BALTIMORE CITY. 1257

Article 4 entitled "City of Baltimore" of the Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, provided, however, that said Commission shall be empowered if it
sees fit to insert in the specifications for any such work reasonable and
lawful conditions as to the hours of labor, wages and the residence or
character of workmen to be employed by the contractor, and especially so
far as may be practicable, in the judgment of said commission, such rea-
sonable and lawful conditions as will tend to confine employment on such
work in whole or in part to permanent and bona fide residents of the State

of Maryland only; and provided, however, also that said commission with
the consent of three-fourths of all its members may itself do any part
or parts of any such work under such conditions in every respect as it
may prescribe by day labor whenever the chief engineer in writing shall
recommend that course; in which event the said Commission in addition
to its other powers in the premises shall likewise be authorized to devise,
promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations as will make merit
.and personal fitness ascertained by some system of open competition or
registration or both, the sole tests of eligibility for all positions of em-
ployment under its control which it may see fit to embrace within the
scope of said rules and regulations which however may be limited to per-
manent and bona fide residents of this State; in any particular any and
all bids or parts of bids for any such work or supplies or materials may
be rejected; provided, however, that all bids shall, before an award is
made by the Board of Awards under the provisions of said sections 14 and
15 of Article 4, entitled "City of Baltimore" of the Public Local Laws

of Maryland, and so soon as said bids shall have been opened by the
Board of Awards be referred to the said Commission by said Board for
such consideration and recommendations in the premises the said Com-
mission shall see fit to give and make, which said consideration and
recommendations shall therefrom be given and made by the said Com-
mission without unnecessary delay.
See notes to Section 824N.

1904, ch. 349. sec. 6.

824F. In order to provide money for the projection, construction and
establishment of said sewerage system the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore is hereby authorized to issue the stock of said corporation for a
sum not exceeding ten million dollars; said stock to be issued from time
to time as the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall by ordinance
prescribe, and to be issued for such amounts and to be payable at such
time and to bear such rate of interest as the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore shall by ordinance provide. Said stock shall be sold and issued
by the Commissioners of Finance of the City of Baltimore at the best
prices obtainable in their judgment therefor, and any premiums derived
from the sale thereof shall remain in their hands as part of the sinking
fund hereinafter mentioned for the redemption of said stock at maturity.
The residue of the money received from the sale of said stock shall be
turned over by them to the Comptroller, to be by him deposited with the