LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

sum of money not to exceed three hundred and fifty dollars, to
purchase said tract of land and to erect a suitable public school
house thereon.

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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That after the levy has provided
for in the foregoing section shall have been made, it shall be the
duty of the Board of School Commissioners for said county to
advertise for two successive weeks in some newspaper published
in said county for sealed proposals for the building of said
school house according to plans and specifications furnished,
and upon the day named in said advertisement they shall pub-
licly open said bids and shall award the contract to the lowest
bidder, who shall be required to give a good and sufficient bond
for the faithful performance of such contract, and that said
public school house shall be completed and ready for occupancy
on or before the first day of September, 1898.

Advertise in
paper.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 7, 1898.

CHAPTER 197.
AN ACT to amend charter of the Montgomery Power
Company.

Effective.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by ike General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections 7 and 12 of chapter 308 of the Acts of
1896, an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Montgomery
Power Company," be and the same are hereby repealed.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in lieu of section seven,
repealed by the foregoing section of this Act, the said company

Repeal.

shall be required to commence the construction of its works on
or before the first day of December, 1898, and shall so far
complete its works within five years therefrom as to be able to
supply electric current to the citizens of Montgomery county,
otherwise the powers, privileges aud franchises nereby granted
shall be forfeited.
SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That in lieu of section 12, repealed

When to
commence
work.

by the first section of this Act, no powers conferred upon said
company by its original charter or by this Act shall be enjoyed
or used to injure the corporate rights and vested properties of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, and the said
Montgomery Power Company, so far as it may be able to do,
without injuring the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal as a water-
water may, having first received the consent of the Board of

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Powers con-
ferred not
to injure
the corpor-
ate rights
etc.