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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tion of a school house, and how much shall be expended in
furnishing and equipping the same, and said school commis-
sioners are hereby authorized and directed to acquire by pur-
chase or condemnation the necessary lots for the erection of
said school buildings.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted. That immediately upon notifica-

Adopt plans
and specifi-
cations.

tion from said Commissioners that said lots are ready for the
erection of said school buildings on any of them, the said
building committees shall, as speedily as possible, procure and
adopt plans and specifications for the erection of said public
school buildings, and as soon as said plans and specifications
are determined upon by each of said building committees they
shall invite sealed proposals, by advertisement for a reasonable
time, for the construction and completion of said buildings,
which proposals shall be sent in sealed envelopes in care of the
school examiners of Anne Arundel county, addressed to said
committee, 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 the parties proposing will com-
plete the buildings according to the specifications, and the time
or times at which payment therefor shall be made, and the
time when said buildings will be completed, and the said build-
ing committees shall award the contract to the lowest respon-
sible bidder, giving bond to the State of Maryland in such
penalty as said committees shall determine, conditioned for the
faithful performance of the contract entered into ; which bond
or bonds shall be liable at the suit or suits of the County Com-
missioners or School Commissioners of Anne Arundel, county
for any violation of its conditions; the said building com-
mittees are hereby authorized each to employ a skilled and
competent architect, under whose control and supervision, as
to material and workmanship, said buildings shall be erected,
and said building committees shall also, in like manner, deter-
mine upon the proper furnishing of the rooms and offices of
said school buildings, and shall, at such times as they may
deem proper, advertise for such furniture as in their discretion
will be suitable for the several rooms therein, and shall award
the contract therefor to the lowest responsible bidder or
bidders ; provided, however, that the entire cost of erecting
and furnishing said buildings shall not in any case exceed the
amount owned by the school commissioners for said erection or
furnishing of any of said school buildings.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That said building committees,
upon entering into any contract, as mentioned in the preceding