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of such certificates to be offered for sale are not bid for or if
an insufficient price be bid for them, in the discretion of
said Commissioners, they may be subsequently disposed of
by the said County Commissioners for Charles County at
private sale, upon the best terms that can be obtained for
the same.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the Board of
Education of Charles County is hereby authorized, in its dis-
cretion, to erect a new High School Building in said County
for the children of the negro race; the said plans for said
building to be approved by the State Superintendent of Schools,
as provided in Section 30 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1924 Edition).

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That said Board of
Education of Charles County shall procure and adopt plans
and specifications for the construction of said school building
of such material as may be selected by the said Board, and said
Board shall invite sealed proposals by advertisement, to be
inserted in such newspapers as it shall deem proper, for the
construction and completion of said work, which proposals
shall be in sealed envelopes, and shall be publicly opened on
the day and hour named in said advertisement; said proposals
shall set forth the amount of money for which parties pro-
posing will construct and complete the building including
heating apparatus, according to the specifications and at the
time or times at which payments thereof shall be made, and
the time when said building shall be completed; and the said
Board shall award the contract to the lowest responsible
bidder giving satisfactory bond to the State of Maryland,
in such penalty as said Board shall determine, conditioned for
the faithful performance of the contract entered into and
which said bond shall be liable to suit by the Board of
Education of Charles County for the violation of its con-
ditions; reserving to the said Board the right to reject any
and all bids.

SECTION 5. And be it further enacted, That the said Board
of Education of Charles County is hereby authorized, in its
discretion, to employ a skillful and competent architect, under