48 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 58

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved February 25, 1943.

CHAPTER 58.
(Senate Bill 56)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 7
of Article 89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "State Roads", relating to work done on
roads by the State Roads Commission which must be done
by contract.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 7 of Article 89B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "State Roads", be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

7. The said Commission, when about to construct any high-
way, shall advertise for at least two weeks in one or more
newspapers published in each county in which the highway
lies, and for three consecutive issues in at least one daily
newspaper published in Baltimore City, for sealed proposals
for the construction of said highway, accurately describing
the same and stating the time and place for opening said pro-
posals, and reserving the right to reject any and all proposals;
said proposals shall be publicly opened at the time specified
in said advertisement, and the contract for such work or for
the supplies and materials required for such construction shall
be awarded by the Commission to the lowest responsible bid-
der, unless in the opinion of said Commission the interests of
the State shall be better served by awarding the contract to
some other bidder, when this may be done. All work which
shall be done by the said Commission, whether on State roads,
county roads or municipal streets, the labor and materials of
which are estimated to cost over three thousand dollars
(f3, 000), shall be advertised as aforesaid, except such labor
and materials as may be required from time to time to main-
tain the various roads to the width and cross section, as pre-
viously or originally constructed. The construction and im-
provement of all State highways or parts thereof shall be under
the supervision and subject to the approval of the said Commis-
sion, in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by