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. 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 commissioners.

1888, art. 25, sec. 23. 1860, art. 28, sec. 51. 1866, ch. 308, sec. 4.

23. 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 qual-
ified 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 perform-
ance.

Ibid. sec. 24. 1860, art. 28, sec. 52. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 5.

24. 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 con-
tract 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.

Ibid, sec 25. 1860, art. 28, sec. 53. 1856, ch. 308, sec 6.

25. 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 commissioners 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.
Co. Comm'rs of Prince George's Co. v. Comm'rs of Laurel. 51 Md. 463.

Ibid. sec. 26. 1860, art. 28, sec. 54. 1856, ch. 308, sec. 6.

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