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record of their proceedings under this act, relating to the matter of 

 improving roads within such township : and also an accurate separate 

 account of. receipts and expenditures under its provisions; and 

 no money raised for the improvement of public roads and streets shall 

 be drawn from the treasury, except for liabilities already accrued, and 

 then only in pursuarce of orders caused by the trustees, whilst in session 

 as a board, and be entered on the record of their proceedings, and by 

 orders drawn in pursuance thereof by the township trustees, upon the 

 township treasurer, and in favor of persons only to whom the money is 

 due. 



14686-91 SEC. Q. [Award of contracts.] When the township 

 trustees have by resolution determined to improve a designated road, 

 the work of its construction shall be by them publicly let to 

 the lowest responsible bidder, after notice given of such letting by pub- 

 lication in one or more newspapers if published in such township, and 

 by handbills judiciously posted, at least fifteen days before the letting of 

 the contract. 



(4686-10) SEC. 10. [Specifications.] For the purpose of let- 

 ting contract, the trustees shall cause each road about to be im- 

 proved, to be divided, into suitable sections, and the sections num- 

 bered from the point of beginning, toward the township line, and shall 

 let the same by sections. All contracts shall be let upon proper speci- 

 fications of the various kinds of labor required upon each section and 

 also the material, which shall enter into the construction of the same. 

 Bidders shall be required to separately state their bids for each class 

 of work, in such manner as the trustees may demand, and shall also bid 

 separately for the material to be furnished. 



(4686-11) SEC. IT. [Bond.] Contractors shall be required to 

 give bond in amount at least equal to the contract price, with sufficient 

 security for the faithful performance of his contract, payable to the town- 

 ship trustees, for the use and benefit of such township, and with the 

 necessary stipulations on part of the contractor, and specifications of the 

 work and material inserted therein. 



(4686-12) SEC. 12. [Point where construction to begin; pay- 

 ment.] In all cases the constructions of such roads shall com- 

 mence at the point of beginning, and no payment for work shall 

 ~be made except upon the estimates made by the superintendent of im- 

 proved roads, appointed by the trustees, and by him duly certified, for 

 work actually done and for material actually furnished, after reserving 

 such per cent., not less than fifteen, as may be fixed by the parties to the 

 contract, to guarantee the performance thereof. 



14686-13) SEC. 13. [Specifications.] Xo road shall be im- 

 proved under the provisions of this act which is less than forty feet 

 in width, and shall be graded at least twenty feet in width ; shall be* turn- 

 piked with earth so as to drain freely to the sides and may be macadam- 

 ized, raised with stone or gravel not less than ten nor more than six- 

 teen feet in width, and not less than sixteen inches thick in the center, 

 nor less than twelve inches thick at the outer edge of said bed of stone, 

 and gravel well compacted together in such manner as to secure a firm, 

 even and substantial road. In no case shall the grade, or ascent, or 

 descent of the road be greater than seven degrees. The road shall 

 >>e well provided with the necessary side drainings. waste-ways and 

 Tinder-drains to prevent overflowing or washing of water : and the com- 



