LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

building in Elkton, and as soon as said plans and specifica-
tion shall have been adopted, they shall invite sealed proposals
by advertisement for a reasonable time for the construction
and completion of said building, which proposals shall be by
sealed bids, to be publicly opened at a time and place to be
named in said advertisement; said proposals shall state the
amount for which the bidder will complete the building
according to plans and specifications, the time at which the
same shall be completed, and the terms at which, on the com-
pletion of a certain portion of said building, the moneys shall
be paid therefor, and the contract shall be awarded to the low-
est bidder, who shall give bond with such surety or sureties
as shall be approved by eaid Board of School Commissioners,
and for such amount as they shall approve, conditioned to the
faithful performance of the contract so awarded, whereupon,
the said Board of County School Commissioners shall immedi-
ately proceed to have said building erected.

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SEC. 7. And le it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 2d, 1886.

Effective.

CHAPTER 322.

AN ACT to add two additional sections to the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, Article 81, title
" Revenue and Taxes," to be known as Sections 18 A and

18B.

. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the following sections be and are hereby added
to Article 81 of the Code of Public General Laws of the State
of Maryland, title " Revenue and Taxes," to be known as sec-
tion 18A and section 18 B.

New sections.

18 A. Any person or persons, or corporation, claiming to be
aggrieved because of any assessment made by the Appeal Tax .
Court of Baltimore city, or because of the failure to reduce or
abate an existing assessment, may, by petition, appeal to the
Baltimore City Court to review an assessment of real or per-
sonal- property, for the purpose of taxation made in Baltimore
city, when the petition shall set forth that the assessment is
illegal, specifying the grounds of the alleged illegality, or is
erroneous by reason of over valuation or is unequal in that the

Appeal from
assessment
of property.