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:making of such repairs according to the plans and specifications there- 

 for which shall be made prior to the invitation for such bids by the 

 county engineer of such county, the due performance of such contract 

 to be secured by bond in such sum and with such sureties as shall be 

 required by the said board of county commissioners. After the making 

 of such repairs at the expense of the county, such levee shall thereafter 

 be kept in repair according to the other provisions of this chapter. 



SEC. 4608. [When levee intersects another levee.] If trie" -route 

 -of any proposed levee extend along any natural stream or water-course 

 and over, including or connected with the line of any levee already con- 

 structed or partly constructed, the parties interested shall be entitled 

 to have the amount of work and expense they have already been to 

 in the construction of such levee, taken into account in determining the 

 question of what further work and expense, if any, they shall be re- 

 quired to pay for, in the construction of the proposed levee. 



SEC. 4609. [Proceedings when levee benefits a road.] When 



any levee established under this chapter affects beneficially any public 



or incorporated turnpike road or railroad so that the road-bed or track 



on any such road will be made better or safer by the construction of 



the levee, there may be apportioned to the county, if a county, state, 



or free turnpike road, to the township, if a township road, and to the 



company, if a corporate turnpike road or railroad, such portion of the 



work, costs, and expenses thereof, as if they were private individuals, 



:and the court shall require them to pay for such work and pay such 



costs and expenses in like manner as individuals, except that when 'a 



county or township is ordered to pay for any such work and pay such 



costs and expenses, the commissioners of the county and the trustees 



of the township are required to pay for such work and such costs and 



expenses from the general fund of the county, or township. 



SEC. 4610. [The sale of the work.] The levee shall be con- 

 structed and compensation paid within the time specified in the order 

 <of the court, and upon the making of the final order, the judge shall 

 .immediately give notice of the sale of such work by sections, or parts 

 of sections, to the lowest bidder, by printed or written handbills; the 

 time of sale shall not be less than ten nor more than twenty days from 

 the date of the notice, and the place shall be either at the door of the 

 court house, or at either terminus of the levee, as the judge may direct; 

 and he shall take such security for the performance of such work and 

 for the payment of all damages to the parties interested in case the same 

 is not completed within the time and in the manner prescribed, as he 

 may deem necessary, and he shall, immediately after such sale, enter 

 his proceedings on his journal and make them a part of the record in 

 the case; and he shall, in case of a sale of the work to the person who 

 is ordered to pay for the same, only take the bond as aforesaid. 



SEC. 4611. [When assessment to go on duplicate.] In all other 

 Ceases the judge shall fix the time within which the parties who have been 

 ordered to pay for the work so sold, shall pay into the court their por- 

 tion of the work at the price so sold, and in case the same is not paid 

 by the time so fixed he shall certify to the county auditor the several 

 amounts, including costs and expenses apportioned so assessed against 

 each owner or person interested as aforesaid, not before paid, describing- 

 'each piece or parcel of land so to be charged; and the auditor shall 



