The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-07-25

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on orders issued by the County Court
IN The manner and under the restrio-
tons herein provided. And the said
sheriff shall be allowed 4 commission
of not more than one-fifth of l per
CEN. for discussing said funds
The court doth Aow appoint John.
Bauister, James =. johnson and F. G.
BUrdett, the said last named being an
eff lent and duly qualified civil engf-
ne'T as commissioners to superintend
til, construction and improvements to
| be made upon said roads with the pro-
| cecGs Of said bonds and to make re-
20 IS thereon from time to time as
thu court may require.
.. All of said work shall be done
by contract as follows: The said COM
mi 5.OnerS shall prepare complete and
| flu plans and specifications for, the
| i'm lroyements OF each of said main
county roads beginning at the said
City of Charleston, and after said
plans and specifications are completed
as TO any particular road which it is
proposed to improve, said commits
siCners shall advertise for bids for the
construction and Improvement of said
! road according to said plans and spc-
citcatiOns; said advertisement TO be
pU glished in at least two newspapers
of opposite politics published in Ka-
naWha County at least once week
foG Cd four weeks prior to the let
lit g of said contract and in such 9TH
err manner as said commissioners may
deem proper. Bids for two or more
roads may be asked for in the same
notice. And the contract for doing
said work shall be awarded to the
lowest bidder, !,ut the commissioners
may reject all bids if they think prop
er- The person to whom the contract
is awarded shall be required TO give
bond and security to be approved by
said commissioners for the faithful
performance of his contract which
contract and bond shall thoreupon be
submitted TO the county court of ka
naWha County for it's approval, to-
Sctaor with copies of said advertise
mc1ts and of/all bids received And
when such contract and bond shall
have been accepted and approved by
said County Court, it shall be valid
an binding upon all parties thereto
q. The plans and specifications to
be prepared for the permanent i'm
proy"ment of said roads by said com:
missiOnerS as aforesaid. shall provide
TO q he use of macadamiZing or other
processes of equal merit. And none
OF ne FUNDS derived from said bonds
shall be used in making merely tenn
pOrary repairs to any of said roads,
but only in making the kind of per
mancnt improvements hcrcinbefore
mentioned
I. Neither the said mmissioners
nor the sad County Court shall have
the right or the power to use or aD-
nIopriatc any of the proceeds of said
bonds 10 the payment Of any part of
the present existing Indebtedness of
kanawha County or any district there
in or for any other county purposes or
othcr purposes of any kind except
the permanent Improvement of the
main county roads of said kanawha
County as herein provided. Provided
however. that the purchaser or pur-
chasers of said bonds shall not be re-
quired to see to the application of
said purchase money. And none Of
the proceeds of said bonds shall be
used or appropriated either by said
commissioners or by tho County Court
10 pay for any Improvements upon
said main county roads, except such
as shall he constructed by contract
strictly N the manner hereinbefore
set forth.
s. The contracts that are made I'M
der this authority shall provide that
the contractors shall be paid for the
york upon estimates to be made reg
ulariy from time TO time by the engi.
neer and commissioners. and that at
least ten per cent. of each estimate
shall be retained until the final COM
nietion of the work under the CON
t"act. as additional security for its
completion in accordance with the
terms of the contract. And no pay.
ments shall be authorized to be made
ny che County Court to any contractor
until tho same has been certified by
aid engineer and approved by said
commissioners or Il majority of them
3. The said two commissioners
who are not engineers. shall receive
500 per day for each day they may
lie employed IN attending to their du-
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