienna election district
of said county, to be selected by the Board of County Commis-
sioners of Dorchester county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said building committee
shall as speedily" as possible procure and, adopt plans and speci-
fications for building said high school building of brick, and as
soon as said plans and specifications are determined upon by
said building committee they shall invite sealed proposals by
advertisements for a reasonable time for the construction and
completion of said work, which proposals shall be in sealed
envelopes, in care of the School Treasurer of Dorchester County,
addressed to said committee, and shall be publicly opened on
the day and hour named in said advertisement; said proposals
shall set forth the amount of money for which parties propos-
ing will construct and complete the building, including heating
apparatus, according to the specifications and at the time or
times at which payments thereof shall be made and the time
when said building shall be completed; and the said building
committee shall award the contract to the lowest responsible
bidder, giving bond to the State of Maryland, in such penalty
as said committee shall determine, conditioned for the faithful
performance of the contract entered into, reserving to them the
right to reject any and all bids. Which bond shall be liable at
the suit of the said Board of County School Commissioners of
Dorchester County for the violation of its conditions; the said
building committee is hereby authorized amd required to employ
a skillful and competent architect, under whose- control and
supervision as to material and workmanship such work shall be
done; provided, however, that the entire cost of said building
complete, including said heating apparatus, shall not exceed the
amount realized from the sale of the present school building
hereinafter authorized, and from the sale of the bonds herein-
after authorized, and directed to be issued for that purpose.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said building committee
upon entering into any contract, as mentioned in the preceding
section, shall forthwith make report.to the Board of County
School Commissioners of Dorchester County, fully setting forth
the terms and character of said contract and the debts incurred
thereby, which report shall be entered upon the records of said
Board of County School Commissioners.