ART. 78] PUBLIC PRINTING. 1771
of the State to enter suit in the name of the State of Maryland against
the bond of the said bidder for the amount of the difference between said
bid and that of the next lowest responsible bidder in the circuit court for
the county of in the superior court of Baltimore city where said bidder
resides; and said court shall enter judgment against said bond and issue
execution thereon, and all moneys so received shall be transmitted to the
comptroller of the treasury and paid into the treasury of the State.
1904, art. 78, sec. 4. 1904, ch. 319, sec. 4.
4. It shall be the duty of the said board to report to the general
assembly of Maryland on the first day of the session the said contract
and its action in regard thereto, including a report of all bids received
by it from all parties whomsoever; the money so to be paid under said
contract shall be due and payable as follows: One-third at the end of
sixty days from the commencement of said session; one-third at the end
thereof, and the balance so soon thereafter as the said contractor hath
fully and entirely completed the said contract; and the comptroller is
hereby directed to draw his warrants upon the treasurer for such pay-
ments at such times, but no warrants shall be drawn unless, at the times
thereof, the said printing board shall have certified in writing to said
comptroller that up to the time of granting said certificates the said
printing has been done and contract performed as called for by it up to
said time.
Ibid. sec. 5. 1904, ch. 319, sec. 5.
5. So much of said printing as shall be necessary for the general
assembly during its session shall be delivered to the presiding officers
of each house, and such presiding officer shall give or cause to be given
to the printer a receipt for all printed matter delivered to the respective
branches of the legislature.
Ibid. sec. 6. 1904, ch. 319, sec. 6.
6. The said board is hereby authorized to pay the sum of fifty dollars
as additional compensation to such officer in the treasurer's or comp-
troller's department whom it shall select to do the clerical work necessary
in making said contract
1908, ch. 269.
7. It shall be the duty of the governor promptly after his approval
of bills passed by the general assembly, as well as the bills which become
laws without such approval, before delivering the same to the clerk of
the court of appeals, to cause copies thereof, certified under the great
seal, to be forthwith forwarded to the public printer, for his use in print-
ing the laws, in the manner provided for in the succeeding section.
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