LAWS RKLATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



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within the time fixed in the contract and bond may be reestimated by 

 the county surveyor, and resold by him to the lowest possible bidder, or he 

 may complete it at the expense of the contractor and bondsmen, but such 

 jobs shall not be resold for a sum greater than such estimate or reesti- 

 mate, nor a second time to the same party ; a contract and bond shall be 

 entered into as hereinbefore provided, but the commissioners may, for good, 

 cause, give further time to any contractor, not exceeding one hundred^ 

 and twenty clays ; the county surveyor shall fix a time for the completion 

 of the work resold not exceeding one hundred and twenty days from 

 the date of the bond. A person or corporation who has sustained dam- 

 ages in consequence of the non-performance of such work may 

 bring suit for damages in any court of competent jurisdiction, against 

 any contractor failing to perform his contract, or upon the bond of such 

 contractor, and recover damages, as provided by law in other cases ; and 

 no contractor shall be prosecuted on his bond until the section below has. 

 been completed. 



Six . 4479, ( Commissioners to rn^ke assessments on benefited 

 lands.] When the working sections of the improvement are let, as 

 hereinbefore provided, and the costs and expenses of location and con- 

 struction, and all compensation and damages are ascertained, the commis- 

 sioners shall meet and determine at what time and in what number of as- 

 sessments they will require the same to be paid, and order that the assess- 

 ments, as made by them, be placed on the duplicate accordingly; against 

 all the lots or lands, or corporate roads or railroads assessed ; they shall 

 also determine whether they will issue the bonds of the county to raise 

 the money necessary to pay 'such costs and expenses, and if they so deter- 

 mine, the bonds may be issued for a term of years, not exceeding twenty, 

 at a rate of interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable - 

 semi-annually : and they shall cause an entry to be made upon their- 

 journal, setti'ng forth their finding and determination under this section,. 



SEC. 4480. | Assessment for county ditches; how collected; issue 

 of bonds to the amount of delinquencies. | \Yhen the commissioners 

 make an assessment they shall cause an entry to be made, directing the 

 auditor to make and furnish to the treasurer of the county a special dupli- 

 cate with the assessment arranged thereon, as required by their order, . 

 and the auditor shall retain a copy thereof in his office, and all assessments 

 shall be collected and accounted for by the treasurer -as taxes; provided, 

 that in cases when the assessments remain unpaid for one year after the 

 same is placed upon the special duplicate, then, and in that case, to-wit, 

 unless otherwise ordered by the county commissioners, the same shall be 

 placed on the general duplicate for collection, together with a penalty of 

 not less than six per cent, annually as county ditch taxes, and the amount 

 of delinquent tax thus placed on' the general duplicate shall be charged 

 respectively to the several ditches on account of which such assessments 

 have been made as a transfer from the county ditch fund. And the com- 

 missioners are hereby authorized to issue county ditch bonds not exceed- 

 ing the amount of such delinquencies, after each semi-annual settlement 

 between the auditor and treasurer for a term of years not exceeding- 

 three, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent., payable semi- 

 annually, and for the payment of which, both principal and interest, UK- 

 faith of the county shall be pledged, and the money arising from the sak. 

 of such bonds shall be charged to the county ditch fund, and the commis- 

 sioners, in their annual report to the court of common pleas, shall fully 



