774 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 322

for a reasonable time for the construction and completion of said
work, which proposals shall be in sealed envelopes, addressed
to the care of said Building Committee of the aforementioned
school, and shall be publicly opened on the day and at the
hour named in said advertisement. Said proposals shall set
forth the amount of money for which the parties proposing
will construct and complete the building, including equipment
and furnishings, according to specifications, and the time or
times and which payments therefor shall be made, and the said
committee shall award the contract to the lowest responsible
bidder, who shall within a reasonable time thereafter, to be
determined by said Building Committee, furnish to it a bond
to the State of Maryland in such penalty as said Committee
shall determine, conditioned for the faithful performance of
the contract entered into and to secure the payment for all
material and of all labor purchased or employed under said
contract; the Committee however, reserving to itself at all
times a right to reject any and all bids. Said bond shall be
liable at the suit of the Board of Education, of Prince George's
County and also in the name of said Board to the use of
materialmen and laborers interested therein for violation of its
conditions. The said Building Committee is authorized and
required to employ a skillful and competent architect, under
whose control and supervision as to material and workmanship
such work shall be done; provided, however, that the entire cost
of said building complete, including equipment, furnishings
and campus grounds shall not exceed the sum of Thirty-five
Thousand ($35,000.00) Dollars.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in case said Build-
ing Committee mentioned in the preceding section, shall from
any cause, be unable to contract with the said owner or owners
of any site sought for said campus grounds upon what said
Committee may apply for a writ of ad quod damnum to
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince George's County,
who shall forthwith issue the same, and the sheriff shall exe-
cute the said writ and return inquisition describing the land
and stating the amount of damages to be paid the owner; and
the Judge for the Circuit Court for said County may at any
time after the return of the inquisition, in term or during
recess, hear a motion to confirm such inquisition, or such notice
to the parties as he may direct, and confirm or quash the same;
and if he quashes the inquisition he shall order a new one
forthwith to be taken, but no lot so taken or enlarged shall