1014 ARTICLE 25

An. Code, 1924, sec. 26. 1912, sec. 25. 1904, sec. 24. 1888, sec. 24. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 5.

1906, ch. 249.

27. When a contractor shall notify the county commissioners that the
bridge is finished, they shall inspect the work, and if in their judgment'it
has been constructed according to the contract and specification, they shall
take the same from the hands of the contractor and open it for public travel
and then, and not before, the contractor shall be entitled to receive the last
instalment due thereon.

This section was repealed as to Prince George's County by the act of 1900, ch. 346.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, see. 27. 1912, sec. 26. 1904, sec. 25. 1888, sec. 25. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 6.

28. If, upon petition in writing of any citizen or citizens of any
county to the county commissioners praying for a bridge to be built or
repaired over any stream or place dividing two adjoining counties, the said
county commissioners shall deem the prayer of the petition reasonable,
they shall by message in writing ask the concurrence of the county com-
missioners of the adjoining county, and upon the concurrence of the last
named county commissioners the county commissioners of each county shall
appoint three disinterested and discreet examiners, and each shall notify
the other of such appointment.

A bridge connecting two counties must be built by concurrent action, and sus-
tained by both counties. Prince George's County v. Commissioners of Laurel, 51 Md.
463.

See notes to sec. 22.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 28. 1912, sec. 27. 1904, sec. 26. 1888, sec. 26. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 6.

29. The said examiners shall with all convenient dispatch meet and
examine and determine as to the expediency of building or repairing the
bridge, the place where, the plan, material and the relative portion of the
cost each of the adjoining counties should pay, and estimate the whole
cost, and report their opinion and all other proceedings to their respective
county commissioners.

See notes to sec. 22.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 29. 1912, sec. 28. 1904, sec. 27. 1888, sec. 27. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 6.

30. If the said report be approved and a bridge be reported as proper
and expedient to be built or repaired, the said several county commis-
sioners shall direct the examiners to advertise for sealed proposals to build
or repair such bridge as in their report may be mentioned, stating the place,
plan, material and workmanship, with sufficient certainty for the purpose
of obtaining proper proposals for the same and the time and place when
such proposals will be opened.

See notes to sec. 22.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 30. 1912; sec. 29. 1904, sec. 28. 1888, sec. 28. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 6.

.31. 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.