1106                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                         CH. 580

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 2A be and it is hereby added to Article 25 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume), title
"County Commissioners," subtitle "General Provisions," to follow
immediately after Section 2 thereof, and to read as follows:

2A.

Upon the adoption of a resolution stating that a county responsi-
bility or purpose will be served, the county commissioners shall also
in their respective counties have the power to expend from any high-
way funds under their control and jurisdiction such sums as they
may deem necessary to pay all or a portion of the cost of highway
projects within municipal corporations, including repairing or re-
placing bridges and the approach roads thereto when such bridges
and approaches are located wholly or partially within an incorpo-
rated town or municipality within such county.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 580
(Senate Bill 470)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, subsection
(e) of Section 24 of Article 89B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, (1964 Replacement Volume and 1967 Cumulative Sup-
plement), title "State Roads," subtitle "Bids and Contracts—
General Maintenance," relating to the amount of highway con-
struction, reconstruction or improvement certain counties may
perform with their own forces without first obtaining bids
therefor.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That subsection (e) of Section 24 of Article 89B of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, (1964 Replacement Volume and 1967 Cumulative
Supplement), title "State Roads," subtitle "Bids and Contracts—
General Maintenance," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

24.

(e) The checks of the unsuccessful bidders shall be returned to them
after opening the bids and awarding the contract to the successful
bidder. Provided, however, that the said Commission may itself do
any part or parts of any such work under such conditions in every
respect as it may prescribe by day labor in all cases wherein the
funds provided for the carrying on or performance of such work
are provided by the government of the United States of America,
or any agency thereof, and the said government, or any agency
thereof, shall require that such work be performed by day labor
employed by said Commission. And provided further that nothing
in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use by the said