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buildings costing [three hundred dollars ($300)] five thousand dol-
lars ($5,000) or more. In case the construction is to be done by the
county board itself, it shall be illegal for the county board to proceed
until the plans and specifications shall have been approved in writing
by the State Superintendent of Schools; in case the construction is
to be done by contract, the contract shall be invalid without the
written approval of the State Superintendent of Schools.

75. Where the cost of any school building, improvement, supplies
or equipment of any sort exceeds the sum of [one thousand dollars,]
five thousand dollars, the board of education in each county shall ad-
vertise for bids in one or more newspapers published in their respec-
tive counties, publication of such advertisement to appear at least one
week prior to the date on which bids are to be filed, and the contract
for any such school building, improvements, supplies or other equip-
ment shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, conforming
to specifications, with consideration being given to quantities in-
volved, time required for delivery, purpose for which required, compe-
tency and responsibility of bidder, and his ability to render satisfac-
tory service, but the board of education in the respective counties
shall have the right to reject any and all bids and to readvertise for
other bids, and any contract entered into or purchase made in viola-
tion of the provisions of this section shall be null and void; provided,
however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to con-
tracts for the purchase of books and/or other materials of instruction,
and provided further that the board of education in any county shall
be permitted to name in the specifications and advertisements for
bids under this section the particular make, kind or brand of article
or articles to be purchased or contracted for, and provided further
that nothing in this section shall apply to emergency repairs during
the period of the regular school year. [Provided that the provisions
of this section shall apply in Baltimore and Montgomery counties only
to buildings, improvements, supplies or equipment exceeding the sum
of five thousand dollars.] Provided, however, in Talbot County and in
Charles County, the county commissioners shall have the right to
reject any and all bids and to direct the board of education of Talbot
County and Charles County to readvertise for other bids and in any
event the board of education shall not enter into any contract for the
remodeling of schools and the construction of new schools until the
bid and contract have been approved by the county commissioners.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 504
(Senate Bill 266)

AN ACT to repeal Section 341(d-1) of Article 66½ of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1964 Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-
title "Offenses and Prosecutions"; and to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section 341(d) of the said Article and sub-title of
the Code; to repeal a budget limitation on the payment by the De-