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HARRY HUGHES, Governor 3369
Article 25 - County Commissioners
Section 37A
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1981 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 25 - County Commissioners
37.
All bridges shall be built or repaired by contract; and the
county commissioners shall advertise in one or more newspapers;
and if there be no newspaper published in the county or counties,
then by such public notice as they may deem most advisable,
setting forth the place where said bridge is to be built or
repaired, with full specifications of the plan and materials, and
that sealed proposals for building or repairing said bridge will
be received until a day named in the advertisement; provided,
however, that nothing herein shall apply to the building of
bridges, the cost of which shall not exceed [two hundred dollars]
$200, EXCEPT IN DORCHESTER COUNTY WHERE THE COST MAY NOT EXCEED
$1,000, nor to repairs of existing bridges where the cost of said
repairs shall not exceed that sum; and in all cases where such
cost of building or repairing shall not exceed said sum [of two
hundred dollars], the manner of providing for said work, and
whether the same shall be done by contract or otherwise, and if
by contract, the manner of letting the same shall be in the
discretion of county commissioners.
37A.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION IN THIS ARTICLE, IN
DORCHESTER COUNTY, WITH RESPECT TO THE REPAIR OR CONSTRUCTION OF
A BRIDGE, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL EITHER:
(1) AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY AGENCY TO BUILD
OR REPAIR SUCH BRIDGE; OR
(2) AWARD THE NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE CONTRACTS FOR
ALL ASPECTS OF THE BUILDING OR REPAIRING OF SUCH BRIDGE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 37 OF THIS ARTICLE,
REGARDLESS OF THE COST OF THE BUILDING OR REPAIR OF THE BRIDGE.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.
Approved May 29, 1984.
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