Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25
Mexico Weekly Ledger
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
- Il, M. WHITE, EDITOR.
ORDINANCES or THE
3ITY OF x
Auirain County, Mo.
:vised by the City Council Of said
City in the Year 1877.
Published by Authority Of the City
Council.
ENGINEER.
ENGINEER r.
III.

0S>s ~ Sisy SoalNLk IL ut IL
irst meeting after eash general election
appoint . City Engineer who shall be vel
skilled IN the sciences of civil Engineer.
ing and building. and the practical appli-
cation therefor.
Sec. 3. He shall take the oath of ofic
required OK other city officers. with thi,
addition that he 10 not and will not be
during his continuance in Office, directly
or Indirectly concerned or interested. in
any contract with this city for any public
work.
Sec. g., 1t shall be the duty of the city
Engineer, Firstly, to preserve in his office
all maps, plans. surveys of the city. rec
ords, hooks, papers, and other things re-
iating the. sto: Secondly, to keep q full
and accurate acc JInt Of all receipts and
disbursements made under his supervis-
ons and a systematic record of ali trans
actions relative to his department.; Third
Y. to report to the city council semi an
nually, n general abstract of all the oper-
atoms of his department during the prev
Gus portion Of the fiscal year the mount
Of work executed and remaining to be ez-
ecuted, the disbursements. the amount
remaining to DO discussed, and such 9TH
or information rs he shall deem Of inter-
est to the city. F%ourthly. to make all
plans and estim5tss for sli works con-
s~tructed by or under the authority of the
CITY.
Sec. 4. The Engineer shall give the
grade and lines of streets and ALLEYS that
are unimproved to ali persons applying
therefor. and the City Engineer shall give
such grades to such persons free of cost,
but no such grade shall be Given whore
the sams ia not established by ordinance.
The City Engineer shall also furnish the
necessary information Tor ascertaininy
she grades Of streets and alleys where
~@Ssons desire to build and the grades are
established ny ordinance.
Sec. S All public works ordered by
the city shall be let by the City Engineer
to the lowest bidder. Notice OF the let
ting out of any such work shall ba pub
he'd i some newspaper published In the
V. or by not less than Elk hard bills,
sted up one In zach ward at least ten
Us before the day appointed for the
ening Of tire bids. Said notice ihall
tie the wo,k. the place where the speci-
alto 5 may he seen and the time when
Is VIII be received.
Sec. Il. Bids for such work shall be
signed by the bidder. enclosek in a sealed
envelope AMI not opened uutil the day
txed in the notice. and then only in the
preserce Of the Mayor ard City Engineer
Sec. 7. Each bid shall be accompanied
with 4 statemen3 signed by the persons
offered by the bidder as securities dec.ar-
ing their willingness to become such Sc
cnritie. IL the event of the contract being
AWARDED tc the bidder.
Sec. \. Bids shall be opened by the
City Engineer on tho DAY specified at the
hour of II o'clock loon. in the presence
of the Mayor, and the lowest bid shall be
accepted if the securities offered be ap-
uaxl Fxnnnk 90 nrnut1nd in cnnttnn IL
of this chapter.
Sec. 9. The performance Of all con-
tracts let out as aforesaid shall be secured
by at least two responsible securities to
be approved by the Mayor, in double the
contract price of the work.
Sec. 10. If the ptrson whose bid is &C.
cepted fail to enter into contract as afore-
said, the City Engineer shall award the
contract to the next lowest bidder. or ad-
vertise for new proposals, as may be Or
dered by the city council.
Sec IL. All co tracts after being drawn
shall be submitted to the city Attor-
i. for the approval of the form thereof.
er receiving which they shall be sub
ted to the city council, who may reject
approve the same as thew may deem to
interest of the city. When approved
ha.! be endorsed thereon, after which
y shall DO recorded in the city Engi-
,ser's flee, the original shall be deposit
ed with the city Recorder and a copy
thereof shall be furnished to the contrac-
tor.
Sec. IL. The city Engineer shall re-
port to the Mayor or city council all vio-
istions o any contract, and may suspend
the execution thereof when the c~ontrac-
tors fail to comply with the ten ms thereof.
Sec. % Every contract entered into
4 a. A. F~nn aAah
contain n clause stating that the am, is
entered into subject to existing ordinan.
ces OF the city, and to the power of the
city Engineer, TO suspend or annul the
same tor q failure on the part of Q con-
tractor to fulfil the Pame; but that such
suspension or annnlment shall not affect
the rights of tho CITY to all damages and
penalties claimable by it on account of
The contractors failure. and every contract
shall contain q clause to the effect that it
is subject to the provisions OF the charter.
That the aggregate Payments thereon shall
be limited by the amoun of such specified
appropriation and that on ten days notics,
the work under said contract may with
ut cost tn or claim agsins' tho city be
suspended by the city Enyir Ger. with the
approval of the Mayor for want of means
or other substantial cause
IT xuC eity IHSihoOA eu"A Ca
amiise all accounts Of contra ctsrs for work
done under his supervision, and il correct
and chargeable to he city he shall certify
the same to the City Council, but no &C
count shall be certified where the contrac
tor has failed "a comply with the terms of
his contract, n0y shall any account be GER.
titled III advance ofthe performance of the
work.
Sec. Is. The maps, plats, books and
papers IN the Engineers office shall be
subject to examination by any person
seeking Information therefrom under ST. III
regpl atoms as the City Engineer may pre-
Sc.
Stc. l6. Any person violating any pro-
ons Of this chapter, shdil be deemed
ity of misdemeanor and fined not
than five nor more than one hundred
Atty dollars.
-@assed January Sd, 1877.
&. a. FOWLER. Mayor.
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\. b. DANIEL, Cisrk.
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