The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-11

ton, not more than $4,000 per month,
for the time employed, to be paid out
out of the money arising from the sale
of said bonds, and they shall also
elect one of their members chairman
of said Board Of Commissioners. A
majority of said Board of Commits
sioners, shall constitute a quorum to
transact business, and it shall be the
duty of the chairman of said Board to
preside over the proceedings and call
meetings of said Board, when he
deems such meetings necessary, and
perform such other duties as may be
incident to his official position or
which the County Court or said Board
may see fit to impose upon him.
1t shall be the duty of the Secreta-
ry Of said Board to keep a correct re-
cord of the official acts of said Board
of Commissioners and upon approval
of the same, by said Board, shall pre-
sent said report to each Quarterly
session of the County Court of said
County, such report shall show in de-
tail the work of said Commissioners
since the last report; contracts they
have let for road building or improv-
ing, copies of said contracts to be fill.
ed, the roads completed and accepted,
if any, under said contracts, and the
amount of money, paid for such work,
the amount of money which has been
expended in road building under the
provisions of this Act, and on what
road or roads it has been expended;
what amount of money, if any, has
been spent in purchasing or acquiring
turnpikes, or turnpike roads; what
turnpike or turnpikes have been &C
quired and how much has been ex-
pended for acquiring each of the
same, such report when countersign-
ed by the Chairman of the Commits
sion, shall be filed with the Clerk of
the County Court, and inferred upon
the minutes of said Court.
Section 8. Be it further enacted,
That the work of said roads or turn
pixies shall be done by contract Said
Commissioners shall employ an engi-
neer or other expert road builder to
survey, inspect, change and classify
said public roads, provided specifica-
tions and directions for their con-
struction or improvement, and per-
form such other work and services
as the Commission may impose upon
him. All work done shall be done
subject to the inspection of the Com
missiners or assistants employed by
them, and the work done according to
specifications, shall be approved and
accepted by the Commissioners, while
the work not so done shall be disap-
proved and rejected by the Commits
sioners. Said Commissioners shall
require good and solvent bonds of all
cntractrs, payable them, fir the use
and benefit of Maury County, in such
sum as they may think proper and
conditioned upon the faithful, honest
and proper and prompt performance
of their contract, according to it's
terms and specifications; Provided
that at least 200 of the sum to be
paid any contractor, shall not be paid
to him until his contract has been car
ried out and performed, and his work
accepted by the Commission. Pro
vided, further, that if any person, firm
or corporation Should contract for the
construction of more than one road,
upon completion and acceptance by
the Commission of any one road, the
POO retained upon that particular
contract or road, shall be due.
Section TO- Be it further enacted,
that the contract or contracts for con-
structing or improving such roads or
any of them, shall be let or made as
sold Commissioners doom bact hut
before letting any contract, the Com
mission shall advertise for bids on
the same, and provide all those who