1292 LAWS OF MARYLAND, [CH. 637

to receive bids at such place or places as may be named in said
advertisement or advertisements of said bonds, under such
regulations as may be made in the discretion of said County
Commissioners, and the accrued interest between the date of
the bonds or certificates of indebtedness and the time of the
sale and delivery and payment of said bonds shall be adjusted
with the purchasers thereof under such regulations as may be,
in the discretion of the County Commissioners, just and
proper, and upon the day mentioned in said advertisement or
advertisements as the day for opening said bids for the pro-
posals thereby called for they shall receive such sealed pro-
posals for the purchase of as many of such bonds as may be
mentioned and designated in said advertisement, and on the
opening of such sealed proposals as many of said bonds as
have been so bid for shall be awarded by the County Com-
missioners to the highest responsible bidder or bidders there
for for cash, if the price, in the judgment of said Commis-
sioners, be adequate, and when two or more bidders have made
the same bid and said bid is the highest and the bonds so bid
by the highest responsible bidders are in excess of the whole
amount of the bonds so offered for sale, such bonds shall be
awarded to the highest responsible bidders bidding the same
price in a ratable proportion, and if any of such certificates
to be offered for sale are not bid for or if an insufficient price
be bid for them, in the discretion of said Commissioners, they
may be subsequently disposed of by the said County Commis-
sioners for Charles County at private sale, upon the best terms
that can he obtained for the same.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Educa-
tion of Charles County is hereby authorized, in its discretion^
to construct, equip and furnish.

(a) an addition to the High School at La Plata at a total
cost not to exceed Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
($17, 500. 00); and

(b) an addition to the High School at Nanjemoy at a total
cost not to exceed Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
($7, 500. 00); and

(c) an addition to an existing school or a new school for
the children of the negro race at a total cost not to exceed
Two Thousand Dollars ($2, 000. 00).

All plans for said buildings and additions shall be approved
by the State Superintendent of Schools as provided in Section
30 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said Board of Edu-
cation of Charles County shall procure and adopt plans and
specifications for the construction of said school buildings