Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-04-24

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Walkers Bridge, near Buffalo School
House.
TIE construct a road from the
White House to the Kincaid Bridge
now under construction.
To construct a road from White
House on the old Kentucy State Road
up Indian Creek via Ball Point to the
Hancock County Line.
To construct a road from Blain's
X Roads westwardly on the north
side of the X. & B. Railroad to the
Knox County line to connect with the
Washington Pike leading to Knox-
vile.
TO construct a road from Richland
via PERKINS, Hollow, Indian Ridge,
Tampico, to Massengill's Mill.
To construct road from the Main
Valley Road near Red House across
by ]. c. Odell's store, the Newton
B. Yerley place, to connect with the
road leading from Richland to Tam
pico near the residence of the late
James Yates. a
To construct road beginning on
road leading from Rutledge to Wash
burn in Clinch Valley up valley to
Thorn Hill.
To construct a road from May
Spring via of Central Point to Rut-
ledge.
To construct road from Crosby
via Of County Line to connect with
the Main Valley Road near Rocky
Springs, thence via MeaddH Branch
to the residence Of J. F. Harris.
To construct road from MAY
Springs to the Parsonage on the
road leading from Rutledge to Davia
Ferry. {
To construct Dad fom Joppa across
Clinch Mountain to Powder Springsy
The road from Rutledge to Wash.
burn shall be graded and Macadam-l
lied first, remainder OF bond issue
shall be proportional between the
north and south side of Clinch Noun
tain, according to valuation of taxa;
BILE property on each side Of the said
Clinch Mountain.
Section 8. Be it further enacted
That all the work Of constructing awe
matchmaking the roads Of Granger
County shall be let to contractors by
the Commissioners, and it shall be
their duty to advertise said letting,
or lettings, in some newspaper or pa
pers, and otherwise as their judg-
ment may direct, and to receive
sealed bids for said work and they
shall adopt, not later than one week
after the time fixed for the opening
of said bids, the bid of the lowest
responsible bidder upon said work,
who complies with the terms of his
bid. The Commissioners may let
said work in sections, or may let diff
ferent kinds of work to different
contractors, or they may let said work
altogether as whole to one contrac-
tor, if in their judgment it is to the
best interest of he county to do
provided, however, hat after exam
ming all bids, said Commissioners
are of the opinion that it would be
to the best interest of the county o
accept none Of said bids, they are
hereby authorized to reject any and
all bids, and re-submit to another
bidding, or may in their discretion
adopt such other method of letting
said work, either in whole or in part,
as the results of their Judgment may
dictate. The Commissioners shall re-
quire good and solvent bonds of all
contractors.
Section 8. Be it further enacted;
That the Commissioners shall have
power to pay a reasonable prive for
the necessary rights of way, borrow
pits, rock quarries, ETC., out of the
money coming to their hands arising
from the sale of said bonds. In case
they shall be unable to secure the
necessary rights of way, borrow pits,
rock quarries, ETC., necessary to be
obtained in the construction of roads
by agreement of parties, or at price
they shall consider reasonable, they
are authorized to proceed to condemn
the same as provided by the general
law in such cases.
Section 10. Be it further enact
ed: That said Commissioners shall
employ a competent engineer, and if
need be, assistant engineer, and other
laborers necessary to carry on the
work of surveying, locating, construct
ing, macadamizing and otherwise i'm
proving the public roads of said coun-
ty, and to do any and all other acts
necessary to carry out the provisions
of this Act
The ENGINEER in charge Of said
work shall be known to said Com
missioners to be competent, honest,