The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1906-08-31

or more, the said highway commission
shall advertise in one or more news
papers in said county. and give such
other advertisement as they may deem
necessary, stating the place where such
bridge is to be built or repaired with
specifications and plans of such bridges
and the materials to be used, asking
sealed proposal for building or repair
ing such bridges, which will be receiv-
ed by said highway commission until a
day named in said advertisement, and
then that said bids shall he publicly
opened, provided, however, that moth
ing herein shall prohibit the said high
way commission from the building or
repairing of such bridges where all
the cost will not exceed two hundred
dollars at the time specified in said
advertisement for presentation of seal
ed bids or proposals, the same shall
be opened publicly in the county
commissioners Office OF Prince Georges
county, with the right in the said
highway commission to reject any or all
bids, provided, however, that in award
ed to the lowest responsible bidder
who shall be required to give bo innd
such penalty not exceeding double the
cost of the building or repairing Of
such bridges. And the said highway
commissioners are hereby prohibited
from awarding contracts for such
work, unless the bond is filed, which
in all cases shall accompany the bid,
in the event of failure of any bidder
to receive the contracts contemplated
by this act, the said bonds shall be
returned to such unsuccessful bidder
to be Cancelled be disposed of an they
shall see fit, whenever any contractor
shall notify the member of the ligh-
way commission for the road district
in which bridge b uiltor repaired is
located, that such bridge is completed
said commissioner in conjunction with
at leat one other highway commiss-
ioner shall inspect the work, and if
the same has been completed in con-
formity with the plan and speci6ca-
tione, thereof, the same shall be re-
parted to the highway commissioners,
as board, and when accepted by it,
the same shall then be reported to the
board of county commissioners and
said bridges or bridge shall the be-
opened for travel; and contractor shall
be entitled to receive any moneys then
due him on account OF said contract.
2S6. The said highway commission
is empowered to purchase gravel,
stone, or other material needful for
the repairs, construction and recon
struction of the public roads, and for
this purpose may acquire by purchase
or lease, gravel banks or stone quar-
ries in said county, where it shall
seem to them to be to the interest of
the county so to do, and such mater
ial shall be used in the construction,
and repairs of roads whenever praeti.
cable, and in case of such purchase or
lease, the county commissioners, of
Prince Georges county shall acquire
either fee simple or lease hold title
to the property so acquired, and are
authorized to hold, use, sell or other
wise dispose of the same in the same
manner as private individual thus
acqiring similar rights, and it shall re-
quire no further legislation to vest
such properties in the said county
commissioners as representatives Of
the county as fully as if the same had
been purchased or leased by private
individuals and they may sell or dis
pose of the same without further
legislation.
2S7. And whereas under the law in
existence previous to the enactment
of this bill, into the law, certain road
commissioners of Prince Georges
county had been elected under the
then existing law.
And whereas, by this act said road
commissioners are practically legislat
ed out of Office it is therefore directed
that the said county commissioners Of
Prince Georges county shall at their
levy laying term in March, 1906, levy
and pay over to each of the road CON-
missloners, elected, the sum Of two
hundred dollars, in full payment of
all claims which each or any of said