CITY OF BALTIMORE. 609

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon the completion
by the Annex Improvement Commission created by Chapter
274 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland or 1904,
(the power and functions of which commission have been and
are being exercised by the Commissioners for opening streets
pursuant to Ordinance No. 216, of the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, approved March 6, 1905) of all its work pending
at the time of the approval by the people of the loan hereby
authorized, the said commission shall be taken to have been
superseded in every respect by the commission hereby created,
shall thereupon be entitled to the possession and custody of all
maps, plats, blue-prints, sketches, surveys, books, papers, docu-
ments, writings, letters and chattels of and belonging to said
former commission, and also to any unexpended balance re-
maining out of the proceeds of the said loan authorized by the
said Act of 1904, which unexpended balance, if any, shall be
placed to the credit of the special fund hereinafter provided
for and used by the commission created by this Act in the
manner authorized by this Act, for carrying out any of the
powers and duties hereby conferred.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said commission shall have
the right and power and under and in pursuance of any general
or special ordinance or ordinances of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore which may be passed therefor to grade
and pave any street, avenue, lane or alley or any part thereof
from curb to curb, and to establish and fix the building line
and the width of the sidewalk on any street, avenue, lane or
alley now existing or to be laid out, opened, extended, widened,
straightened, grade or pave in the annex portion of the City
of Baltimore. "That said commission shall have all powers
necessary and proper in the exercise of said powers; and the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are hereby authorized
and empowered to grant by ordinance any further powers and
duties it shall deem necessary for the proper execution of the
improvements intended to be made by this Act."

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all work done on supplies or
materials purchased in carrying out the purposes of this Act,
when involving an expenditure of five hundred dollars
($500.00) or more, shall be by contract awarded by the board
afterwards to the lowest responsible bidder, in accordance
with the provisions of Sections 14 and 15 of Article 4, entitled
"City of Baltimore," of the Public Local Laws of Maryland,
including the powers conferred by said Section 15 upon the
Board of Awards to select the particular thing to be adopted
in the cast of alternative bids; provided, however, that the
Mayor and City Council shall have the power to prescribe by
ordinance as to any particular street or streets that the con-