HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 7

Board of Education shall invite sealed proposals by ad-
vertisement, to be inserted in such newspapers as it shall
deem proper, for the construction and completion of said
work, which bids shall be in sealed envelopes which shall
be publicly opened on the day and hour named in said
advertisement. Said bids or proposals shall set forth the
amount of money for which the parties proposing will
construct and complete the building, including heating
apparatus, electrical wiring and other equipment accord-
ing to the specifications, and the time or times at which
payments thereof shall be made, and the time when said
building shall be completed. The said Board of Educa-
tion shall award the contract to the lowest responsible
bidder, giving satisfactory bond to the State of Maryland
in such penalty as said Board 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 Education or the County Commissioners of Garrett
County for the violation of any of its conditions, but the
said Board shall have the right to reject any and all bids.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and
being passed upon by a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of the members elected to each of the two
houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved January 31, 1939.

CHAPTER 5.
(House Bill 33)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Mayor and Town
Council of Oakland to issue and sell bonds, and to use the
proceeds arising from the sale thereof for the purpose of
building a Community Building for said Town and pro-
viding for the levying of taxes to pay the interest on and
to redeem said bonds and providing for a referendum
thereon.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Mayor and Town Council of Oakland, in Gar-
rett County, a municipal corporation, be and it is hereby
authorized and empowered to borrow upon the faith and