The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-29

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the directors shadlbe one. will meet to receiv
bids; every such bid snail be accompanied
With the bidders bond in the sum 81 one
thousand dollars, with security satisfactory
to the board, conditioned that IL the contract
Shall be awarded to him, he will, when re-
CURED 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 member thereof, except, or by
at a meeting of said board or a committee.
Of which notice shall be given aas aforesaid,
and AL bids then received shall be immediae
celved by a committee OF the board they shall
be reported to the board at the next meeting
thereof. with recommendations ON the COM
mittee; the board may reject all bids If, in
their opinion, good cause exist therefor, put
otherwise they shall award the contract to
evidence Of his abilty~t perform the con.
tract; PROVIDED, however, that the estimated
year by any board of chosen freehold.
ers, together with the estimated cost OF
repairs of roads already constructed,
shall not exceed one fourth of one per
centum of the ratables of the county as
reported to the state comptroller for
the last proceeding year; and, PROVIDED.
further. that in every contract made as
least five. per centum of the contract
price shal not be paid to the contractor
within the period of one year after the
work specified to be done by such con-
tract shall have been fully performed
and accepted; the bidder to whom the
contract may be awarded shall. in add
ton to executing the agreement to per-
form the work according to the specitis
cations. ALSO execute to the board or
chosen freenolders a bond condltioned
tract, in the sum specified in the adver-
tisement for bids. and with such suretles
as the board may approve; the contract
freeholders be executed by the director
thereof, and, when executed by the bid
der and said director. a copy OF the con
- 800 rooai6ao fnnC until tho DGf1-
mated cost Of work. shall be forthwith
filed with the state commissioner OF pub
lie roads
copy of the CONTRACTS and specIncaLons
shall have been filed with the state
commissioner of public roads as afore99
puglic roads shall. as soon as ,practle-
able, appoint a supervisor of the con-
struction of the work under, such con-
under this act three dollars per day, to
be paid out of the county treasury; II
the work for which such contract snaIl
pursuant to the provisions of the eight
section Of this act, then, If the petitioners
therefor or any of them shall in writing
nominate the said state commissioner
of public roads one or more persons for
the position of such supervisor, t shail
be the duty of said state commissioner
of public roads, # only one nomination
be made to appoint as such supervisor
the person so nominated, and II more
than one nomination be made, to appoint
as such supervisor one of the persons
so nominated, and if no such nominal
tom be made the said state commissioner
Of public roads shall then appoint as
may consider competent for sucn posi-
ton; the said state commissioner may,
however, at any time surnma[iiy as
ment of the state commissioner is ineom-
petent, or who neg1ects his duty. In
such case shall appoint a new supervisor
IN +a1a tho n1aaQ of the nna discharged.
the supervisor shall supervise aHwork
lone under the contract, shall give his
whole time thereto. shall require the
adhered to by the c~onotractoro. ana.
in any case where the contract provides
for partial payments during the pro pre-,
payment becomes due and before pay
ment shall be made present to the board
his certificate. and also the certificate OF
stating as near as may be the total
amount Of work done and that such
work has been done in all respects as
shall t~hereupon direct payment to be
made by the county collector; provided,
h no partial payment made during
eighty per eentum of the estimated value
of the york done; the board shall have
power to borrow on temporary loans
sums of money for the purpose of carry
ing on such work as may from time to
time become necessary, and When the
the terms and conditions of the con,
tract shall have been fully. complied
with. and such facts shall have been
! ton by the supervisor and the surveyor
or enginer,if ay there be. payment in
full shall be made. less the amount re.
quired to be withheld for the period of
ing section specified.
8. And be it enacted. That when the
f n1Ig o oaaga ted iif't shall be bsAt the isty ySe Of
the supervisor to prepare a detat4ed and
itemiezd statement in duplicate Of the
cost Of the proyem one copy where
Shcsen ~freehoiders and one with the
state commissioner Of PUBLIC roads
And be il s enacted e c r rhstt r oneethiF I'd
this state under this act shall be paid
for out Of the state treasury; provided
that the amount so paid shall not IN
hundred thousand dollars. if %one-third
Of such cost shall appear by the state
ments filed in n one year with the
exceed the said sum of one hundred
thousand dollars. then, and in such event
the said sum of one hundred thousand
dollars shall be appropriated by the gov
ernor and the state commissioner OF pub
lie roads amongst the counties of the
state in proportion to the cost OF roads
constructed therein for such year, as
shown by the statements of costs fled
in the office Of the state commissioners
Of public roads; the governor and said
state commissioner of public roads shall,
etwee December fifteenth and thirty
first in each year, certify to the state
comptroller the amount to be paid to
each county for such year and the state
comptroller shall t%hereupon draw his
warrants in favor of the respective
county collectors for the sums certified
as aforesaid upon the state treasurer,
who shall pay the Same out of any
moneys in the state treasury not other
wise appropriated
fore September first in each and every
year it shall be the duty of the board
Of chosen freeholders to certify to the
county board of assessors, either in the
annual tax budget or separately, two
thirds of the estimated cost of all work
for which CONTRACTS shall have been
year ind the county board of assessors
shall include the sum SO certified In the
county taxes assessed for such year,
and the same shall be assesse, collected
and paid over to the county in the same
manner and within the same time that
lected and paid over; if a deficiency
shall exist in consequence of the cost
exceeding the estimate, or IN consequence
of the receipt of less than one-third of
the cost from the state treasury, the
board of chosen freeholders shall have
authority to borrow On temporary loans
to the amount of such deficiency until
collected and paid over to the county;
and If there be a surplus, in consequences
of the cost being less han the estimate,
such surplus shall be retained and used
In the construction of other roads under
this act, or in repairs to roa~dsconstruct-