Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-23

of, who shall be required to execute
a bond with sufficient sureties, in
an amount equal to twenty per
cent of the estimated cost of the
work 80 let, or deposit such amount
in cash with the auditor as security
for the pc ,formance of his contract.
When the work shall have been
completed the engineer in charge
shall furnish the contractor an
estimate of the amount of work
done under the contract and the
thereof, which said estimate he
shall file with the county auditor
and when said work has been ap-
proved by the engineer and board
of county commissioners the audi
tor shall issue a warrant on the
treasurer for the portion of the
expense of said improvements to
be paid by the said county and the
balance shall be paid out of the
special taxes levied upon the i'm
provement district as provided by
this act. If any person to whom
a portion of said work has been
let shall fail to perform the same
as and in the time specified in his
contract, the cash deposited by him
shall be forfeited to or the penalty
named in the bond may be re-
coved in an action thereon by the
county auditor for the benefit of
the improvement district on said
contract as liquidated damages and
i5 shall be re-let by the auditor in
the manner as hereinbefore pro-
vlded.
Section 26. Where state lands
abutting or adjoining public high
ways lead directly to markets, and
where townships or counties have
built or improved the highways to
the state lands, the commissioner
of school and public lands and the
state engineer, are hereby author
lied to contract with responsible
parties, for the purpose of continu-
ing said improved highways so far
as the state lands are abutting or
adjoining on one or both sides of
the road,t the state shall pay it's por-
ton or said road improvements.
Said road work shall be under the
supervision of the state engineer.
The state engineer and commission
er of school and public lands shall
investigate said highways when re-
quested by the board of county
commissioners of the county in
which the work may be needed,
and shall be the sole Judge whether
said improvement is practical. On
the completion of the contractors
and the approval of the state engin-
eer, he may issue a voucher for the
amount of the contract, approved
by the commissioner of school and
public lands or by the board of
school and public lands, to the
contractor; thereupon the state
auditor shall issue warrant to the
contractor on the general funds of
the state.
Section ~. Upon application
to the board of supervisors or
county commissioners of any coun-
ty by any person for permission to
construct cattle way across or
under any public road it may grant
the same upon condition that such
way shall be constructed in all
particulars as directed by the board
and shall not interfere with public
travel; that the grade of the road
over the cattle way shall not at
any point exceed one foot in ten
feet. That the applicant shall con-
struct the same at his own expense,
and agree to keep the same in re.
pair at his own expense.
Section %. If any person or
whose land such cattle way is con.
structed fails to keep the same in
repair, the township supervisor
shall repair the same and charge
such costs to the owner of such
cattle way and such costs shall be
collected As all ordinary taxes.
Section %. Any railroad cor,
poration, electric or otherwise
may raise or lower any public high
way for the purpose of > railroad
crossing, by petitioning the boart
Of county commissioners of thu
county 10 which such crossing