86 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 55

day and at the hour named in said advertisement, and said pro-
posals setting forth the amount of money for which the parties
proposing will complete the building according to the plan and
specifications, and the time or times at which payment there-
for shall be made, and the time when said building shall
be completed; and the said Building Committee may reject
any or all bids, or may award the contract to the lowest respon-
sible bidder upon said bidder giving bond to the State of Mary-
land in such penalty as said Building Committee shall deter-
mine, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the contract
entered into, which bond shall be liable at the suit of the
Board of County School Commissioners of Anne Arundel
County for violations of its conditions; and said Building Com-
mittee is hereby authorized and required to employ a skilled
and competent architect under whose control and supervision,
as to material and workmanship, such building shall be erected;
and said Building Committee shall purchase and install such
furniture and heating plant as they may deem proper to heat
the rooms of said building.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said Building Committee
upon entering into any contract or contracts, as mentioned in
the preceding section, shall forthwith make report or reports
to the Board of County School Commissioners of Anne Arundel
County, duly setting forth the terms and character of said con-
tract or contracts and the debts incurred thereby.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That to provide for the cost
of the site and erection and furnishing of said building and
the installation of said heating plant, the Board of County
School Commissioners of Anne Arundel County are hereby au-
thorized and directed to borrow, on the endorsement of the
County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County, who are here-
by authorized and directed to endorse said bonds, on the credit
of said County, an amount not exceeding the sum of fifteen
thousand dollars, and to issue coupon bonds therefor in
sums of five hundred dollars each, to be signed by the President
of said Board of County School Commissioners of Anne Arun-
del County and countersigned by the Treasurer of said Board,
with the seal of said Board attached, and said bonds shall bear
interest at the rate of five per cent, per annum, payable semi-
annually on the first day of June and December in each year,
until the said bonds shall be paid; and said bonds shall be
forever exempt from all taxation for any purpose, and shall
have printed on them a distinct reference to this Act as au-