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cide and determine according to its best judgment the site or
sites for such buildings, and the plans and specifications for
such buildings, and the equipment therefor, and the total cost
of such buildings, shall be substantially the same for each, of the
said towns of Snow Hill, Pocomoke City and Berlin, and ap-
proximately fifteen thousand dollars each for Ocean City
and Bishopville, and said Commission hereby created shall
make all contracts for such work, such contracts to be
in writing and to be executed on the part of the Com-
mission by the signatures of the Chairman and Secre-
tary; and in carrying out the purposes of this Act the said
Commission may employ and pay such architect or architects,
builders, inspectors, supervisors or other advisers as the said
Commission may deem wise and advantageous to the public
interest. It shall keep minutes of its proceedings and other
records and books necessary to the proper administration of
the duties herein imposed upon it, such minutes and records
to be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of any tax
payer and be surrendered after the completion of its work
herein authorized to the custody of the County Commissioners
of Worcester County.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted as aforesaid, That in
the discharge of the contracts entered into by said Commission
for the work herein authorized, the said Commission shall
issue a warrant on a majority vote to be signed by its Chair-
man and its Secretary for the payment of the money due under
such contract or contracts, upon the Treasurer of Worcester
County, and the said Treasurer shall pay such warrants out
of the funds in his hands applicable to the purposes of this
Act. The Treasurer shall not otherwise disburse the money
in his hands as provided for in this Act, than upon the war-
rant of the said Commission executed as aforesaid.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted as aforesaid, That the
purchase of land, furniture, or equipment and supplies neces-
sary or proper for the use of said new public school buildings
shall be considered and construed and is hereby declared to be
included within the powers of the said Commission and to be
embraced within the words "buildings and equipment"; and
the County Commissioners of Worcester County shall upon
order of the said Commission hereby created cause to be insti-
tuted and prosecuted to a conclusion all such condemnation