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Specification to be observed in the execution and maintenance of 

 certain works required to be performed in within the town or city 



of together with such other works in connection therewith, as the 



corporation may require the contractor to execute during the term of 

 his contract. 



Interpretation Clause. 



In this contract the word "corporation" shall mean the municipal 

 corporation of ; the word " contractor " shall mean the contractor 



or contractors whose tender or tenders for the work herein mentioned 

 shall have been accepted by the corporation ; and shall, except where the 

 context forbids, include the contractors' heirs, executors or adminis- 

 trators; the word "engineer" shall mean of city engineer 

 or such other engineer as may be duly appointed by the corporation as 

 their engineer. 



Drawings. 



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2 



3 



Etc., etc. 

 [As to the necessity of having a written tender, see Chap, VIII., 1, ante.] 



Conditions. 



1. Works to ~be in accordance, with specification and plans, and complete 

 in every respect. The whole of the works shall be set out and executed 

 at the expense and the responsibility of the contractor in accordance with 

 the stipulation of this specification, and the drawings herein referred to ; 

 the contractor providing and executing everything requisite to make the 

 various works perfect and complete, whether the details of such works 

 be especially mentioned or not, and providing and executing everything 

 necessary to carry out the true meaning and intent of the specification, 

 detailed estimate, and drawing. 



2. Construction of specification to le decided ly engineer. The drawings 

 and specification taken conjointly are intended to explain each other and 

 be descriptive of the whole work comprised in the several contracts, and 

 all doubts as to the meaning of any portion of this specification or of the 

 said drawings on the part of any person proposing to tender, must be 

 settled before sending in his tender, between him and the engineer, and 

 from the date of the execution of his contract, the contractor shall be 

 finally bound by the engineer's decision, as specified in the 27th of these 

 conditions, and any details which are not sufficiently described by the 

 drawing and specification shall be executed according to the engineer's 

 directions, or according to any further detail drawings which he may 

 provide. In the case of any discrepancy between the specification and 

 drawing, or between the several drawings (if more than one), the specifi- 

 cation shall be adhered to in preference to the drawing ; and any drawing 

 to a larger scale shall be adhered to in preference to any drawing to a 

 smaller scale, and figured dimensions shall be adhered to in preference to 

 dimensions measured by scale. 



[NOTE. As to delay on the part of the employers in supplying plans, see 

 Chap. XL, 13.] 



