Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-01-19

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township shall be paid by the town.
ship treasurer put of the road fund in
his hands belonging to the township in
which such work is done, on an order
of the board of supervisors of such
township certifying the amount of work
done and the amount to be paid for the
same, but in no case shall more than
seventy-fve per cent of the contract
price be paid until the work is com-
pleted and accepted by the board and
so certified by them.
Section z. In case of urgent neces-
sity the chairman of the board of sup
ervisors may make nominal repairs at
any time, and employ a man for that
purpose who shall drag the highways
after rains when in proper condition to
do so to obtain the best results, his pay
to be stipulated by said board of sup
ervisors.
Section 8. In case of transients, or
those not assessed for personal taxes,
the township board of supervisors, or
some person authorized by them in
their respective townships, shall col
lect poll tax in cash under the pro-
visions of the law in force for the col
lection of such tax.
Section 8. All taxes for road pur-
poses, including road poll taxes, hither-
to levied, with the option to pay the
same in labor, must be paid in labor
before the first day of September 1911,
otherwise the same shall be paid into
the county treasury in cash.
Section 10. All road construction
work in one place or continued stretch
of road, including bridge approaches
and grading to same, which will in the
opinion of the county commissioners
require an expenditure of 5000 or over
including surveying fees, shall be done
by the county under the supervision of
the board of county commissioners.
Section IL. 1t shall be the duty of
each county commissioner to examine
the roads requiring the expenditure of
5000 or more, in this district, when
requested by the township board of
supervisors or ten electors of said
township and report his conclusions to
the board of county commissioners at
next meeting; and for such work and
looking after said construction each
commissioner shall receive the compen-
saticn fixed by law.
Section IL. The board of county
commissioners shall be the sole Judge
F. of what roads shall be built by the
county at the cost of $500 or over, but
shall give preference to the roads to
the markets cver which there is the
most travel.
Section IL. On the first Tuesday in
September the board of county COM
m~issioners shall meet at the county
seat and levy road tax, in addition to
the road taxes levied by the several
townships in their county and for said
object the board shall have power to
levy, for county roads, not to exceed
five mills on the dollar of the assessed
valuation and they shall have entire
supervision of the expenditure of said
taxes and as far as equitable they shall
expend said fund for the benefit::.of the
people of the township from which said
tax is received: provided, they may
levy a higher rate, not to exceed ten
mills on the dollar, if they have been
directed to do so by a majority vote of
the electors. The commissioners, in
their discretion, possess power to
transfer power from the bridge fund to
the road fund and from the road fund
to the bridge fund.
Section Ia. Upon final final action
in the report of the surveyor the board
of county commissioners shall advertise
for bids for such work by causing
notices thereof to be printed in three
successive issues of one of the official
newspapers of the county, the first
publication to be made not less than
fifteen days prior to the opening of the
bids. and may give such other notice
as the board may deem advisable; such
notice shall state where the plans and
specifications may be examined, the
time allowed for the. completion of the
work. and when the bids will be
opened and passed upon by the board,
which may be at any regular meetin .
of the board OF a special meeting regu-
larry called. The board may for good
reason reject any and all bids.
Section Is. When a bid has been
accepted the board of county commits
sioners shall enter into a contract with