3284 ARTICLE 89B

or acquired turnpike, whether acquired by purchase or condemnation,
the said commission shall file a certified copy of the plan thereof in the
office of the county commissioners for the county or the several counties
in which said section or sections of road or turnpike may be situated, and
setting forth its purpose to acquire and to take over the same, and said
commission thereupon without any further procedure, shall acquire and
take over any such and all county roads, turnpikes or sections thereof or
interests or rights therein, as in its judgment may be necessary or proper
for the purpose of this Article, and with full power to widen, relocate,
change or alter the grade or location thereof; and said commission shall
have full power so to take over and take possession of any county road
or abandoned turnpike, and to accept by gift or surrender, and to acquire
by purchase or condemnation, any and all existing turnpikes or any sections
thereof, or any rights or interest therein, subject to any outstanding occu-
pation, use or franchise of any electric railway company or other public
service corporation; and thereafter all highways, however acquired here-
under, shall be State highways and shall be constructed, improved and
maintained by said commission for the State and at its expense, except as
provided in Section 4.

Cited in construing secs. 9-19. Howard Co. v. Leaf, Daily Record, Oct. 30, 1939.

An. Code, 1924, art. 91, sec. 30. 1912, art. 91, sec. 36. 1908, ch. 141, sec. 32D. 1910,

ch. 218, sec. 32D (p. 300). 1910, ch. 721, sec. 32D (p. 298). 1929, ch. 549.

1931, ch. 539, sec. 6. 1935, ch. 53. 1939, ch. 761.

7. The said Commission, when about to construct any highway, shall
advertise for at least two weeks in one or more newspapers published in
each county in which the highway lies, and for three consecutive issues
in at least one daily newspaper published in Baltimore City, for sealed
proposals for the construction of said highway, accurately describing the
same and stating the time and place for opening said proposals, and re-
serving the right to reject any and all proposals; said proposals shall be
publicly opened at the time specified in said advertisement, and the con-
tract for such work or for the supplies and materials required for such
construction shall be awarded by the Commission to the lowest responsible
bidder, unless in the opinion of said Commission the interests of the State
shall be better served by awarding the contract to some other bidder, when
this may be done. All work which shall be done by the said Commission,
whether on State roads, county roads or municipal streets, the labor and
materials of which are estimated to cost over one thousand dollars ($1,000),
shall be advertised as aforesaid, except such labor and materials as may
be required from time to time to maintain the various roads to the width
and cross section, as previously or originally constructed. The construc-
tion and improvement of all State highways or parts thereof shall be under
the supervision and subject to the approval of the said Commission, in
accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the chief engineer
and approved by said Commission. In all cases where the contract for
work and materials shall be given out after competitive bidding, the suc-
cessful bidder shall promptly execute a formal contract to be approved
as to its form, terms and conditions by said Commission, and shall also
execute and deliver to said Commission a good and sufficient bond to be
approved by said Commission to the State of Maryland in not less than the
amount of the contract price. In no case shall any such bond be approved
or accepted unless the obligors bind themselves therein to the payment
of all just debts for labor and materials incurred by the bidder in the con-