The Republican., 1935-09-19
\ BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amend
ments Section of Article SOB Of the An
notated Code of Maryland las said Article
was enacted by Chapter 539 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland of
1881, title State Roads," relating to the
construction of highways by the State
Roads Commission.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That Section of
Article SOB of the Annotated Code of Mary
land (a5 said Article was enacted by Chap
ter $50 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland of 1931), title State Roads,,
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments to read as follows:
6. The said commission, when about to
construct any highways, shall advertise for
at least two weeks in one or more news
papers published in each county in which
the highway lies, and for three consecutive
issues in at least one daily newspaper pub
lished in Baltimore City for sealed proposals
for the construction of said highway ac-
the time and place for opening said pro-
posals, and reserving the right to reject
any and all proposals; said proposals shall
be publicly opened at the time specified in
said advertisement and the contract for
such work or for the supplies and materials
required for such construction Tor for the
supplies and materials required for such
construction) shall be awarded by the CON-
mission to the lowest responsible bidder,
unless in the opinion of said commission
the interests of the State shall be better
served by awarding the contract to some
other bidder, when this may be done. All
work which shall be done by the said COM
mission, whether State roads, county
roads municipal streets, the labor and
materials of which are estimated to cost
over one thousand dollars Isl 100000, shall
be advertised aforesaid, except such
labor and materials may be required from
time to time to maintain the various roads
to the width and cross section, previously
or originally constructed, The construction
and improvement of all State highways or
parts thereof shall be under the supervision
and subject to the approval of the said COM
mission, in accordance with plans and speci-
fications prepared by the chief engineer and
approved by said commission. In all cases
where the contract for work and materials
shall be given out after competitive bidding,
the successful bidder shall promptly execute
a formal contract to be approved to its
forrn, terms and conditions by said COM
mission, and shall also execute and deliver
to said commission a good and sufficient
bond to be approved by said commission to
the State of Maryland in not less than the
amount of the contract price. In
shall any such bonds be approved accepted
unless the obligors bind themselves therein
to the payment of all just debts for labor
and materials incurred by the bidder in the
construction and improvement of the road
contracted for. To all such bids there shall
be attached the certified check of the bidder,
and the bidder who has the contract
awarded to him and who fails to promptly
and properly execute the contract and bond
shall forfeit the said contract. The said
check shall be taken and considered liqui-
dated damages, and not a penalty for fail
ure of said bidder to execute said contract
and bond. Upon the execution of said con-
tract and bond by a successful bidder his
check shall be returned to him. The amount
of the check to be attached to the bid shall
bid submitted and covered by the following
table: