The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-02
CHAPTER 254-S. F.. No. 604.

AN ACT relating to the construction main
bitches BY counties having an area of more
than twenty-five hundred square miles and
q population of more than fifteen thousand
inhabitants and containing no city OF viii
| lage having population Of more than
| thirty-hve hundred inhabitants. and Great
perintendent Of Highways in such counties.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
after having an area Of more than twenty
FIVE hundred square miles and ~. population t
cordng to the then next preceding state or
federal census, and containing no city or
have OF more thd tn
such census, there shall be appointed by the
county board county superintendent Of high,
road builder, and who may be the same
person as the county surveyor of said coun-
of ths aet sa hold his Office until
the January meeting of the county board next
after the next general election, and until his
officer thereafter appointed shall hold his office
for four az years and until his successor is
ama Of fe
to inspect all roads bridges and bitches con
structed by his county and all work done
his said county in the construction, main
tenance and repair of roads, bridges and
auested BY the County board and no moneys
shall be. paid out by the county on any such
contract until the said superintendent OF
highways shall have certified that he has
inspected and found sufficient and in
pliance with such contract the work or ma
terials for which such payment is desired.
nor until the county attorney Of said county
shall have certified that the payment
desired is due and in accordance with the
Sec. 2. Said county superintendent of high
ways shall receive Ave dollars $500 per day
for time actually devoted to the performance
Of his duties, and shall be allowed his
tua1 reasonable and necessary expenses in
cidental to the performance Of his duties. All
payments to him for compensation and ex-
fled bills duly allowed by the board He
shall give bond to the county in the Of
Five Thousand Dollars 100000, with suft-
conditioned for the faithful performance of
his duties; and for each willful violation OF
the conditions Of his bond by either act or
omission, he and his bondsmen shall be liable
to the county or to any other person dam
aged thereby in the full amount OF the dam
Of Twenty-Five Dollars t$>>5.0O> as a penalty.
Said officer may appoint such deputies may
be necessary for the prompt performance Of
his duties, but he and his bondsmen shall
be responsible for their acts or omissions.
Sec. 3: Nothing herein contained shall be
construed to prevent said county board or
sonaly inspecting such work materials in
the event such county superintendent Of high
ways shall fail or neglect to properly and
promptly inspect same upon request from such
county board; but in such case the total
expense to the county board for such in
spection by the board or its member or com
on any one contract job, shall it OK
coed ten per cent Of the contract price: IN
duly authorized committee or member and
written report thereon shall answer the pur-
poses of an inspection and certificate by said
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April H. 1912