1264

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the county ; every contract made for permanently improving-
any county road or part thereof shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder for the road section, bridge or other work,
as the case may be, and shall be based upon carefully prepared
specifications of the work and materials, required, class, and
how worked, to which reference shall be expressly made in the
contract, and no money shall be paid for any work done or
material furnished unless it shall have been done or furnished
in strict conformity to the terms of the contract and specifica-
tions. No contract shall be awarded for any road contract of
any sort or description, or be valid for any purpose, if awarded,
unless the person or party whose bid or proposition is accepted
shall at the time of signing the contract execute and deliver a
bond to the county in a penalty of not less than twice the con-
tract price, with not less than three resident free holders of the
county as sureties, conditioned for the faithful performance of
his contract, to put, or to put and keep, as the case may be, all
public roads in his section or district in good condition and
repair, to do all work, labor and furnish material in accordance
with the terms, and to pay all damages that may accrue to any
one by reason of such roads not being put, or put and kept, as
the case may be, in good condition ; or to execute his contract
of construction, as the case may be. The Board of County
Road Commissioners shall present such contracts and bonds to
the County Commissioners at any called or regular meeting.
The same person may be awarded the contract for one or more
road sections, but a separate and distinct contract shall be
entered into by such con tractor f or each section awarded to him;
and no one person shall be awarded contracts for more than
three sections.

Employ some
person to
perform
certain
work, etc.

203 G. Should the Board of County Road Commissioners fail
for any good cause to make a contract for any road or district
or section, it shall be their duty to employ some suitable and
competent person or persons to perform such work and make
such needed repairs upon any road or roads in such district or
section as they may deem necessary, and such work and repair
shall be under the supervision of the District Road Commis-
sioners, and when necessary they may appoint some suitable
person to superintend such work and repair, on such terms as
they may think best for the interest of the county.

Report in
writing the
amount and
character
of work
done.

203 H. It shall be the duty of every road contractor to report
in writing, under oath, to the Board of District Road Commis-
sioners on or before the 2d day of each month, setting forth
the amount and character of the work done by him during the