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fares and charges, if such grant requires rates, fares or charges
to be paid, shall be published by the Comptroller for at least
twice a week, for three successive weeks, in two daily news-
papers published in Baltimore City, to be designated by the
Board of Estimates, and all of the provisions of section 37 of
this Article shall be complied with.

11. When the grant of a franchise or right is made
in compliance with the aforegoing sections, the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore shall not part with, but shall
expressly reserve the right and duty, at all times, to exercise, in
the interest of the public, full municipal superintendence, regu-
lation and control, in respect to all matters connected with said
grant and not inconsistent with the terms thereof.

12. Sections 8, 9, 10 and 11 of this Article shall apply to
any renewal or extension of the grant or leasing of the property
to the same grantee or to others.

13. Nothing contained in this Article shall prevent the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore from disposing of any
building or parcel of land no longer needed for public use ;
provided, that such disposition shall be approved by the Finance
Commissioners by their uniting in the conveyance thereof, and
shall be made at public sale, and be provided for by ordinance;
nor to the renting for fixed and limited terms of any of its prop-
erty not needed for public purposes, on approval of the Com-
missioners of Finance.

Contracts With the City.

14. Hereafter in contracting for any public work or the

purchase of any supplies or materials involving an expenditure
of five hundred dollars or more for the City, or by any of the
City departments, sub-departments or municipal officers not
embraced in a department, or special commissions or boards,
unless otherwise provided for in this Article, proposals for the
same shall be first advertised for, in two or more daily news-
papers published in Baltimore City, for not less than ten nor
more than twenty days, and the contract for doing said work