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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the building of the same, for two successive weeks,

in some daily newspaper in the city of Baltimore,

and also for three successive weeks in some weekly

newspaper in the city of Annapolis ; said proposals

to be delivered sealed to the county commissioners,

and at the expiration of said period of advertise-

ment the aforesaid county commissioners shall open

and examine said proposals, and award the contract

to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders; and the

person or persons who shall be awarded the contract

Shall enter

for the building of the said bridge shall enter into

bond.

bond in double the amount of the contract price for

building said bridge, and if said contractor shall fail

to comply with all the requirements and specifica-

tions of the same, and fail to give the required bond,

the said county commissioners shall have the power

to reject his or their bid, and the said commissioners

may give the work to the next highest bidder or ad-

Proviso.

vertise anew ; provided that no contract be entered

into or bond received for the construction of said

bridge unless the whole cost of construction of said

bridge, prepared and finished fit for travel, shall not

exceed the sum of forty thousand dollars.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That for the erection,

construction and completion of the aforesaid bridge,

the county commissioners of Anne Arundel county

be and they are hereby authorized and directed to

appropriate and apply the sum heretofore levied by

Directed to
appropriate.

them under the act of eighteen hundred and seventy-
six, chapter two hundred and thirty-six, which said
act has been pronounced invalid by the circuit court

for Anne Arundel county, on account of defective

title, and in addition thereto to levy and collect on

the assessable property of said county in such man-
ner and at such time or times as they may deem

best, a sum of money not exceeding the sum of

twenty-four thousand dollars, a portion thereof, at

Proviso.

least, to be levied at their next levy term ; provided

that the county commissioners shall levy no more

than six thousand dollars in any one year.

Effective.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1880.