1562 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

highways of the said town the water mains and sewer mains
and fire plugs shall be established, constructed or laid; to de-
termine the character, kind, manner and methods of system to
be established and constructed; to make all necessary contracts
for the installation of said system, either by it or by a contrac-
tor or contractors; to pass all necessary orders for the payment
of moneys due for the establishment, construction, and there-
after the maintenance of the said system as shall from time to
time be. due or earned by an employe, contractor, or contractors,
in the prosecution of said work or under the employ of said
town; also from time to time to pass all necessary orders for the
payment for property purchased or condemned, and for mater-
ial furnished in pursuance of the provisions of this Act; said
Mayor and Town Council may, in its discretion, employ a com-
petent engineer to plan and superintend the work of establish-
ing and constructing the said system; may, in its discretion,
employ the services of an attorney to advise and prepare con-
tracts for the said work.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That should the Mayor
and Town Council of said town, in the exercise of the discre-
tion vested in it by the provisions of this Act, determine to
construct and install said system, or any department of the
work thereunder, by the letting of a contract therefor, then,
and in that event, the said contract shall only be awarded by
the said Mayor and Town Council after public advertisement
for not less than once a week for three successive weeks in
some newspaper published in said Montgomery County, giving
notice when and where the plans and specifications may be
seen, the terms of the proposals and the hour and place where
the bids will be opened, on the day and hour, and at the place,
set out in said advertisement, and in the presence of such bid-
ders as may appear, the engineer or engineers for said town,
the advisory commission hereinafter provided for, such attor-
neys for the respective parties as may appear, the Mayor and
Town Council and the Clerk and Treasurer for said town, said
bids are to be opened by the said Mayor; and within four
weeks from said date the said Mayor and Town Council shall
reject any bid or bids, or accept any bid or bids, filed as afore-
said, and if any such bid or bids be accepted, the said Mayor
and Town Council shall require a surety company bond in the
penal sum to be fixed by them, the same to be given by the
successful bidder or bidders for the faithful performance of
the contract and the payment of all material, material men,