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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That James A. Boyd, Dr. Charles

J. Maddox, Samuel S. Hayes, Allan Farquhar and John H. Bogley,
be and they are hereby appointed a building committee for the

purpose of having said new court house erected, and shall each re-

ceive the sum of fifty dollars to defray their expenses in discharg-

Commit-
tee.

ing the duties required of them by this act; three of them shall

form a quorum for the transaction of all business, and the concur-

rence of three of them shall be necessary in the decision of all ques-

tions which may arise in the discharge of their duties; all vacancies

occuring in said building committee, whether from death, resigna-

tion, refusal to act or otherwise, shall be filled by the county com-

missioners of said county.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said building committee

shall as speedily as possible procure and adopt a plan and specifica-

tions for said building, and they shall invite sealed proposals by

publication for a reasonable time for building the court house

Proposals.

and offices and furnishing the same; and the party or parties pro-

posing to build the court house and supply the furniture for the

same shall present or send their proposals in sealed envelopes to the

clerk of the county commissioners of said county, to be by him

delivered to said building committee on the day named by them

for publicly opening said proposals; said proposals shall set forth

the amount of money for which he or they propose to do the work

or supply the furniture; and good and sufficient security shall be

taken by the said building committee for the use of said county

commissioners, and in their name from the party or parties con-

tracting to erect said building and offices, and from the party

Contract.

or parties contracting to furnish the same as a security for

the faithful performance of such contract or contracts as may be

entered into; and the contract or contracts for building the said

court house and offices and furnishing the same shall be awarded

to the lowest responsible bidder; and the said building committee

are hereby directed to include all the material in the present court

house, and also all the material in the building now occupied by

the county school commissioners of said county in advertising for

proposals for building said new court house and in awarding the

contract for building'the same; provided, however, that the build-

ing occupied by the county school commissioners as aforesaid shall

not be torn down and the material thereof removed until the com-

pletion of said new court house, but shall be retained for the use

of such officers of the county as can be accommodated therein

during the erection of the new building.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That said court house shall be in all

respects completed and furnished on or before the first day of Oc-

To finish.

tober, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and within

thirty days thereafter the said building committee shall make a

full, clear and explicit report with vouchers for all their expendi-