Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-03-26

township clerk liable on his bond for
the amount of said warrant.
Section r. Standard specifications
for all bridges and culverts shall be
| furnished without cost to the coun-
ties by the state highway commission,
and the work shall be done in ac-
cordance herewith. All culverts and
bridge construction, and repair work
or materials therefor, of which the
engineers estimated cost shall be one
! thousand ($1, 100000 dollars or less
may be advertised and let at public
| letting, or may be let privately at a
cost not to exceed the engineers es.
innate, or may be built by day labor
All culvert and bridge construction
and repair work, or materials there
| for, of which the engineers estimat-
| ed cost shall exceed one thousand
| ($1,000.00) dollars, may be adver-
tised and let at public letting, pro-
vided, that the board shall have the
power to reject all bids, in which ev-
ent they may re-advertise, or let pri-
vately, by submitting contract to the
state highway commission for ap-
proval, or build by day labor, at a
COSI nOl u tACcGu inc lONCoI DIu re-
ceived. All bids shall be recorded in
detail, in a book kept for that purp-
ose, by the county auditor; said book
shall, at all times, be open to the pub
lie for inspection. Any proposed con-
tract which shall exceed the sum of
two thousand $2,000.00) dollars for
any one bridge or culvert, or repairs
thereon, shall be first approved by the
state highway commission before the
same shall be effective as a contract
Before beginning the construction of
any bridge or culvert by day labor or
by contract, the plans, specifications,
estimates of cost and their specific
location shall be filed in the county
auditors Office by the engineer. On
completion, a detailed statement of
cost, and of any additions, or altera-
tions to the plans shall be added to
the above records by the engineer,
all of which shall be retained in the
county auditors office as permanent
records.
Section 10. At every February
meeting or as soon thereafter as pos
sible, the township trustees of each
township shall employ superintend-
ent of the township road system, who
shall have the general supervision of
all dragging and repair work on the
township road system, whose term of
office and compensation shall be at
the discretion of the township trus-
tees. He shall see that the approach
es to all the bridges on the said roads
are maintained in such manner as to
present smooth and uniform surfac-
es; keep the openings to all culverts
and bitches free from weeds, brush
or other material that will in any
manner prevent the free discharge of
surface water. He shall have charge
of all the dragable roads of the town
ship road system and make contracts
for dragging, giving preference to
abutting landowners or occupants in
the making of such contracts, and
shall see that all dragable roads of
the township road system are proper
ly dragged at such times as are nee
essary TO maintain such roads in a
smooth condition. Each board of
trustees shall select from its town
ship road system the roads to be
dragged for the year. For this purp-
ose there shall be expended, under
the direction of the township trus-
tees, through the road superintend-
ent, upon the township road system,
not less than the one mill drag tax
now authorized by law. The comp