The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-09

Board of Road Commissioners for a term of two years, or until their successors are appointed and quail. fled, and who shall serve without gay or amolument except that on all official trips connected with road work, which are authorized by the Territorial Board of Road Commls- sioners, they shall be allowed their necessary travelling expenses, the third member shall be the Commits sioner elected as hereinbfore pro yided by law. He shall be Chair man and Secretary of the Commits sion and shall perform such duties as are hereinafter provided, and he shall receive as salary $2,500 per annum, payable in monthly install ments. He shall have such charge of the location, construction, i'm provement and maintenance of pub lie roads, trails, bridges and ferries in the Division as hereinafter pro- vided, unless otherwise provided for under cooperative agreements with the Federal road authorities. He shall be the custodian of such property and records of the Division con cerning roads and bridges as herein
 after provided. Hhe shall execute a good and sufficient bond in an amount fixed by the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners, which amount shall not be less than $1,000.
 "Section '. It shall be the duty of the Divisional Road Commission to meet at specified time and rec. ommend the apportionment of road funds to the credit of the aforesaid Division, so that such funds will not conflict with the apportionment allotted by the Federal Board of Road Commissioners for Alaska.
 Section B. It shall be the duty of each Divisional Commission to make an annual report on January 1st. of each year, to the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners, stat ing for the Division the. number of miles of road of each classification and the number of bridges con
 structed during the year. the number of miles of road of each classified ton maintained. the total expendi
 ture on such road and bridge during the year, with unit cost, the mum
 Der of miles of road and number of bridges to be constructed, together with probable cost of construction and maintenance of said roads and bridges also, probable tonnage and vehicle traffic over said roads and broidges. The Territorial Board shall make for the Territory a like report to the Territorial Legislature.
 Section g. Before any work is done on the construction of any con templated road or bridge, except special emergency repair work, the Divisional Commission shall submit on January 1st of each year their recommendations for the projects within their divisions for the ap- proval of the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners, Such recom- mendation will be accompanied by a statement showing the termini of the proposed work, the number of people benefited, the probable annual ton mage, general worth to the commun- ity. the length in miles, and whether advisable to do the work by contract or administration The Territorial Board of Road Commissioners will authorize the proper authority to pro- ceed with the work and direct the manner in which the work is to be done. If the work is to be done by contract the Chairman will be in structed to advertise for bids. In such case the Chairman shall adver- tise for bids in a newspaper publish ed near the place where the work is to be done, should there be such newspaper within fifty miles of the proposed work, and by putting copy of the advertisement at the Post Office nearest the proposed work The said advertisement shall state the general character of the work to be done, the amount of bond required and the time and place at which the bids will be opened. The Territorial Board of Road Commis- sioners will furnish such Divisional Commission blank forms for bids. Each bid shall be sealed and accom- panied by cash or a certified check for five per cent of the amount of the bid. which shall be forfeited to the Territorial Board Of Road Com
 missioners if for any reason the bidder shall fail to enter into con