ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 531

Board 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, 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 or buildings, 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 or buildings shall be completed;
and the said Board shall award the contract to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder giving satisfactory bond to the State of Mary-
land, in such penalty as said Board shall determine, condi-
tioned for the faithful performance of the contract entered into
and which said bond shall be liable to suit by the Board of Edu-
cation of Charles County for the violation of its conditions;
reserving to the said Board the right to reject any and all bids.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said Board of
Education of Charles County are hereby authorized, in its dis-
cretion, to employ a skillful and competent architect, under
whose control and supervision as to material and workmanship
such work may be done.

SEC. 6. 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 Thirty-five
Thousand Dollars ($35, 000) of the funds so realized from the
sale of said bonds shall be applied to the purchase of a site
and the erection, equipment and furnishing of a public school
building, including heating apparatus and lighting equipment
and fixtures, at some point between Hill Top and Grayton, in
Charles County, and Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25, 000) of
said funds shall be applied to the purchase of a site and the erec-
tion, equipment and furnishing of a public school building, in-
cluding heating apparatus, lighting equipment and fixtures, at or
near Waldorf, in said county. The said Treasurer is hereby author-
ized and directed to pay to the contractor or contractors or other
persons employed by said Board of Education such sum or sums
of money as shall be certified in said warrants to be due for
the performance of the contract, or for work done or material
furnished and shall pay upon the warrant of the said Board
the cost of the plans and specifications of the work to be done,
the salary of the architect, if one is selected, the purchase price
to be paid for the building sites, and such other expenses as
the said Board have properly incurred in the discharge of its
duty, and no part of the proceeds of the said bonds shall be
paid out by the said Treasurer except upon the warrant of the
said Board of Education of Charles County.