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made, or in their discretion may award said contract
to the next lowest bidder under the first advertise-
ment.

"Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That no contract f or the
building of said bridge shall be entered into by the
said County Commissioners with any person, persons
or corporation except upon the condition that the con-
tract shall be executed in every particular under the
supervision direction and control of an experienced
and skilled bridge engineer, and the said County Com-
missioners are hereby authorized and directed to con-
tract with and employ a competent engineer to super-
vise direct and control the building and construction
of said bridge according to the plans and specifications
hereinbefore provided.

"Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the costs of con-
structing and building said bridge and the abutments
and the future maintenance thereof, as also the ex-
penses incident thereto including the pay of of the
supervising engineer shall be computed and one-
third of the same borne by Baltimore county and
the other two-thirds by Anne Arundel county, but
the road-ways and approaches thereto from either
county, shall be constructed and maintained by
the two counties respectively; and for the pur-
pose of paying for the expenses of the construc-
tion of said bridge, the County Commissioners of
the two respective counties are hereby authorized to
divide their respective proportions thereof into five
equal parts, and to issue interest-bearing certificates
therefor, at the rate of four per centum per annum,
payable respectively out of the levies for the years
1904, 1905, 1906, 1907 and 1908, which levies upon the
assessable property in said counties, respectively, is
hereby authorized; provided, however, that the County
Commissioners of either county, in their discretion,
may make the entire payment of its proportion of said
expense in cash upon the completion of said bridge,
and for such purpose are hereby authorized to make
levy therefor.