1536 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That said Mayor and
Council shall have power to pass, and to enforce by suitable peni-
alties, such ordinances as may be found necessary to protect the
water, sewerage and disposal plant hereinbefore mentioned and
to require the connection of all houses within the present or
future corporate limit of said Town of Rockville with the sewers,
to be constructed and generally to pass and enforce all ordi-
nances which it may deem proper for the health and cleanliness
of said town.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That a Commission of
seven persons, consisting of Dr. Ernest L. Bullard, Charles W.
Prettyman, Robert B. Peter, Richard H. Stokes, William W.
Welsh, Robert G. Hilton and Dr. Otis M. Linthicum be and the
same are, hereby appointed to assist and co-operate with the
said Mayor and Council of Rockville in the construction or
extension of the waterworks, and the construction of the sewer-
age system and sewerage disposal plant or plants contemplated
by this Act. Said committee to act in an advisory capacity,
except that no plan shall be adopted or contract made for any
of the real estate needed or work mentioned in this Act without
the approval of at least a majority of said committee. Any
vacancy in said committee caused by resignation, death, re-
moval from the Town of Rockville, or any other disability shall
be filled by a majority of the remaining members of said Com-
mittee.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That after the passage of
this Act no contract for the purchase of any supplies or materials
or work involving an expenditure of five hundred dollars,
($500.00) or more by the Town of Rockville shall be let or
awarded except to the lowest responsible bidder, after due and
proper advertisement for sealed bids to be opened at a joint
meeting, properly called, of the Mayor and Council of Rock-
ville and the Advisory Committee provided for in Section 7 of
this Act. And it shall be appropriate to require each bidder to
accompany his bid with a certified check in the reasonable
amount specified in such advertisement and that a bond with
approved surety should be required for the faithful performance
of any such contract, checks to be returned to unsuccessful bid-
der or bidders after bids have been opened and contract
awarded.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 16th, 1914.