The daily times., 1921-12-03

money.
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mission is authorized and empowered
To build the whole or any part of amy
road. highway, or thoroughfare. q,
all OF them herein authorized. by hir-
ed labor under its own supeyyision
and the supervision OF its chief en- :
gineer and the assistant engineers
using by permission OF the Board o.
county Commission any or all the
convict force of the County of the
cost thereof, in which event. il is
authorized to buy or rent all ma
chlnery. tools. implements and ma
terials that may be necessary; or the
said Highway Commission is author
lied and empowered to let to con-
tract for construction the whole or
any part of any road, highway. thor
oughfare or bridge. in which event
the said Highway Commission shall
take good and sufficient bond from
the contractor in a sum deemed bv
1t adequate for the faithful perform
ance of the said contract and the paw
ment of all labor and material used in
the construction of said roads in ac-
cordance with the specifications,
prescribed by the Highway Commits
sion with the approval of the chief
engineer
Sec. Is. For the payment of the
compensation of the Highway Com
mission. the salaries of its chief en-
gineer, assistant engineers, clerks.
fee for legal advice, and any and all
other expenses incurred by said Com
mission and for the cost of the CON
struction and building of the public
roads, highways. tnoroughfares and
bridges of said County, the Highway
Commission shall draw it's warrants
upon the Auditor of the County.
which warrants shall be signed by
its Chairman and the Secretary. and
the Auditor shall thereupon endorse
the warrant and it shall be payable
out OF any funds in the hands of any
Bank in the County to the credit of
the Highway Commission.
See. IS. 1t shall be unlawful for
the Highway Commission to contract
with any member of said Commission
or any other officer of the County of
Wilson. or with any firm. partnership |
or corporation of which said mem :
ber is a partner or in which he is a !
stockholder or has any interest, for !
fJ,a
way, thOroughfare or bridge or any
part therefor. or for any material to !
be used therein and the said mem
ber of any officer Of the County. so
er members SO contracting with him,
shall be guilty of misdemeanor
and shall also be removed from the
said Highway Com mission. and the
Board of Commissioners of the Coun-
ty shall. as soon as the meeting can
be held, elect the members of said
Commission to fill such places
Sec. II. It shall be unlawful for
the chief engineer or any assistant
engineer to have an interest in any
firm. corporation copartnership.
with which the said Highway Com
mission shall make any contract for
the construction of any road high
way. thoroughfare or bridge or any
part thereof. and upon conviction
thereof, he shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor
Sec Is. The said Highway Com
mission shall exist until the proceeds
this Act are expended, together with
all other monies that may come into
its hands for the purposes Of the act
and all roads, highways, thorough
fares, and bridges are constructed
which the said commission shall de-
eide to be necessary to construct. and
at such time the said Highway Com
mission shall cease and the powers
herein conferred upon it shall deter
mine. and it shall be the duty of
the Secretary to file with the Auditor
Of the County all the books. papers.
and contracts belonging to it,
with a full and complete statement
)f all warrants issued since the last
-eport, and it shall be the duty of
he Chairman to deliver to the Board
If County Commissioners a certifi-
,ate that the work of the Commission
las been finished and to further de-
liver to said Board all machinery,
ools, implements and material on :.
land and unused and unsold by it.
Sec. 19. The Auditor of the Coun-,
y of Wilson is hereby authorized to
dopt a system of bookkeeping and
accounting for the said Highway
and the said Highway =
Norn m isSinn will use such system GO 4