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pealed, and that this act shall take effect i'm
mediately.
Approved March %. 1892.
CHAPTER ccxv.
A Supplement to an act entitled "An act to
provide for the more permanent improve
mcnt of the public roads of thus state" ap-
proved April fourteenth, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-one.
/. BE ii enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
the first section OF the act to which this is a
supplement he and the same is hereby amend
cd to read as follows:
l. BE 1t enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State Of New Jersey. That
whenever the board of chosen freeholders of
any county IN this state shall, by resolution
have declared their intention TO cause any
particular road or section thereof within
such county to be improved under the pro-
Visions of this act, such board shall cause all
necessary surveys to be made and specified
tons to be prepared; the specifications shall
require the construction of a macadamizei
road, OF a telford or other stone road, that
will, at all seasons of the year. be firm,
smooth and convenient for travel; shall be
so prepared as to call for bids from which an
approximate estimate of the cost can he as
certained, and shall state tho amount of
security that will be required of the bidder;
after said specifications shall have been pre-
pared they shall be submitted to the board of
chosen freeholders. and IL such board shall
approve them they shall then he submittedto
the president of the state board of agricul-
ture. and II he shall approve them it shall
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of chosen freeholders to advertise in at least
two daily newspapers. printed and circulated
in the county for the period of two weeks. or
If there be not two daily newspapers printed
and circulating in such county, then in
at least two weekly newspapers printed
and circulating therein. for at least four
weeks, for bids to do the work according
to the specifications prepared; such adver-
tisements shall state where bidders may
Aud the SPECIFICATIONS and shall name "A time
and place where the board of chosen free |
holders. or a committee of five members
thereof. of whom the director shall be one.
will meet to receive bids; every such bid shall
be accompanied with the bidders bond in n
sum of one thousand dollars, with security
satisfactory to the board, conditioned that If
the contract shall be awarded to him he will.
when required by the board. execute an
agreement in writing to perform the work
according to the specifications; no bids shall
be received by the board or any membcrthere-
of, or by said committee or any mi there
of, except at such meeting, and all bids then
received shall be immedia ely publicly read;
II the bids shall be received by a committee of
the board, they shall be reported TO the board
at the next meeting thereof with the recon-
mendation of the committeei the board may
reject all bids IL in their opinion good cause
exist therefor, but otherwise they shall award
the contract to the lowest bidder, who shall
give satisfactory evidence of his ability to
perform the contract; provided, however,
that the estimated amount of contracts
awarded in any one year by any board of
chosen freeholders shall not exceed one-half
of one per centum of the ratables of the
county as reported to the state comptroller
for the last preceding year; the bidder to
whom the contract may be awarded, shall.
In addition to executing the agreement to
perform the work according to the specifioa-
tions, also execute TO the board of chosen
freeholders a bone conditioned for the faith
full performance of the contract, in the sum
specified in the advertisement for BIDS and
with such sureties as the board may approve;
the contract shall. on behalf of the board of
chosen ~freeholders. be executed by the diree-
tor thereof. aud when executed by the bidder
and said director. a copy of the contract. with
the estimated cost of the work. shall be forth
with filed with the president of the state board
of agriculture.
Q. Aud be 1t enacted, That the second section
of said act he and the same is hereby amendcd
to read as follows:
.. And be it enacted, That after a cops of
.Ia aont,acf ai,au ba flpl with the nFastlpnt
of the state board of agriculture as aforesaid.
the governor shall, as soon as practicable. APP
point a supervisor of the construction of the
work under such contract, who shall receive
for his services under this act five dollars per
day, TO be paid out of the county treasury he
shall supervise all work done under the con-
tract, shall give his whole time thereto. shall
require the provisions of the contract to be
strictly adhered to by tine contractor, and
when the contract provides for partial pay
ments during the progress of the work shall,
as each payment becomes due and before pay
ment shall be made. present TO the board his
certificate, and also the certificate of the sur
yeyor or engineer. II any there be. stating as
near as may be the total amount of work
done, and that such work has been done In all
respects as required by the contract; the
board shall thereupon direct payment to be
male by the county collector; provided. that
no partial payment made during the progress
of the work shall exceed eighty per centum
of the estimated vakitBf the work done; the
board shall ha~4pth,Sf$to borrow OF tempo
rary lcansog .the credit OF the county such
sums of yiq&H for the purpose of carrying
on such @dteas may from time TO time be-
come nccS eary; and when the work shall be
fully completed aud such fact certified 10 the
board. and TO their satisfaction, by the super
visor and surveyor or engineer. If any there
be, payment In full shall be made.
8. And be IL enacted. That the third section
of said act be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
g. And be it enacted. That when the work
under any contract shall be fully completed,
it shall be the duty of the supervisor TO pre-
pare a detailed and temized statement. ndu-
plicate. of the cost OF the Improvement. one
copy whereof shall be nled with the board OF