300 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAPTER 218.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 32D
and 32p of Article 91 of the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, title "Surveyor and State Survey," subtitle "Pub-
lic Roads," as enacted by Chapter 141 of the Acts of 1908,
providing for an enlarged State Roads Commission, adver-
tisements, plans and work, routes, power to contract with or
constitute as agents County Commissioners for work and
maintenance, measurement of material and approval or re-
jection of all contract work.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 32D and 32F of Article 91 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Surveyor and State
Survey," subtitle "Public Roads," as enacted by Chapter 141
of the Acts of 1908, be and the same is and are hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments, so as to read as follows:

32D. The said Commission, when about to construct or im-
prove in any manner any highway, shall give the County
Commissioners of each county in which it lies a certified copy
of the plans and specifications therefor, and a notice that said
Commission is about to enter upon and proceed with the work
in question. Said Commission may thereupon advertise for at
least two weeks in one or more newspapers published in each
county in which the highway lies and for three consecutive
issues in at least one daily newspaper published in Baltimore
City, for sealed proposals for the construction or other im-
provement of said highway, accurately describing the same and
stating the time and place for opening said proposals, and re-
serving the right to reject any and all proposals; said proposals
shall be publicly opened at the time specified in said advertise-
ment, and the contract for such work or for the supplies and
materials required for such construction or improvement shall
be awarded by the Commission to the lowest responsible bid-
der, unless, in the opinion of said Commission, the interests of
the State will be better served by awarding the contract to some
other bidder, when this may be done; but said Commission
shall not advertise for proposals to award any contract for any
work or for any materials or supplies for any amount less than
five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate. The construction
and improvement of all State highways or parts thereof shall
be under the supervision and subject to the approval of the said
Commission. In all cases where the contract for work and
materials shall be given out after competitive bidding the suc-
cessful bidder shall promptly execute a formal contract to be
approved as to its form, terms and conditions by said Com-
mission, and also execute and deliver to said Commission a
good and sufficient bond to be approved by said Commission