ART. 18.] QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. 975

after public notice of at least three weeks in such newspapers
as the said County Commissioners shall select of the letting
of the said contract; and each bidder shall file with his said
bid a bond to the said County Commissioners of Queen Anne's
county in the penalty of double the amount of his bid, con-
ditioned for the execution of a contract, with good and suffi-
cient securities, for the building of the said jail, sheriff's resi-
dence and stable, in accordance with the specifications fur-
nished by the said County Commissioners; provided, that the
said jail, sheriff's residence and stable and the furnishing and
equipping of the said jail when completed shall not cost ex-
ceeding twenty thousand dollars; and provided, further, that
when built, the said jail, sheriff's residence and stable shall be
under the control and superintendence of the County Commis-
sioners of Queen Anne's county.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of
paying for the construction of said jail, sheriff's residence and
stable and the furnishing and equipping of said jail, the County
Commissioners of Queen Anne's county are hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to borrow on the credit of said county
such sum or sums of money as may be necessary, not exceeding
in all the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and to issue bonds
or coupon bonds therefor in sums of not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, to be signed by the
president of the said Board of County Commissioners, to be
attested by the clerk of said Board of County Commissioners,
and to have the corporate seal of said County Commissioners
affixed thereto, bearing interest not exceeding five per centum
per annum, payable semi-annually on the first day of January
and the first day of July in each and every year thereafter and
until the same are paid.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in negotiating the
sale of said bonds the said County Commissioners shall first
give not less than three weeks' notice by advertisement in one
or more newspapers printed and published in Queen Anne's
county; also by advertisement once a week for three successive
weeks in one or more newspapers printed and published in Bal-
timore city, inviting proposals in writing for the purchase of
said bonds, to be opened on a day certain, and the same shall
be disposed of to the highest bidder for cash at not less than
the par value and accrued interest thereof; but the said County
Commissioners shall have the power to offer any or all of said
bonds at one time, or to offer them or any of them at such
times as they shall deem necessary for the purpose herein pro-
vided; and shall have power to refuse and reject any and all
bids, and to re-offer the same bonds, or any part thereof, as