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and receiving basins. and providing ali necessary
| sewerage and outlets for the same, or by making
| connection with or using any public sewers or
| outlets that may exist that they may deem neces-
| sary, within or without the lines of such road ;
providea that snen road snaii De upon
/ ties IF any have been estabished as near as con-
vepiently may be- so as to insure an easy and even
/ grade throughout the entire road and In case any
| grade shall be changed compensation shall be
! made to the person injured III any there shall be
injured by such alteration Of grade( said board
shall have power at any time to improve said
| road or any part thereof. by paving, macadamiz-
| ing or otherwise improving the road-bed thereof
| and by tagging or otherwise improving the side
walk, or any part thereof, by CURLING and gutter
| ing said road or any part thereof, by providing
lamps for and lighting such road, or any part
thereof and may use In making any such i'm,
| provement any labor or materials which said
board is authorized to use, and any materials now
or at such time in use, for any Of said purposes,
! within the lines of such road, that may be found
there or that may have been placed there by or
under any municipal authority whatsoever.
T. And be it enacted, That all work and ma
terials, of or exceeding one thousand dollars,
| done or furnished i'll and about the opening lay
| ing out, constructing and improving such road
shall be done OF furnished by contract after ad-
vertisement in the following manner: The said
| board shall advertise for proposals for doing any
| work or furnishing materials, amounting in the
| whole to one thousand dollars or more, for at
| least two weeks, once in each week, in such of
| the newspapers of such county as they may deem
expedient, and shall thereafter at some stated or
special meeting award the cOntrucL OF COlltIdctS
to the lowest responsible bidder who shall furnish
such good and sufficient suretes as may be APP
| proved by said board all bids must be opened at
regular or special public meeting of said board
| and not otherwise but said board shall be under
no obligation to accept the lowest bidder ii they
deem 1t to be against the public interest SO TO do,
and may reject all bids if they deem it to be for
the interest of the public so to dO and in case OF
such rejection the said board shall again adj
vertise for proposals and proceed in all things as
If no proposals had before been offered; provided,
that the board may, in laying out, opening, con-
structing and improving said road. use any labor
or materials which said board is authorized now
| by law to use, and any materials now or at any
such time in use for any OF said purposes within
the lines of such road that may be found there,
or that may have been placed there by or under
any municipal authority Whatsoever.
IL. And be it enacted, That except to cross such
road, no horse, dummy OF other railroad shall be
allowed on such road or any part thereof.
IA. And be it enacted, That costs, charges and
expenses of laying out, opening, constructing and
improving such road in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act, and all moneys required or
necessary for any of the purposes aforesaid shall
be raised in the manner hereinafter provided
and shall be paid by the public of such county at
large and shall be raised by tax at the times and
in the manner hereinafter provided.
Is. And be it enacted, That said board shall
hare the power to issue certificates OF indebted
ness in payment for work done or materials fur
nished or any expense incurred in the execution
of this act Except to pay awards for lands taken
and damages thereto, which are hereinbcfore pro-
vided for and to issue them at such times and for
such amounts, payable at such periods and exc
cuted and transferable in such manner as they
may deem best; said certificates of Indebtedness
shall be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of
bonds as hereinafter authorized to be issued and
sold and shall bear interest at the rate of four per
centum per annum, and shall be made payable
within one year from the date thereof the said
board shall therein designate
16 And be it enacted That the entire costs of
laying out, opening, constructing and improving
said public road in any county of this state, shall
not exceed Gncluding awards for lands taken and
damages thereto) the sum of one million dollars.
H. And be 1t enacted, That it shall be the duty
of such board to maintain such road or any part
thereof and to keep the same in repair and fit for
public use from year to year, at the expense of the
public at large of such county, and that the APP
shall be made and raised in the same manner as
the appropriations for other county purposes are
made and raised.
is And be it enacted, That in order to raise
money to pay the costs, charges and expenses of
laying out opening. constructing and improving
such road in accordance with the provisions Of
this act and all moneys required necessary for
any of the purposes aforesaid, it shall be lawful
for such board of chosen freeholders from time to
time, either before or while such work or improve
ment is in progress, by resolution. to cause the
bonds of such county in the name of such board
of chosen feeholders, to be issued for the same in
such sums as such board may deem proper and
that the moneys realized from such bonds shall
be paid to the county collector, to be by him ap-
piled to the payment of costs, charges and ex-
penses of laying out, opening, constructing and
improving such road or the certificates of indebt-
edness issued thereon. as directed by resolutions
of said board that the bonds authorized to be
issued by this section of this act may be either
coupon or registered bonds, as such board of
chosen freeholders may determine, and the same
may be made payable both principal and interest,
at the Office of the county collector of such
county, and said bonds shall be sold by the
board of chosen freeholders of such county, upon
the orders and resolutions thereof, either upon
bids for the same duly advertised for, or other
wise; provided, that said bonds shall in no case
be sold at less than par; the director of such
board and the county collector OF such county
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with the seal of the county and the county col
lector shall number and register the same, and
registered bonds may be exchanged for coupon
bonds, and coupon bonds exchanged for register
ed bonds at the request of the holder thereof;
provided, that such board of chosen freeholders,
by resolution, shall consent to such exchange;
and said bonds shall bear such interest as such
board shall determine, not exceeding five per
centum per annum, and said interest shall be
paid semi-annually and the said bonds shall have
such time to run as said board of chosen free
holders may at the time of the issue thereof by
resolutions determine not exceeding thirty years,
and the costs, charges and expenses aforesaid in
cured in the laying out, opening, constructing
and improving said road, as provided for by this
act, shall be paid in no other manner; and pro-
vided, that the issue of such bonds in all shall
not exceed the sum of one million dollars
10. And be it enacted, That such board of
chosen freeholders shall. each year. place in the
| tax levy for such county for such year, so long
| as such bonds shall run, a sufficient sum to pay
all interest on said bonds during such year, and
| also sufficient sum to amount to two per centum
OF the WnOle principal Oh Salu DOnus, Wnlcn stlu
sum of two per centum of said bonds shall be de-
posted in a sinking fund Of said county for the
| purpose of paying said bonds as they may become
| due, said sinking fund to be managed by said
boards of chosen freeholders shall best subserve
! said object of its creation, and also sum sufi-
cient to pay the principal OF said bonds falling due
within the year, the same to be levied and raised
| IN the same manner as other county taxes are
| levied and raised.
20 And be i enacted. That the said board and
the county collector shall keep the accounts and
| expenditures on account of said road separate
and apart from the accounts of the other expendi-
lures of such county, which account shall be
| called the public road account" and the clerk
| of said board shall, the first days Of May and
| December in each year file with the county clerk
| there to be and remain as public record, de-
| tailed itemized account of the expenditures of
| such board in relation to such road, which said
| account shall have been submitted to said board
| approved Of by said board and ordered to be filed
as aforesaid, and that the county collector shall
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