The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-27
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WORK OF OUR SOLONS
THE FENCE, ROAD AND WATRR-RIGHT
LAWS.
Passed BY the Fourteenth Session OF
the Montana Legislative Assembly.
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.

The board of county commissioners of
the several counties may, in their dis
erection, let to the lowest responsible bid
der, in pursuance of this act, contract
or contracts for repairing and keeping in
good order the public roads in any road
district now or which may hereafter be
established.
The county commissioners at their
regular quarterly meeting on the first
Monday in March, in each year, shall,
in their discretion, advertise for bids for
keeping in proper repair the roads in any
road district of the county, such adver-
tisement to be published once a week
for four successive weeks, in some news
paper published within the county, or,
if none is published therein, in news
paper published nearest the county
seat of the county. A copy of said adj
vertisement shall also be posted on the
door or bulletin board of the court house
of the county, for at least four weeks be-
fore any contract is awarded The adj
vertisement shall state the name or
number of the road district for which
bids are invited, and the time ofreceivA
ing bids, which in no case shall be lateF
than the next quarterly meeting of tH
board of county commissioners, on e
first Monday of June following. ne
advertisement shall also state the leAgth
of time the contract shall run, as pF9Rid-
ed in paragraph 5 of this act. III
All bids must be in writing, did sub
scribed by the person or persons bidding;
shall be sealed and addressed to the
board of county commissioners and in
dorsed IBID for keeping in tfpair the
public roads in (naming thH road dis
trict)." iE
AT their regular meeting 6h the first
Monday in June in each ye the board
of commissioners shall op# and exam
inc all bids offered, and nay either re-
ject all bids or award a centract to the
lowest bidder, in pursuanM of the next
paragraph.
If the commissioner decide to award a
contract, the person r Persons to whom
iG is awarded shall, before it is entered
into, execute and deliv er to the commits
sioners an undertaken with two or
more sureties, to be approved by the
commissioners, in bum not less than
one thousand dollah, conditioned that
the contractors whl keep the public
roads and highways of the district
manning it, in good order and repair,
and suitable forthe passage of animals,
or loaded wagons, or both, as the case
may be, for one year frome the first day
of July following until the same day the
succeeding year. Upon the execution
and acceptance, of SAID undertaking, the
contract shall be awarded.
The road supervisor Of any road dis
trict in which contracts may be awarded
in pursuance of this act, shall inspect
the public roads of his district, and re-
port the condition thereof to the county
on or before each regular
quarterly meeting of the board. The
road supervisor shall also, upon written
that any public road of his
district is not in proper repair, proceed,
without delay to examine the same, and
If found in bad condition he shall inn
notify the contractor or con-
tractors to repair the road; and unless |
the contractor or contractors shall pro- |
iced, with reasonable diligence, to repair |
The road, the supervisor shall report the
condition of the road, and the fact ofthe |
and failure of the contractor
'r contractors to reIair the same to one
Dr more of the county commissioners;
md the board Of commissioners at their
irst meeting after receiving said report,
hall, or may, in their discretion, author
re the road supervisor of the district to
epair the road, keeping an accurate &C
cunt of the expense thereof, and shall
eport the same duly verified, to the
on or before their next
uarteily meeting. The commissioners
hall withhold or deduct the cost ofsuch
epairs from any sum due or to become
ue to the person or persons who have
ontracted to keep the roads in repair.
Whenever the board of county COM
lissioners shall decide to establish any
ew road they may, in their discretion,
ward contract for constructing it upon
Ike terms and conditions as are ex-
ressed in this act for keeping roads in
epair.
Payments to road contractors shall be
lade quarterly, by order drawn on the
putty treasurer, against the road fund,
+hich shall be payable as are other
ounty orders.
All acts and parts Of acts. in conflict
18th this act, are hereby repealed.
This act shall take effect and be in
rec from and after its passage
Approved March II, 1885.
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