ART. 78] AWARD OF CONTRACT. 1767

said board of public works; and said board of public works
shall be the judge of the sufficiency of said bond; and no bid
shall be considered by said board of public works unless
accompanied by such bond. And it is further provided that
said board of public works shall not receive any bid which
shall be for a greater amount than twenty-five thousand dollars,
and should no bid within this amount be received by the said
board of public works, said board shall then advertise for bids
immediately after the first day above fixed for receiving said
bids, in the same manner and under the same conditions here-
inbefore set forth for the first advertisement.

1904, ch. 319, sec. 2.

2. Said board of public works shall immediately upon
determining the lowest responsible bidder award said contract
to said bidder and notify him thereof, and said board shall,
within ten days thereafter, enter into contract with said bidder
for the printing so enumerated, and if from any cause said
bidder shall fail to enter into said contract, said board shall
award the contract to the next lowest responsible bidder who
shall have filed his bond as directed in section 1; provided,
however, that if the bid of the next lowest responsible bidder
exceeds the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars as aforesaid,
the said board shall not award him the said contract, but shall
proceed to readvertise for proposals as provided in the pre-
ceding section.

Ibid. sec. 3.

3. If any person shall bid for said printing and shall fail
to enter into contract with said board, it shall be the duty of the
attorney-general of the State to enter suit in the name of the
State of Maryland against the bond of the said bidder for the
amount of the difference between said bid and that of the next
lowest responsible bidder in the circuit court for the county or
in the superior court of Baltimore city where said bidder
resides; and said court shall enter judgment against said bond
and issue execution thereon, and all moneys so received shall
be transmitted to the comptroller of the treasury and paid into
the treasury of the State.

Ibid, sec 4

4. It shall be the duty of the said board to report to the
general assembly of Maryland on the first day of the session
the said contract and its action in regard thereto, including a