The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-04-10

| verts or any improvement of any
road or parts of road coming under
the provisions of this act.
Sec. 16.-The county board of SUI
pervisors and the engineer are
charged with the duty of repairing
or dragging the county road system
as is required to keep same in proper
condition, and shall adopt such
methods as are necessary to main
| tain continuously, in the best con-
dition practicable, the entire mile
age Of this system.
Sec. 17.-Not later than the first
Monday in November, or at any time
upon the demand Of the township
trustees, the township clerk shall re-
port the work accomplished on the
township road system in his town
ship, and said township trustees
shall, as nearly as practicable, recon-
mend what is to be done upon the
township road system for the sue
ceeding year. A duplicate report Of
the work accomplished shall be filed
by the clerk with the county audi
tor; and the county engineer, as
nearly as practicable, shall credit
the same on the township road sys-
shall also be the duty of the engineer
to make written report to the board
of supervisors of the work accom-
plished upon the roads for the cur
rent year, which report shall show
what roads of the county and town
ship systems have been completed
or partially completed, and credit
to such roads shall be shown upon
the county road plan not later than
November | 9Th, and a copy forward
ed to the state highway commission
upon standard printed forms.
All forms and blanks necessary to
secure uniformity OF records and re-
ports in the system herein provided
shall be furnished by the state high
way commission.
Sec. 1S.-County and township
boards, charged with the duty of i'm
proving public highways, shall have
power to remove all instructions in
the highways under their .urisdic-
ton, but fences and poles used for
telephone, telegraph or other trans
mission purposes shall not be remoV-
ed until notice, in writing, OF not
less than ten days has been given to
the owner. occupant or agent OF the
land enclosed in part by such fence
or to the owner or company Operat-
ing such lines. The notice to any
owner or operator of any such tele-
phone, telegraph Or transmission
line may be served on any agent or
officer of such line, and all such
fences and poles shall, within the
time designated, be removed to such
line on the highway, and as deslg-
mated by the engineer, and If not re-
moved by the date fixed in such no.
tice, same may be forthwith removed
by the proper officials. any new
lines, or parts of lines hereinafter
constructed shall be located by the
engineer, and shall be removable ac-
cording to the provisions of this Sec
ton.
The notice of removal may desig-
nate to which side of the highway
the said poles shall be removed. Any
removal made in compliance with
this section shall be at the expense
of the owners thereof, without liabil-
ity on the part of any officer order
ing or effecting the removal.
~ Sec. l9.-The board of supervs
.ors shall require all contractors to
give DOuu III LAS ldlCAl III pei AOi III
ance of the contract, in such sum as
the board of supervisors may deem
necessary. The surety on any bond
given to guarantee the faithful per-
Torrance and execution of any work
shall be deemed and held. any con-
tract to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, to consent without notice:
]. To any extension of time to
the contractor in which to perform
the contract when each particular
extension does not exceed sixty days.
2. To any change in the plans,
specifications or contract when such
change does not involve an increase
of more than twenty per cent of the
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released only as to such increase.
No contract shall be valid which
seeks to limit the time to less than
five 60 years in which an action
may be brought upon the bond COW
ering concrete work not to less than
one year upon the bond covering
other work.
Sec. 2O.-The procedure herein
provided for the designation and |
selection of county roads by the !
board of supervisors and the APP
proval or modification of such selec- :,
ton by the state highway commits !,
sion shall exclude all other proce- !
dure. And the decision of the board :
of supervisors and the state highway ,
commission in the designation and
selection of the county road system !
shall be final.
Sec. ZI.-That section three l3)
of chapter twenty-four GA of the
acts of the Thirty-fourth General ,
Tssembly is hereby amended by
striking from the fourth line of said
section the words, mot more than
Sec 22.-That section two thous-
and six hundred seventy-four-f
(2674-f) of the supplement Of the
code, 1907, be and the same is here
by repealed.
Sec 23.-All acts and parts of
acts in conflict with this act are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 24.-This act, being deemed
of immediate Importance, shall take
effect and be in. force from and
after it's publication in the Register
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