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tions 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 at the hour named in said advertisement. Said
proposals shall set forth the amount of money for which the
parties proposing will construct and complete the building,
including heating apparatus, according to specifications and tbr
time or times at which payments thereof shall be made and the
time when 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 their 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 viola-
tion of its conditions; the said building committee is hereby
authorized and required to employ a skilfull 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 house building hereinafter author-
ized, and from the sale of bonds hereinafter authorized and
directed to be issued for tha't purpose.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said building commit-
tee upon entering into any contract, as mentioned in the pre-
ceding section, shall forwith 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.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of raising
the necessary money for building said brick school building
including said heating apparatus, the building committee be
and they are hereby authorized and directed to sell the present
school building, either at public or private sale, as they should
deem most advantageous, for cash, and the proceeds derived
from the sale of said building shall be paid over by the building
committee to the treasurer of. the Board of County School Com-
missioners to be applied by them as hereinbefore provided, and
the said School Commissioners for Dorchester County be and