The Republican journal., 1907-04-04

be expended the succeeding year.
section g.. As soon as the location ana
has been determined upon in towns
where one thousand dollars or more OF
joint fund is to be expended under the
provisions of this act, it shall be the
duty of the state commissioner of high
ways to make surveys, plans, estima ties.
and specifications for the proposed i'm
provement: These plans and specifica-
lions shall conform substantially to the
proposal l.ted under the preceding section
and agreed upon between the state COM
missioner OF highways and the. select
men or other officers having jurisdiction
over highways. Changes of grade and
alignment may be made when the road
viii be, benefited thereby and authority
Is hereby given to make such changes.
SAID plans and specifications shall, upon
completion. be forwarded to the select
men or other officers having jurisdiction
over highways in the said town in which
the particular work is located, whose
duty it shall be to Immediately advertise
for bids for doing said work according
to SAID plans and specifications. in two
or more public newspapers, printed or
circulated in the county, for three weeks
successfully at least once in each week.
where bidders may examine said plans
and specifications, and the time and
place where the bids for said work Will
be received by the board of selectmen or
other local officers having jurisdiction.
Each bidder AUST accompany his bid
with a certified check payable to the
IL,
county as the case may be, for ten per
cent of the amount of lis bid as a guar
ahtee that If the work is awarded to him,
he will enter into contract with said
board for the same All bids SO Submit
ted shall be Immediately and publicly
read at the time for opening the same,
as stated in said advertisement. and re-
ferred to the state commissioner of high
ways for his approval. The selectmen or
other local officers having jurisdiction
ana ana l, me state commissi oner of highways
"a O h to
bldS, II in their opinion good cause exists
therefor. but otherwise they shall award
TIE ASS, contract ira to the l}west responsible
satisfactory evidence Of his ability to
perform the contract and shall WITHIN
fifteen days from the awarding of the.
sum of at least the amount of the con-
tract with two or more sureties, owners
of real estate in the county. or IA surety
or trust company, authorized TO tram
sact business within the state, to he APP
proved by. both the board receiving the
bids and by the state commissioner of
performance of said work in strict con-
formity with the contract, plans and
specifications for the same. The con-
tract. plans and specifications shall
be executed in triplicate. one COW
going to the contractor, one to the
local board of officers having iuris-
dction and one to the state COM
missioner of highways. Whenever
the mayor and city council or such other
board as has jurisdiction over highways
in a city. or the selectmen of anv town
or the assessors of any organized Man,
tatiou or the county commissioners for
unincnrporated townships shall desire
in behalf of such CITY, town, pIantation
or unintorporited township 10 hid mon
work located within said CITY town
plantation or unincorpornted TOWNSHIP
they shall submit their bids 10 tha stat,
COMM sSioner OF hiehways al Ieast one
dav prior 1o line iiI,,,. si.citfnd for tba
cpruiue. Of the other bids as stated in tba
ADVERTISEMENT for bids ana ali bids sub
mitted in beiaif Of towns shilI be sub
iect 10 the rn,uliraments mad, and nro
vide(i fol. i'm his section exrent that M
certified check or bond shall be required
of amy town az city making bids or
accepl ing contract for construction.
No bids in behalf of towns shall be
ont-1ed by the state commissioner OF
highways until after the other bids for
the same work shall have been publicly
opened and read by the board receiving
them, as required by this section, and
forwarded to the state commissioner of
highways. If the state commissioner of
highways shall lind from the bids so SUBJ
mitted that the bid in behalf of the town
is the lowest, the state commissioner of
highways shall thereupon award the con
tract to such town, whereupou the board
of local officers having jurisdiction over
highways in such town shall forthwith
execute contract in behalf of such
town with the state commissioner of
highways in behalf of the state, to fulfil
al the requirements and terms of the