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SEC. 38. After the receipt of such plans and specifications
and estimate by the Board of County Commissioners of any
county in Maryland from said State Roads Commission, said
Board of County Commissioners, if they elect to proceed further
hereunder, or if ten per centum of the estimated cost has been
paid or secured as hereinbefore provided in Section 33, shall
advertise for two consecutive weeks in at least one newspaper
published in such county, and also during the time of such
publication in such county newspaper, at least three consecu-
tive times in at least one newspaper published in Baltimore
City, for bids for such road building or improvement, setting
forth the place where such road is to be built or improved, and
giving a general description of said proposed work, and stating
that sealed proposals for the performance of said proposed
work in accordance with the plans and specifications will be
received until a day named in the advertisement, provided that
nothing in this Section shall require the County Commissioners
of any county, upon the petition of such persons agreeing to
pay ten per centum to advertise for work to be done under the
provisions of this subtitle to an amount greater than twenty-
five per centum of the road levy of said county; and the Board
of County Commissioners shall furnish a copy of the said specifi-
cations for such proposed work to any prospective bidder who
may request the same; and the said board shall reserve the
right to reject any and all bids and to do the work according
to aid plans and specifications by such arrangement as they
may deem best.

SEC. 39. On the day stated in such advertisements, the pro-
posals shall be publicly opened and read and the contract shall
be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, provided his bid
does not exceed the amoiint estimated by the State Roads Com-
mission aforesaid as a proper maximum cost of said work; and
provided further, that any and all bids may be rejected in the
discretion of the County Commissioners, and if all bids shall
exceed the amount specified, or be rejected, then no contract
shall be given unless the County Commissioners and the State
Roads Commission shall both agree to give the same, and pro-
ceedings may be had anew in the same manner as first pro-
vided, and the contractor shall in all cases before entering
upon his work be required to execute a contract with the Board
of County Commissioners to perform the work according to the
specifications, and also give bond to said County Commissioners
conditioned for the faithful performance of such contract in a
sum not less than the total amount of the contract and with
such incorporated surety company as surety as the board may
approve.