768 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

said county, which committee shall be styled as and consti-
tute a building committee, to serve without pay, for the pur-
pose of building a high school building of brick, located on the
school lot, on South Main street, in the town of Hurlock, Mary-
land, and provide suitable and sufficient heating apparatus
therefor; three of said committee shall constitute a quorum,
and the concurrence of three of them shall be necessary for the
decision of all questions which may arise in the discharge of
their duties, and all vacancies in said building committee,
whether from death, refusal to act, resignation or otherwise,
shall be filled by competent persons from Hurlock election
district, to be selected by the said Board of County School
Commissioners of Dorchester county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said building committee
shall, as speedily as possible, procure and adopt plans and
specifications for building said high school building of brick,
and as soon as said plans and specifications are determined
upon by said building committee they shall invite sealed pro-
posals by advertisements for a reasonable time for the con-
struction and completion of said work, which proposals shall
be in sealed envelopes, in care of the School Treasurer of Dor-
chester county, addressed to said committee, and shall be pub-
licly opened on the day and at the hour named in said adver-
tisement; said proposals shall set forth the amount of money
for which the parties proposing will construct and complete
the building, including heating apparatus, according to the
specifications and the time or times, at which payments thereof
shall be made and the time when said building shall be com-
pleted; and the said building committee shall award the con-
tract to the lowest responsible bidder, giving bond to the
State of Maryland, in such penalty as said committee shall
determine, conditioned for the faithful performance of the
contract entered into, reserving to them their right to reject
any and all bids. Which bond shall be liable at the suit
of the said Board of County School Commissioners of Dor-
chester county for violation of its conditions; the said build-
ing committee is hereby authorized and required to employ a
skillful and competent architect, under whose control and su-
pervision as to material and workmanship such work shall be
done; provided, however, that the entire cost of said building
complete, including said heating apparatus, shall not exceed
the amount realized from the sale of the present school house
building hereinafter authorized, and from the sale of bonds
hereinafter authorized and directed to be issued for that pur-
pose.