COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 1013

An. Code, 1924, sec. 22. 1912, sec. 21. 1904, sec. 20. 1888, sec. 20. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 2.

1906, ch. 249.

23. When any person intends to apply for building or repairing any
bridge, he shall give notice in the same manner and for the same length
of time prescribed for applications for opening roads; and the county com-
missioners, when they have heard the reasons and evidences for and against
the application, shall determine the case as in their judgment will best
promote the public convenience.

This section was repealed as to Prince George's County by the act of 1900, ch. 346.
Blundon v. Crosier, 93 Md. 359. (See also act 1910, ch. 90.)

See notes to sec. 22.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 23. 1912, sec. 22. 1904, sec. 21. 1888, sec. 21. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 3.

1906, ch. 249.

24. Whenever the county commissioners shall have determined to build
or repair a bridge, they shall, at their usual time for levying taxes, levy on
the assessable property of the county a sum sufficient to pay for the bridge
and its embankment and abutments.

This section was repealed as to Prince George's County by the act of 1900, ch. 346.
Blundon v. Crosier, 93 Md. 359. (See also act 1910, ch. 90.)

See sec. 9 and sec. 22 and notes.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 24. 1912, sec. 23. 1904, sec. 22. 1888, sec. 22. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 4.

1884, ch. 114. 1906, ch. 249.

25. All bridges shall be built or repaired by contract; and the county
commissioners shall advertise in one or more newspapers; and if there be
no newspaper published in the county or counties, then by such public
notice as they may deem most advisable, setting forth the place where said
bridge is to be built or repaired, with full specifications of the plan and
materials, and that sealed proposals for building or repairing said bridge
will be received until a day named in the advertisement; provided, how-
ever, that nothing herein shall apply to the building of bridges, the cost
of which shall not exceed two hundred dollars, nor to repairs of existing
bridges where the cost of said repairs shall not exceed that sum; and in all
cases where such cost of building or repairing shall not exceed said sum
of two hundred dollars, the manner of providing for said work, and whether
the same shall be done by contract or otherwise, and if by contract, the
manner of letting the same shall be in the discretion of the county com-
missioners.

This section was repealed as to Prince George's County by the act of 1900, ch. 346.
Blundon v. Crosier, 93 Md. 359. (See also act 1910, ch. 90.)

See notes to sec. 22.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 25. 1912, sec. 24. 1904, sec. 23. 1888, sec. 23. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 4.

1906, ch. 249.

26. On the day named in such advertisement the proposals shall be
opened and the contract awarded to the lowest bidder who in the opinion
of the county commissioners shall be qualified to build or repair the bridge;
and the contractor shall be required to enter into bond with approved
security in double the amount of the contract conditioned for its faithful
performance.

This section was repealed as to Prince George's County by the act of 1900, ch. 346.
Blundon v. Crosier, 93 Md. 359. (See also act 1910, ch. 90.)

See notes to sec. 22.