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publication of said advertisement to appear at least once a
week prior to the date on which bids are to be filed. Any
contract of sale shall be awarded to the highest responsible
bidder and any contract of purchase shall be awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder, but said County Commissioners
shall have the right to reject any and all bids. Any contract
entered into in violation of the provisions of this section shall
be null and void; provided, however, that the provisions of
this section shall not apply to any contract or other transac-
tion involving the deposit of County funds in any authorized
State or Federal Banking Institution and shall not apply to
necessary repairs made in case of emergency.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1951.

Approved March 14, 1951.

CHAPTER 122
(House Bill 268)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
48A of Article 20 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Somerset County", sub-title
"County Commissioners", said section having been enacted
by Chapter 54 of the Acts of 1939, relating generally to the
appropriations made to fire companies by the County Com-
missioners of Somerset County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 48A of Article 20 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Somerset
County", sub-title "County Commissioners", said section hav-
ing been enacted by Chapter 54 of the Acts of 1939, be and it
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

48A. The County Commissioners of Somerset County are
hereby authorized, empowered and required to appropriate and
levy annually the sum of [twenty-five] eighty-five hundred

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