Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-09-13
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS

cent Of the balance Of said deliquent taxes
plus accrued interest and penalties in the
fourth year; and the balance of said de-
hnquent taxes plus accrued interest and
penalties remaining due, in the fifth year.
Said resolution or ordinance may provide
for the abatement Of all interest and penal.
ties which might accrue on said delinquent
or laws for the five year period during
which said instruments shall be payable,
provided, however, that no such resolution
or ordinance for the payment of such de-
linquent taxes in instruments shall be
deemed or taken to be a waiver of any
other legal remedy which any such county,
city, incororated town or other taxing dis
trict might have against any such person
delinquent in the payment of taxes.
SEC. 8. And be It further enacted. That
the governing body Of any such county.
city, incorporated town or other taxing dis
trict may in its discretion provide in the
resolutions or ordinances authorized to be
passed by Sections / and of this Act, that
the persons delinquent in the payment of
taxes referred to in said Sections shall have
the right to elect whether they shall avail
themselves Of the relief provided for by
Section Of this Act. or of the relief pro-
vided for by Section Of this Act.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That
In the event that the governing body Of any
county. city. incorporated town or other
taxing district of this State. shall deter
mine to avail itself Of any Of the powers
granted by Sections / and of this Act.
then said governing body shall provide in
the resolution or ordinance passed pursuant
to the provisions of said Sections, that the
relief therein granted to persons delinquent
In the payment Of taxes shall extend to all
cases where the property against which said
taxes were levied. shall have been purchased
at tax sales by any such county. city, incor-
porated town. or other taxing district. pro-
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body may provide that said relief shall not
extend to cases where the period for re-
demptions OF such property from such tax
sales shall have expired according to law.
Sec. ~. And be it further enacted
That nothing in this Act shall apply to the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. and
to the Board Of County Commissioners of
Howard County.
SEC. s. And be &c further enacted. That
this Act is hereby declared to be an en-
Urgency law and necessary for the fmme-
date preservation of the public health and
safety. and having been passed by yea and
nay vote. supported by three-fifths Of all the
members elected to each Of the two Houses
Of the General Assembly. the same shall
take effect from the date of it's passage.
Approved May II. 1885.
CHAPTER No. So
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amend
ments Section s of Article SOB of the An
notated Code OF Maryland Gas said Article
was enacted by Chapter 539 Of the Acts
Of the General Assembly of Maryland Of
1931). title Estate Roads," relating to the
construction of highways by the State
Roads Commission.
SECTION !. Be it enacted By the General
Assembly of Maryland, That Section of
Article SOB of the Annotated Code of Mary
land (ss said Article was enacted by Chap
Tor k9Q nf the ANfQ nf fha Gnuapa1 AaaoYnhIy
Of MARYLAND Of 1881. title Estate Roads"
be and It is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments to read as follows:
9. The said commission. when about to
construct any highway. shall advertise for
at lease 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, &C.
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 com.
mission to the lowest responsible bidder.
unless in the opinion of said commission
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 or municipal streets, the labor and
materials of which are estimated to cost
over one thousand dollars Isl ,000.00), shall
be advertised as aforesaid, except such
labor and materials as may be required from
time to time to maintain the various roads
to the width and cross section, as previously
Nv arioriy1 aIly nctr11cfpd 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 spec1-
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 as to It's
form, 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 no case
shall any such bond be approved or accepted
unless the obligors bind themselves therein
to the payment of all just debts for labor
and materials incurred by the bidder in the
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 pomptly
and properly execute the contract and bond
shall forfeit the said CONTRACT. The said
check shall be taken and considered as hqui-
dated damages, and not a penalty. for
failure of said bidder to execute said con-
tract and bond Upon the execution of said
contract and bond by successful bidder his
check shall be returned to him. The amount
of the check to be attached to the bid shall
be based on the aggregate amount of the
bid submitted and covered by the following
table:
Aggregate Amt. of Bid Amt of Check
Less than 100000. ...... 500
$50, 900 to $4,000. ....... 1000
$4,000 to $4,000. ........ $500
$4,000 to $4,000. ........ 1000
$4,000 to 175,00O. ....... $500
175,00O to 225,O0O. ....... 5000
225,000 to 275,000. ........ $500
275,000 to 325,000. ....... 1000
$4,000 to 375,000. ...... 5000