JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 91

	CHAPTER 72.
	AN ACT to repeal Section fifty-three of Article
	sixteen of the Code of Public Local Laws, enti-
	tled " Prince George's County," under the head of
	" Collectors," enacted by the act of eighteen hun-
	dred and sixty-eight, chapter three hundred and
	thirty, and to re-enact the same, with amendments,
	and add additional sections thereto.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
	of Maryland, That Section fifty-three of Article
	sixteen of the Code of Public Local Laws, entitled	Repealed and
	" Prince George's County," under the head of " Col-	re-enacted.
	lectors," enacted by the act of eighteen hundred and
	sixty-eight, chapter three hundred and thirty, be
	and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted as
	follows :
	SEC. 53. The County Commissioners for Prince
	George's county shall annually, in the month of
	March, by a notice published in one newspaper of	Publish no-
	said county at least two weeks consecutively before	tice.
	the final day named in their notice for the reception
	of bids, invite proposals to be made to them on or
	before the last Monday in March for all printing and publishing for Prince George's County, includ-	Proposals for all printing.
	ing the annual statement of county expenses, but
	not including publication of local laws for the period of one year from said last Monday in March ; said
	bids shall be sealed and endorsed "Proposals for	Be sealed and
	public printing for Prince George's county," and	endorsed.
	addressed to the clerk of the said commissioners, who
	shall safely keep all such proposals and deliver them to the County Commissioners, to be by them pub-	Publicly
	licly opened on the final day named in their notice	opened.
	inviting proposals ; and the County Commissioners
	shall open publicly the said bids and award the con-	Award con-
	tract for all the printing and publishing for Prince	tract.
	George's county for the ensuing year to the lowest
	bidder ; provided said bid does not exceed the sum of
	eight hundred dollars ; and provided further that all
	printing under this section shall be given to some
	newspaper published in Prince George's county, and