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tenderer shall be entitled to be repaid the proper expenses of his tender, 

 together with any sum or sums in respect of work then already done or 

 materials furnished, at the request in writing of the purchasers. 



The expenses of completing and stamping the contract and bond 

 or insurance or guarantee policy shall be paid by the purchasers, and the 

 contractor shall be furnished with an executed counterpart of the 

 contract. 



[NOTE. Bonds and sureties, being of legal rather than general interest, 

 have not been dealt with in this volume. For a form of bond to be given by 

 a contractor, see Emden's Building Contracts, p. 400.] 



11. Contract drawings. The contractor shall submit, for the engineer's 

 approval, a preliminary set of the drawings set out under each section of 

 the specification, by the dates therein indicated. 



Within fourteen days of the receipt of the preliminary set of drawings 

 the engineer must signify his approval or otherwise of the same. 



Within fourteen days of the notification by the engineer to the con- 

 tractor of his approval of the preliminary set of drawings, two additional 

 sets, in ink on tracing cloth or ferrogallic prints mounted on cloth, of the 

 drawings as approved shall be supplied to him by the contractor and be 

 signed by him and by the contractor respectively and be thereafter 

 deemed to be the " contract drawings." 



These drawings when so signed shall become the property of the 

 purchasers and be deposited with the engineer, and shall not be 

 departed from in any way whatsoever except by the written order of the 

 engineer as hereinafter provided. During the execution of the works 

 one of the sets of drawings shall be available for reference on the site. 



[NOTE. As to property in drawings generally, see Chap. XL, 16.] 



In the event of the contractor desiring to possess a signed set of 

 drawings, he may submit three sets, and in this case the engineer will 

 sign the third set and return the same to the contractor. 



The contractor shall supply from time to time such additional drawings 

 of any details as the engineer may deem necessary for the execution of 

 the work, but the contractor shall not be called upon to furnish drawings 

 of constructional details further than those which in the opinion of the 

 engineer are required for the purposes of the contract. 



The engineer shall have the right, at all reasonable times, to inspect, 

 at the works of the contractor, drawings of any portion of the work. 



If the contractor shall not submit the drawings within the time 

 specified, or subsequently within seven days after the purchasers or the 

 engineer shall in writing have required him so to do, and if the delay 

 shall not have been occasioned by the purchasers or the engineer, or any 

 other contractor, or other reasonable cause, the purchasers may notify 

 in writing to the contractor that they will not be bound by the contract, 

 and on such notification the contract shall be avoided and the purchasers 

 shall not be liable to or for any claim or demand from the contractor in 

 respect of work then already done or material furnished, or in respect of 

 any other matter or thing whatever. 



Or, alternatively, the purchasers may, at their option, maintain the 

 contract, and in such case the contractor shall pay or allow to them in 

 account all expenses incurred by such default. 



[NOTE. As to drawings generally, see Chap. XL, 2 et seq.~] 



