ART. 78A]

PUBLIC WORKS——BOARD OF.

1773

ARTICLE LXXVIII A.

PUBLIC WORKS—BOARD OF.

1. Bids for stationery, etc.; advertise- ment; bond. 2. Specifications to be furnished by state librarian. 3. Awarding contract. 4. Successful bidder failing to con- tract to be sued on his bond by attorney-general . 5. Clause in contract as to cost of ad- ditional quantity of materials re- quired 6. Vouchers, by whom approved. Sale of State's Interest in Work's of Internal Improvements or in Corporations. 7. Advertisements for sealed propo- sals; sale to highest bidder; pro- viso.

8. What property board may sell or exchange. Disposition of pro- ceeds; bonds, etc., paid off to be burned. Examination of treas- urer's books. 9. May sell at private sale if unable to obtain satisfactory public pro- posals. Brokers, etc. 10. Appropriation. 11. Sale of annuity of ninety thousand dollars created by act of 1854, ch. 260. 12. Authority of board to carry out provisions of sections 11 to 13. 13. Rale of state's interest in Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company.

1904, art. 78 A, sec. 1. 1904, ch. 397, sec. 1.

1. The board of public works is hereby authorized, on or before the
first day of July in each and every year, to advertise for ten successive
days in three daily newspapers published in the city of Baltimore, and
having, as nearly as said board may be able to ascertain, the largest cir-
culation, that said board will receive bids for, based upon specifications
to be furnished to all who may apply for the same, the stationery, record
and blank books, and such other materials of a like nature as may be
needed for the following departments of the state government, to wit:
The court of appeals and library of the State, the executive department,
the general assembly of Maryland for the year during which the same
may be in session, and each of the bids made in accordance with such
advertisements shall be transmitted to the said board of public works on
or before the time specified therefor in said advertisement, together with
a bond to the State of Maryland, with a penalty of twenty thousand
dollars, with two or more sureties, conditioned for the due, prompt and

Differences arising in regard to locating, constructing or working a railroad, or
in respect to charges for transportation, may be submitted to the board of
public works for arbitration—art. 23, sec. 257.

As to the duties and powers of the board of public works relative to the state
fishery force, see art. 72, sections 36 and 38.