Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08
No. 212, A. published June II, 1909
CHAPTER AT. LAWS OF 1909.

No. 2l2i A. Pu6lissh ,9I, June e y, od dSos
CHAPTER AIT, LAWS OF 1908.
AN ACT to create sections 925-90b and
025-90c Of the statutes. relating to the
letting of contracts for public work and
The BeopIe of the State OF Wisconsin, repre-
sented In Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows:
Section /. There is added to the statutes
two new sections to read
Section 925-90b. Whenever In any city
of the first class in this state, however In
corporated, any PUBLIC work or improve
been ordered to be done, whether such work
Is chargeable IN whole or In part to such
city or to any ward or wards therein or
to any lot or lots or parcels OF land therein,
such public work or improvement may Dc
done by the use Of q patented article, ma
terial or process, Ia whole or in part, or In
combination with articles, materials, or
processes not patented, and any bid &C
cepted contract let for such WORK or I'M
movement shall be as valid and binding as
IF no patented article material or process
had been used; provided however said
city shall have obtained from the owner OF
said patented article, materials or process,
before advertising for bids thereon, hind
ing agreement to furnish to any contractor,
desiring to bid upon such work as whole
the right to use said patented article. una.
terials and processes In the construction or
said work and also to furnish to any con-
tractor said patented article Itself upon the
payment of what the authorities OF said city
charged with the duty of letting CONTRACT
for such public work or improvement shall
determine to be q reasonable price thereIoTl
which price shall be publicly stated and
furnished upon application to any contrac-
tor desiring to bid on said work
Section 925-90c. Any such city at It's
option may, in providing for any such pub
lie work or improvement to be done, and
before calling for bids thereon, through Its
proper authorities adopt different plans ana
Specifications requiring the use Of different
kinds Of materials for the proposed WORK or
improvements to be made, whether patented
or not, thereby bringing one kind Of article,
material or process In competition with one
or more other kinds Of articles, materials
or processes designed to accomplish the
eaue general purpose, and call for bids for
each such kind Of article, material or pro-
cess and thereafter let q contract for one
kind OF article material or process; pro-
vided that before any contract is let tne
bids received on all the different kinds OF
articles materials or processes for whlcn
plans or specifications were prepared and
upon which bids were called for sbai be
received opened and considered before the
kind Of article or process TO be USED IN
such work or improvement shall be decided
r1pon BY the proper city authorities, and
tbereupon the proper city authorities snail
frst determine which kind of article, ma
terial or process shall be used In the work
to be done and thereafter and thereupon
the contract shall be let to the lowest re-
sponsibls bidder for the kind Of article, ma
ferial or process so selected for use In tha
proposed public work or Improvement,
Sectiou q This act shall take effect AMI
be In force from snd sfcss i&z paasaga and
Approved Juno 10. 1909.