ART. 78A] PUBLIC WORKS—BOARD OF. 1769

5. Clause in contract as to cost of additional quantity of mate- rials required. 6. Vouchers, by whom approved. Sale of State's Interest in Works of Internal Improvements or In Corporations. 7. Advertisements for sealed pro- posals; sale to highest bidder. 8. What property board may sell ; proceedings of board.

9. May sell at piivate sale if unable to obtain satisfactory public proposals. 10 Appropriation to carry this sub- title into effect. 11. Sale of annuity of ninety thous- and dollars created by act of 1854, ch 260. 12. Authority of board to carry out provisions of sections 11 to 13. 13. Sale of State's interest in Balti- more and Potomac Railroad Company.

1904, ch. 397, sec. 1.

1. The board of public works is hereby authorized, on or
before the first day of July in each and every year, to advertise
for ten successive days in three daily newspapers published in
the city of Baltimore, and having, as nearly as said board may
be able to ascertain, the largest circulation, that said board will
receive bids for, based upon specifications to be furnished to all
who may apply for the same, the stationery, record and blank
books, and such other materials of a like nature as may be
needed for the following departments of the State government,
to wit: The court of appeals and library of the State, the
executive department, the general assembly of Maryland for the
year during which the same may be in session, and each of the
bids made in accordance with such advertisements shall be
transmitted to the said board of public works on or before the
time specified therefor in said advertisement, together with a
bond to the State of Maryland, with a penalty of twenty
thousand dollars, with two or more sureties, conditioned for the
due, prompt and faithful compliance with the .contract entered
into, if such bid shall be accepted; and said board shall, on
that day, at or near twelve o'clock M. of said day, not before,
open such bids in the presence of such bidders and other
persons as may choose to attend, and award the contract for
such supplies to the lowest responsible bidder who shall have
filed with his bid a bond satisfactory to said board df public
works; and said board shall be the judge of the sufficiency of
said bond, and no bid shall be considered by said board unless
accompanied by such bond.

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