The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-07
LEGAL.

| LEGAL.
missioners may, in constructing, surfacing,
| repairing or maintaining the county roads,
| let contracts for all any part of such
work, said board may buy the mate
! rails and contract all or any part Of the
labor, or may purchase or rent machinery
and other equipment, and employ labor
under the direction of the county engineer ;
/ provided. that before beginning to con-
! struct, surface or repair any road by day
! labor, the approved plans and specifica-
tons and an estimate of the cost must be
/ filed in the office of the county clerk.
| On all day-labor work the county engi-
neer shall keep accurate itemiZed account
/ of the expenditures for labor, materials
and work performed, and file sworn
statement of the same in the office of the
/ county clerk at the end of each month,
| and final statement when the work is
! completed.
Sec. 2s. That the board of county com
/ missioners before awarding any contract
or maintaining of any road, under this act,
when the county engineers estimated cost
shall have the estimate and the approved
plans and specifications, which have been
! adopted by order of said board for such
work filed in the county clerks office at
least twenty days prior to the time of the
letting The county clerk shall give not
ting by publication in at least two con
! Secutive weekly issues of the official county
paper the first publication of such notice
to be not less than 20 days prior to such
letting. Said notice shall specify with rea-
Sonable minuteness the character of the
improvement contemplated, where 1t Is To-
Gated, the kind of material to be used, the
hour, date and place of letting of such
contract, when the work is to be complet-
ed, and invite sealed proposals for the
| same. Such other notice may be given as
the board may deem proper. All bids
| shall be made on the proposal blanks fur
nished by the county. signed by the bid
! der. sealed and delivered by the bidder, his
agent or attorney COR sent by maiD to the
the letting of all contracts in such man
ner as to give free, open competition, and
all bidders shall be given an equal OPP
portunity to bid upon the plans and
specifications on file Each bidder shall
be required to accompany his proposal
of his bid payable to the chairman of the
board. If the bidder to whom the con-
/ tract is awarded shall fail to accept and
vided by law. his check shall be forfeited
and paid into the school fund, and the
board may award the , contract h to the
shall be opened publicly by the board at
the place and hour named in the adver
. Using notice, and all bids shall be con-
! sidered, and accepted or rejected. In case
the work is let at such public letting. the
! contract shall be awarded to the lowest
deems the proposals too high, may reject
all bids and readvertise the work as before :;
an amount exceeding the county engineers
estimated cost thereof. No such contract
shall be considered as awarded unless the
contractor shall within ten days after the
letting enter into contract and shall give
bond unto the county in penal sum
equal to the amount of the contract price
conditioned upon the faithful performance
of the contract, payable to the county up
on failure to comply with the terms of
his their contract: provided, the con-
tractor shall file with the county clerk
said bonds which shall be approved by the
I chairman of the board and the county at
/ torney by their signatures endorsed there
/ on. The county attorney shall meet with
and advise the board of county commits
! sioners in all matters pertaining to let
/ ting and making all contracts under this
act. The board may make partial pay
ments, on the written estimate of their
/ engineer, upon any contract work as the
same progresses, but not more than seven
/ ty-five per cent of the estimate of the ma
contract price, shall be paid in advance
1 of the full and satisfactory completion of
said contract; provided, that final payment
shall not be made on any such contract I'M
! til the county engineer has inspected the
work and certified in writing that it has
been properly done and completed in &C
cordance with the contract plans and
! specifications, and his certificate to that
effect has been filed in the office of the
county clerk
Sec. 20. That all bills for county road
work, tile and thing. culvert and bridge
construction, or for repairs designated by
the county engineer, shall be filed in item
| lied form and certified to as correct by
the county engineer before being allowed
by the board, and before warrants i'll pay
Inent therefor are drawn.
See. so. That the township trustee, clerk
and treasurer of each municipal township
board OF highway commissioners for their
/ respective townships. The township trus-
tee shall be the chairman and the town
ship clerk shall be the clerk of the town
| ship board of highway commissioners.
! Sec. 81 That the township board of
/ highway commissioners shall hold regu-
lar meetings on the last Monday of March,
! June, September and December, and spe-
ciaI meetings. as the occasion may re-
quire. at the call of the chairman or any
/ two of the commissioners; provided, that
no bills shall be allowed any other
! official business transacted except at a
regular meeting or a special meeting at
which all of the commissioners have had
notice and at which at least two are
present.
Sec. 81 That the clerk of said board
shall keep an accurate record of all off
cial acts, and detailed record of the pro-
eeedings of the board, in a well bound
book, to be provided by the township for
that purpose which record shall be signed
by the chairman and the clerk and kept
open for inspection ut any reasonable time.
The record and system OF township account
ing shall be uniform throughout the state.
Each of the township highway commits
! sioners shall receive for his services the
sum of 81 80 per day for the time actually
ing the duties required by this act: pro-
vided. that commissioner shall receive
more than $1,000 per year
Sec. :}3. That the township board of
highway commissioners shall have the gen
eral charge and supervision of all town
ship roads. bridges and culverts in their
machinery, implements, tools, drain tile,
stone. gravel. and any other material or
I or repair thereof: provided, that all work
+ shall be done in accordance with the plans
and specifications and the general regu-
lations to be prepared and furnished by
the county engineer; and provided further,
that materials shall be purchased and
no contract shall be let for the construc-
culvert, or part thereof in excess of the