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Maryland, (1924 Edition), and which said land and building;
site shall be of adequate size and location as a majority of the
Building Committee shall determine, and upon the selecting
of said building site and the purchase thereof, a majority of
the said Committee shall so certify their decision and action
to the Board of Education of Charles County, which shall be
entered upon the public school records of said Board.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That said Building Com-
mittee shall procure and adopt plans and specifications for
the construction of said school building of such material as
may be selected by the Committee, and said Committee shall
invite sealed proposals by advertisement, to be inserted in such
newspapers as it shall deem proper, for the construction and
completion of said work, which proposals shall be in sealed
envelopes, in care of the Treasurer of Charles County, address-
ed 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 proposing
will construct and complete the building, including heating
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 responsible
bidder giving satisfactory bond to the State of Maryland, in
such penalty as said Committee shall determine, conditioned
for the faithful performance of the contract entered into, and
which said bond shall be liable to suit by the Board of Educa-
tion of Charles County for the violation of its conditions:
reserving to the said Committee the right to reject any and
all bids.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said Building
Committee are hereby authorized, in its discretion, to employ a
skilful and competent architect, under whose control and
supervision as to material and workmanship such work may
be done.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the proceeds from
the sale of the Bonds aforesaid shall be paid to the Treasurer
of the Board of Education of Charles County, and the funds
so realized from said Bonds shall be applied to the purposes
set forth in this Act, and shall be paid by the said Treasurer
of the Board of Education of Charles County upon the order
of the said Building Committee, and the said Treasurer is
hereby authorized and directed to pay to the contractor or con-
tractors or other persons employed by said Building Com-