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lating to the selection and purchase of a site and the build-
ing and equipping of said public high school building for
the colored youth of Kent County in or near Chestertown,
Maryland, with all the power and discretion herein men-
tioned.

SEC. 12. And Be it further enacted, That the Board of
Education of Kent County, Maryland are hereby author-
ized and directed to fill by appointment any vacancy which
may occur in any of the three aforesaid Commissions for
Galena, Chestertown and Rock Hall high schools for white
youth caused by death, failure to qualify, resignation or
otherwise.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That immediately
upon the sale of the bonds provided for by this Act, the
four aforesaid Commissions shall proceed to secure land
for their respective school buildings (if the said Commis-
sions shall deem the purchase of said land necessary); and
each of the Commissions mentioned in this Act shall pro-
ceed to secure proper plans for their respective school
buildings; and after the securement and adoption of prop-
er plans and specifications, approved by the State Superin-
tendent of Schools in Maryland, which shall be left with
the County Superintendent of Schools in the office of the
Board of Education of Kent County, Maryland, for public
inspection, each of the Commissions mentioned in this
Act shall advertise at least once a week for three succes-
sive weeks, in three newspapers published in Kent County,
Maryland, for bids for the construction of their respective
school buildings, and shall award their respective contracts
to the lowest responsible bidder, who will enter into con-
tract and execute a sufficient bond with approved security
for the erection and completion of said public school
buildings, each of said Commissions, however, to have full
power in their discretion to reject any and all bids, and
to advertise for other bids.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That each of the
Commissions mentioned in this Act shall have the power
to have condemned such quantity of land as they may deem
necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this Act
under the provisions of Chapters one hundred seventeen
and five hundred thirty-two of the Acts of the General As-
sembly of Maryland passed at the January Session of 1912.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the members
of the Galena Public High School Commission before en-