EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 279

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That an additional section be and the same is here-
by added to Article 90 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
title "Sureties, " said additional section to follow immediately
after Section 12 of said Article, to be numbered Section 13,
and to read as follows:

13. In all cases where any bond or undertaking, condi-
tioned for the faithful performance of any contract for con-
struction, installation or repair work, is given to the State of
Maryland, or any of its agencies, such bond or undertaking
shall not be approved or accepted unless the obligors bind them-
selves therein to the payment of all just debts for labor and
materials incurred, through sub-contract or in any other man-
ner, by or in behalf of the person, firm or corporation to whom
such contract has been given, and who is named as principal
in such recognizance, stipulation, bond or undertaking. Pro-
vided, that in the event that there is a liability to the State,
or any agency thereof, under any such bond or undertaking,
and also a liability thereunder for labor and materials, then
the liability of the State shall be preferred, and shall be paid
and discharged in full before any payment is made for or on
account of the liability for labor or materials; and provided,
further, that any suit or proceedings to enforce the liability
under any such bond or undertaking for the payment of debts
for labor or materials shall be brought in the name of the
obligee named in such bond or undertaking, for the use and
benefit pro rata of all creditors for labor or materials who may
be entitled to claim thereunder, and shall be instituted not
later than one year from the completion of the whole work
covered by the contract and the acceptance thereof by the
State, or its agency as aforesaid.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on and after June 1, 1918.

Approved April 10th, 1918.

CHAPTER 128.

AN ACT to add an additional Section to Article 57 of the Code
of Public General Laws, Bagby's Code, title "Limitations",
to follow Section 15, and to be designated as Section 16.