St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1913-05-02
CHAPTER b7s-H. F. No. s14.

ter three hundred and eighty-four (ss4) Of
the General Laws Of Minnesota for 1911
relating to drainage.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature Of tbs State
of Minnesota:
Of the General Laws of Minnesota for 1911
be, and the same hereby is. amended 80 as
to read as follows:
Sec; Is; Tbs bond and contract shall
s IL H'' contain the ssG spe eiae de ana tho eo on efe
work to be done. either expressly OF by ref
erence to plans and specifications, and refer
Shall provide that the work. shall be- done
OF the engineer, and subject to his approval
and that Of the auditor or auditors. as the
case may be.
%isfaction of the S~ensineer and the county al
torney. Every such contract and bond shall
embrace all, the provisions provided By law
for the giving Of bond by contractors for pub
lilo works and improvements and for the bet
ter. security Of the contracting county or
and furnishing material in and about the
performance OF such contracts and shall pro-
ooasra That II, Il~ fsa shn # there be OF s hnS fsf Be any Of ,s she
ure to perform the work according to the
terms Of said contract within the time lin.
contractors shall forfeit and pay to the coun-
ty in which the portion Of the work in de-
fault non1.a shall tbara be located oaa l, e ce I5a33 So sum- sxs to P p
the county auditor. or auditors, as the case
may be. for each day that such failure shall
granted unless applied for in writing to the
auditor, or auditors, as the case may be,
STATING to ra his or t tns!ri aati nor aSn,, good enl and Ind
tension affect the right to enforce such for
fe,s3rs,, If , any; as a shall h. occur aft, after the time
or occurring after the limit Of the extension.
The bond shall expressly provide that the
1ssSif'na ,r shall an be ,1 1tahl fa,i 51s, all Mne da@af IS
showing himse1t injured BY such failure e' may
successive in favor Of ali persons SO injured.
s efiaer 'o end saeh l bond a an eGRs1afr Sona : p pn5Ite
the meaning of tho statutory provisions con.
strung such OFFICIAL f1; bonds Of PUBLIC onicsrs
in the district court. pAS
Provided, that at the end. of each year Of
each ess a,or sessions ions work .ma n after > g giving ing such CON
the contractor may make verified application
or in case Of a judicial ditch, to the Judge Of
the district court of the county where the
p%rosimately the total yardage Of excavation
completed and total amo7nt Of other work
Value Of the ie' work theretofo aesfe Certified and 'a as
complete by the engineer, and the amount
e eett mone for ffoe the a ny sept tsen ov and further or t her
already furnished in the matter Of the com.
Provided. that Whenever Thing: is used sIh in
part thereof and the petition for said drain
so requires. or at any time previous to the
the job or Jobs for the construction Of the
same upon a request aof q majority of the
petitioners in writing therefor. filed with the
onI1rf dir IF h N~orA~ 0N,,-& 49,.
contract shall require the Contractor of the
whole tile work or the contractor Of any part
Of such tile work done by any such con-
tractor for a period Of three years after the
completion Of any such contract against any
contractor and any failure during said period
Of any part of said tide work constructed by
pose Of drainage for which it was intended.
|!shall be prirna fac1e evidence that tho same
t is due to t the fault ut or erc neg Isg,ost e Ct SAID con
en- by the. county auditor In the advertisement
for sale of such job or jobs.
The said contractor shall give q good and
Of a"a such tile ii ditch tie BY sy" the engineer d i a or eoanfs
e Tractor Se or his no' bo ontisns Or rr ens% 9Se sa iiap fGp,
herein imposed on said contractor for said
three year period.
Judge Of the district court or the said county
board, as the case may be, shall proceed to
%plication upon such notice as shall be d.
board respectively, and If upon such hear
ing, it is determined that no loss will result
thereby, the said Judge. or said county board
may by order reduce the penalty Of such bond
to such a sum. as shall be deemed advis-
able by such Judge or such County board, as
the case may be, but such reduction shall In
no case exceed by more than twenty-five per
cent the amount already paid to the CON
validity or the enforcement, or in any man
ner otherwise affect the remaining amount Of
the penalty of such bond.
Approved April 49, 1918.