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duties; that all vacancies in said building committee, whether
from death, refusal to act, resignation, or otherwise, shall be
filled by competent taxpayers from the Preston Election Dis-
trict of said County, to be selected by the Board of School
Commissioners of said County.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said building, committee
shall as speedily as possible procure and adopt plans and speci-
fications for building said public school building of brick, or
other durable material to be selected by the Committee, and
as soon as said plans and specifications are determined upon
by said building committee they shall invite sealed proposals
by advertisements for a reasonable time for the construction
and completion of said work, which proposals shall be in sealed
envelopes, in care of the School Treasurer of Caroline County,
addressed to said committee, and shall be publicly opened on
the day and hour named in said advertisement; said proposals
shall set forth the amount of money for which parties propos-
ing will construct and complete the building, including heat-
ing apparatus, according to the specifications and at the time
or times at which payments thereof shall be made and the
time when said building shall be completed; and the said
building committee shall award the contract to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder, giving bond to the State of Maryland, in such
penalty as said committee shall determine, conditioned for the
faithful performance of the contract entered into, reserving to
them the right to reject any and all bids, which bond shall be
liable at the suit of the said Board of County School Commis-
sioners of Caroline County for the violation of its conditions.
The said building committee is hereby authorized and required
to employ a skillful and competent architect, under whose con-
trol and supervision as to material and workmanship such work
shall be done; provided, however, that the entire cost of said
building complete, including said furniture and heating ap-
paratus, shall not exceed the net proceeds of the notes herein-
after authorized.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said building commit-
tee upon entering into any contract, as mentioned in the pre-
ceding section, shall forthwith make report to the Board of
County School Commissioners of Caroline County, fully set-
ting forth the terms and character of said contract and the
debts incurred thereby, which report shall be entered upon the
records of said Board of County School Commissioners.