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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

pense or charge of any nature whatsoever in con-

nection with such work or contract; and in all con-

tracts of any description made under this act the

examiner or examiners, as the case may be, shall

Reserve as

reserve twenty per cent, of the amount of such con-

security.

tracts, to be held by him or them as security for the

faithful completion of the same, until the same shall

have been satisfactorily completed, and the said:

twenty per cent, shall be deducted and reserved

from each and every payment, under said contracts

and should the contractor under any contract made

under the terms of this act fail to complete said

contract, all sums unpaid at the time of such default,

including the twenty per cent, above referred to,

shall be forfeited, and the contractor or his bonds-

men shall have no claim upon the same; and when-

ever application is made to the County Commis-

sioners of Baltimore county, as provided by section

four, five, eight, nine and ten of this act, it shall

be the duty of said County Commissioners to ap-

point one examiner or three examiners, as the appli-

cants may prefer, the one examiner to be chosen

To be chosen

by agreement between the County Commissioners

by agreement.

and the applicants, or in any case of non-agreement

to appoint three examiners, two to be chosen by the

County Commissioners and one to be named by the

applicants, but no person shall be appointed as an

examiner or as one of the examiners who shall be

related to any of the parties making the application,

or who may be the owner of or be in any way

interested in ground bounding and fronting on the

line of any street, avenue, alley or proposed thorough-

fare for which application is made to be condemned,

opened, graded and constructed, or to be widened,

opened, graded and constructed, or on the line of

any street or avenue for which application is made

for the extension of the same, or on the line of any

street or avenue for which application is made for

the laying off of the same; and if one examiner be

appointed his pay shall be four dollars per day, and

if three examiners be appointed their pay shall be

Compensation

two dollars and fifty cents each per day for every

day actually and necessarily engaged in the matter

of his or their appointment; and such examiner or

examiners, as the case may be, shall keep an accu-

rate itemized account of all moneys received and