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such contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder
after advertisement for bids. The authority may make rules and
regulations for the submission of bids and the construction, equip-
ping, furnishing and improvement of any project or portion thereof.
No contract shall be entered into for construction, equipping, fur-
nishing or improvement of any project, or portion thereof, or for the
purchase of materials, unless the contractor shall give an under-
taking with a sufficient surety or sureties approved by the authority,
and in an amount fixed by the authority, for the faithful perform-
ance of the contract; and such contract shall be accompanied by an
additional bond for the protection of those to furnish labor and
material. All construction contracts shall provide, among other
things, that the person or corporation entering into such contract
with the authority will pay for all materials furnished and services
rendered for the performance of the contract, and that any person
or corporation furnishing such materials or rendering such services
may maintain an action to recover for the same against the obligor
in the undertaking as though such person or corporation was named
therein, provided the action is brought within three years after the
cause of action accrued. Nothing in this section shall be construed
to limit the power of the authority to construct any project, or por-
tion thereof, or any addition, betterment or extension thereto, di-
rected by the officers, agents and employees of the authority, or by
agreement with the federal and state governments, or any agency
or department of either. Subject to the aforesaid, the authority may
(but without intending by this provision to limit any powers of such
authority) enter into and carry out such contracts, or establish or
comply with such rules and regulations concerning labor and
materials and other related matters in connection with any
project, or portion thereof as the authority may deem desirable, or
as may be requested by any federal agency that may assist in the
financing of such project or any part thereof.

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

Approved April 10, 1968.

CHAPTER 427
(House Bill 490)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 3(1) of
Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement
Volume), title "County Commissioners," subtitle "General Pro-
visions," amending the laws concerning competitive bidding for
County work and the purchase of materials and supplies in Alle-
gany County in order to specify when competitive bidding is
necessary and to make this section comply with a provision in the
Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 3(1) of Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1966 Replacement Volume), title "County Commissioners," sub-