Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-29

may require, conditioned for the faith
fui performance OF the contract an,
tor saving the city, village or Dor
ougn harmless from any and all liza
billty in the prosecution and complet
ing of the work. The city, village o
borough council. If contract i
awarded, shall award the same to tn
lowest responsible bidder liz an.
bidder TO whom such contract i
awarded shall fail to enter prompt,
INTO such written contract and TO fur
nish such bond, then such defaultins
Dldder Shall forfeit to the city, vfllag'
or borough the amount of his cash de
post or certified check and the city
village or borough council may there
upon award the contract to the mex
lowest responsible bidder. provided
the city, village or borough council
shail have the right to reject all bids
and provided further. that whenevel
the estimates made for the city. vii
iage or borough council for the entire
work projected shall be less than fivt
hundred dollars. then the city, villag,
or borough, council. may directly pur,
chase the materials therefor and cause
the work to be done by day labor
Every contract awarded unGsr thi.
ACT snail be made between the city
village or borough as one party, Ii
the name of the city, village or Dor,
ough. and the successful bidder as the
other party, and. such contract shall
De executed on the part of the city
village or borough by the Mayor o,
executive officer thereof and counter.
signed by the clerk or recorder OF saie
city, village or borough, with the cor.
porate seal of the city. village OF
borough affixed, and an attested cop,
thereof shall be filed and remain In
the office of the clerk or recorder OF
the city, village or borough.
IN every contract executed under
TINS act, whether or not so stated
therein, there shall be reserved the
right of the city. village or borough
council to have the work supervised
by the city, village or borough en-.
gineer or other person, and In cast
OF improper construction or unrea son
able delay in the prosecution of tn,
work by the contractor, to order and
time and to relet the contract therefor
or to order reconstruction of an,
portion of the work improperly done
or, where the remaining work TO b,
done or the work of reconstruction Il
be made shall cali for an expenditur,
of less than FIVE hundred dollars ii
complete the work or reconstruction
by the employment of day labor.
Sec. IL. In case the contractor Il
whom any such contract may be le
shall properly perform the worl
therein designated. the city. villag,
or borough council may. from time Il
time, before the completion of tn,
work. in its discretion. pay to sucl
contractor eighty (SO per cent of thu
amount already earned Hereunder M
on the estimate of the city, village o,
borough engineer or other competen,
engineer selected by the city, village
or borough council
Sec. IL. Whenever any work or i'm.
provement provided for by this act
snail have been determined upon and
contract let therefor. the city. vii.
lage or borough engineer, or othe,
competent engineer selected by thu
city village or borough council, shall
forthwith calculate the proper amount
to be specially assessed for such dis
trict. joint district and lateral sewer.
against every assessable lot, piece Of
parcel of land within the sewer dis
trict affected. without regard to cast
valuation. in accordance with the pro
visions of Sections seven, eight and
nine of this act.
Provided, that no property shall b,
especially assessed for the cost of 6
sewer in excess OF the cost of a sew
er eighteen inches in diameter, ant
that whenever any district. joint dis
trlct or lateral sewer of larger diane
ter than eighteen 1s) inches shall bs
laid, or relaid. the cost thereof IL
excess of the estimated cost of a Iik,
sewer eighteen 0s) inches in Diane
ter shall be paid out of the sewer
fund, II any, or in case there is nj
sufficient sewer fund. then out OF tn,
general revenue fund of the city. vii
lage or borough.
Provided further. that In calculat
ing the special assessment for an,
district sewer or joint district sewer
the cost of laying or relaying sucl
sewer In any public ground, street Oh
alley; and all catch basins, nanholes
J.. mp holes and flushing valves and
tanks shall be taken as part of such
district sewer or joint district sewer
and to be paid for by such special as.
sessment.
And provided further, that private
owners may lay. relay or extend any
lateral sewer through any public
ground street or alley and connect
the same with any general district oil
joint district sewer. upon permission
granted by majority of the city
village or borough council, and tina,
any private owner alone, or two OF
more owners Jointly may lay, relay
or extend lateral sewers through pri.
waite ground pursuant to rights ac-
q''ired therefor by agreement or pur.
chase from any private owner or own
ers. In the event that any private
owner alone or Jointly with others lay
relay or extend any such lateral sew.
er through public ground, the CITY
village or borough shall not be or be-
come in any manner or in any re-
spect liable for any act or negligence
involved therein.
When such engineer shall have fin.
lshed his calculation of the amount &c
be specially assessed as aforesaid
against each lot. piece or parcel OF
land in the sewer district affected. he
shall at once prepare and file with
the clerk or recorder Of the city. vii
lage or borough tabulated statements
in duplicate. showing the proper de-
scription of each and every lot. piece
or parcel of land to be specially as
sessed and the amount he has calcu-
lated against the same. and such
shall be the basis of the
assessment and be known as the pro-
posed assessment to be made by the
city, village or borough council. as
hereinafter prescribed, and shall he
laid before the city. village or Dor
ough council for Its approval at its
next regular meeting to be held not
less than ten G0) days thereafter. The
clerk or recorder of the city. village
or borough shall thereupon cause no.
tice of the time and place, when and
where the city, village or borough
council viii meet In regular session.
to pass upon such proposed assessment
to be published In the official paper
of the city, village or borough at least