The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-13

tHc IouoWlnS cOnuitIonS ana pfOV1-
sions shall be strictly observed and
complied with. on the part Of each
commissioner, to-wit:
1. The county highway engineer
and the county commissioner for his
district, shall on or before January 23rd,
the county auditor budget state
ment showing the estimated expendi-
lures in each such district for the
year 1881, by road and bridge ac-
counts, defined as follows:
No. I. Maintenance.
No. 2. Betterments.
No. 3. First class construction.
Ne. 4 Second class construction.
No. 5. General expense.
No. 8. Lands and gravel.
No. z. Equipment expense.
No. .. Snow expense.
No. 3. Stores.
No. 10. Contingency fund.
That said budget shall include all
FUNDS available in each district for
road and bridge purposes, including
the district allotment from the annual
levy, state aid, special projects, and
allotment from the state gasoline tax.
In no case shall the district con-
tinSency fund amount to more than
twenty percent of the district allotment
exclusive Of special projects. state aid
and gasoline tax.
That after the submission Of said
budget items to said county board
and approve or modify or disappreve
the same, and before any expenditure
of county road and bridge funds In
excess Of $4,000 shall be incurred. OF
attempted by any county commits
sioner, as a charge against any of said
budget items or otherwise, said coun-
ty board shall first authorize and APP
prove any and all such expenditures.
g That whenever charges are &c
be made against the road and bridge
township, such expenditures shall be
made directly from the unorganized
fund for said township by means OF
payrolls or verified claims, covering
all work TO be paid for from said
fund, except for county equipment
rental, which shall be billed by each
county commissioner district against
said unorganiZed township road fund
at regular county road equipment
rates prevailing at said time. In nc
the -unorganized township road and
bridge fund to the road and bridge
fund i'll the commissioners district
either before or after the doing OF
any such road and bridge work in any
unofganized township.
3. That on all construction work
and any other work, amounting 10
81, 10000 or more, on bettermentS or
special work, project number shall
be assigned thereto. and an engineer
SStlHldtc Dc lieu DIS dpPTONeu py
the county board, prior to the begin
ming of actual work on said construc-
ton, betterment or special work.
4. That before any work referred
to in the preceding sections shall be
entered upon in any commissioner dis
trict, the highway engineer shall. al
the request of the county commits
SiOner, prepare and submit to said
board an estimate showing the units
and quantities of work involved, and
the estimated cost of each such prof.
ect.
5. The highway engineer shall
compile budget report immediately
after the end of each month, and sub
nit the same to the county board al
the second meeting in each month
aside, the expenditures made upon
any or all of the budget statement
items included in section numbered
one of this resolution, during the pre-
ceding month, and the balance in each
OF said budget statement items, al
the end of each such month.
Be 1t further resolved. that for the
purpose of affording more orderly ex-
penditures of road and bridge funds
during the year 1881, and thereafter
penditure of such fund by this board
it is the Judgment and decision OF
this board that from and after January
23rd, 1881, no obligations or charges
Vi any hluu against the ROAD dnO
bridge fund OF st. Louis county shall
be audited and allowed, except the
same shall have been contracted. and
such expenditures authorized by this
board, substantially IN compliance
with the foregoing provisions of this
resolution.
Be it further resolved, that any in
debtednesS or obligation against the
| county road and bridge fund of said
county, attempted to be contracted
by any county commissioner or county
employee of his district, on all con-
struction, any other work in excess
Of the sum of 1000. 90 or more, with
out first being authorized and APP
proved by this board, shall not bs
thereafter ratified. or approved by
this board. as a valid claim against
said county.
Commissioner Anderson moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon a unanimous
vote.
Adopted Jan nth 1921