Imperial Valley press., 1920-09-21
SIMON RULES
AWARD BY
BOARD WAS
LEGAL
Board Meets This Afternoon
and Prepares to Sign Con-
tract with Contractors;
Road Work May Now Pro-
ceed in Rapid Fashion.

Concrete will be pouring into the
mOulds for the Imperial Valley new
highway system within short time
as the result of the opinion of
District Attorney E. X. Simon. Civ.
Ell the board of supervisors today,
that the award of that body to Pet
ersOn, Dillon and Patterson was en-
tirely legal.
This was welcome news to the ad-
vocates of good roads, who have been
hoping that the board had not tres
passed legally and that work would
proceed. Especially in view of the
chaotic condition of affairs in which
the, work would be plunged should an
adverse opinion be given, was the at
titude of the district attorney pleas
ing.
Based on opinions of those who
knew The Press yesterday accurate
b forecast the cituation which devel-
bped today and The Press was the
>pnly paper in the valley to do so
correctly.
When the board late yesterday re-
uuested the opinion of the district
Ettorney he called his three assistants
and last night the matter was thor
oughly threshed out. Another meet
ing this morning brought the opinion
that the award was legal.
The board met this afternoon, pre-
pared to sign the contract and go into
the other detail work so that the
work can be speeded up.
Following is the written opinion of
District Attorney E. R. Simon:
September 21, 1920.
Board of Supervisors Of
Imperial County, California.
Gentlemen:-Complying with. your
oral request for an opinion as to
whether the award of the contract for
the improvement of a portion of the
Imperial County Highway system in
dictated as Routes l, 2 and 4, to Pet
erson, Dillon & Patterson, on Sept
ember 8, 1920, is legal and binding
upon the County of Imperial, ! advise:
It appears from the record of the
proceeding of the Board of Supervis-
ors of this county, that on March 10,
1920, the Highway Commission of I'M
perial County, California, filed it's re-
port, including specification, plan.
and profiles for the improvement of
a portion of the Imperial County
Mighway system, which report cover
ed Routes, l, 2, and A now in issue. and
that said report was by your Board
approved on said day.
Thereafter, and on August 3, 1920,
your Board ordered that advertise
ment be made for proposals for the
improvement of said Routes l, 2, and
On September 7, 1920, sealed pro-
posals for said improvement were re-
Eceived and opened by the Board.
On September 8, 1920, your Board
determined that the proposal or bid,
of Peterson, Dillon & Patterson, was
the lowest responsible bid, and accept
ed same, and awarded the contract for
said road improvement to said Peter
son, Dillon & Patterson.
In my opinion your Board had full
jurisdiction and authority to adver-
tise for bids on August 3, 1920, for
the improvement in question, and had
full authority and jurisdiction to ac-
cept the proposal of Peterson, Dillon
& Patterson, and to award the con-
tract for said road improvement to
said firm, and that said awrd is legal
and binding upon the County of Inn
perial, and that the contract for said
improvement, in compliance with said
award, should be executed.
Very truly yours,
f. r. SIMON,
District Attorney