The Springdale news., 1919-03-14

! as Board of Improvement for the construction and maintainance of the highway herein provided for. Va cancies on the Board of Commission CTS shall be filled by the remaining members of the Board by election not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days after said va cancies occur.
 Sec. ?. Said District is hereby or ganized for the purpose of construct ing and improving that part of the public roads in Washington County. Arkansas described as follows
 Taking in the City of Springdale and running in a south and westerly direction to Tontitown; thence in southwesterly direction to Harmon; thence to Old Wheeler; thence to Sa- voy, all of which road is known as the Springdale and Wellington Gap road; the district shall embrace all quarter sections of land in Washing ton County any part of which is with in three (3) miles of the road as if nally located by the Commissioners Sec 3. Immediately after the pas sage of this Act the Commissioners herein named shall organize by elect ing one of their members as Presi- dent and one as Secretary Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be required to give bond in such sum as the Com missioners find necessary and said Treasurer shall have charge of all funds belonging to said Road Inn provement District and he shall place such funds in some responsible bank or banks in said county that shall offer and pay the highest rate of in terest on said funds, said funds shall always be deposited to the credit of the Commissioners of said Road I'm provement District for the use of said Improvement District
 Sec 1 The Commissioners may em- l ploy such other officers and engineers as they find essential to the work and shall fix their compensation A majority of the Commissioners shall constitute quorum; each of the Com niissioners shall receive Five =($5.00J Dollars per day when engaged wholly in the work of the District
 See. ,. The contingent or overhead expenses which shall include the en- gineers, attorneys, commissioners and assessors, or such other agents as the commission may appoint, shall not exceed ten (10) per cent of the cost of improvement, exclusive of in- terest. The attorneys fees shall be l fixed by the Commissioners.
 See. 6. All contracts for the con- struction or maintenance of the road herein provided for, shall be let by the Commissioners after advertisement for thirty days in the Springdale News. The Commissioners shall have the right to require certified check for such amount as they shall deem necessary. to accompany each bid, which amount shall be stated in the advertisement for such bids Said Commissioners shall have the right to reject any and all bids, but when a contract is let to any bidder, the same shall be let to the lowest, responsible bidder.
 Sec '. Annually during the month of September, the Commissioners shall file with the Clerk of the Coun- ty Court of Washington County, a settlement showing all collections, all moneys received and paid out, with proper vouchers for all such pay ments.
 Sec 8. The said Board of Com missieners shall have, and they are hereby vested with the power and authority, and it is hereby made their 1 duty, to build, construct and main tain said road within said District as herein provided. and to carry out the improvements herein contemplated and in so doing shall expend all nee essary sums of money authorized to l bA lNNlN anu 1olItAtCb bitb1h bH' authority of this Act; Provided, said 1 Commissioners shall not spend more than Three Thousand (S3,000.00) Dollars per mile in building and con structing the highway herein pro vided for said Three Thousand t$3,- 100000 Dollars to be exclusive of State and Federal aid, and exclusive of all funds derived from assessments of benefits to railroads, and said sum to be exclusive of interest required to be paid on bonds of said improve ment district.
 Sec. 9. As soon as may be, after their qualification, the Board shall form plans for the improvement here in contemplated, and authorized and shall provide estimates for cost there of. For this purpose the Board may employ such engineers as before pro- vided for and such other assistants as may be needful and provide for | Shair rphych trith III