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An. Code, sec. 29. 1904, sec. 28. 1888, sec. 28. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 6.

30. At the time and place named in such notice the examiners shall
meet and open such proposals and shall award the work to the lowest bid-
der, all things being considered, who shall thereupon enter into a contract
with said examiners and give bond with security by them approved in a
penalty double the amount of the price of the work for the faithful per-
formance of said work.
See notes to sec. 21.

An. Code, sec. 30. 1904, sec. 29. 1888, sec. 29. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 6.

31. The examiners, during the progress of the work and up to its com-
pletion, shall at any time have full authority to examine and direct the
same, and when completed shall receive the same and open it for public
use, and notify the commissioners of their respective counties thereof; and
the said commissioners shall thereupon pay or levy for their respective pro-
portions of the cost of the said work according to the contract,
See notes to sec. 21.

An. Code, sec. 31. 1904, sec. 30. 1888, sec. 30. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 7.

32. If the examiners on the part of adjoining counties cannot agree
as to the relative amount each county shall pay of the cost and expense
of building or repairing any bridge, they, or a majority of them on the
part of each county, shall each appoint an arbitrator to determine the
matter in dispute; and if the arbitrators cannot agree they shall appoint
an umpire who shall not be a resident of either county, and the award and
determination of the arbitrators or umpire shall be final and conclusive in
the matter submitted.
See notes to sec. 21.

An. Code, sec. 32. 1904, sec. 31. 1888, sec. 31. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 8.

33. Nothing contained in this article shall authorize any county com-
missioners to build or order to be built any drawbridge or any bridge across
a navigable river.

If however the county commissioners are authorized by a subsequent law to
build a bridge over a navigable stream, the procedure pointed out by secs. 21 to
36 must be followed, unless the subsequent law provides a different procedure.
Bembe v. Anne Arundel County, 94 Md. 332.

See notes to sec. 21.

See art. 23, sec. 158.

An. Code, sec. 33. 1904, sec. 32. 1888, sec. 32. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 9.

34. In all cases, upon representation in writing of any citizen or citi-
zens of any county in which the county commissioners may determine to
build or repair any bridge or unite with an adjoining county to build or
repair any bridge between the said adjoining counties filed before a con-
tract for building or repairing has been made that the said determina-
tion of the county commissioners is inexpedient, and desiring an appeal
from such determination, the county commissioners shall grant such appeal