178 LAWS RELATING TO AGKICULTL'KE. 



14686-331 SEC. 4. [Letting of work.] A majority of the board 

 of trustees shall be necessary to order the said road improvement, and 

 :he work of the construction, and the furnishing" of the material for such 

 improvement shall be publicly let : excepting such work as may be done 

 "by the supervisors of the road district as herein provided. The con- 

 tract for the material to be used in the construction of said road im- 

 provement, and the contracts for hauling said material upon the roads, 

 shall be let separately. 



(4686-34) SEC. 5. [Notice by publication; contract to be let 

 to lowest bidder; bond.] The trustees, after having given public 

 notice of the time and place of such letting for at least two weeks, in 

 a newspaper of general circulation in the township or county, or by 

 "hand-bills, or both, at the discretion of the board of trustees, specify- 

 ing the kind and quality of the material, and the part of the rqa^d upon 

 which the same is to be used, shall let the same to the lowest bidder, 

 "who shall give, bond to the acceptance of the trustees. 



[Donations.] The trustees may accept donations of material or 

 labor which may be offered by any person or persons for the benefit of 

 any or all roads to be improved, and the road upon which the largest 

 donation is offered shall be constructed first. The bids for the material 

 and for the work of hauling the same shall be separately stated, and 

 the trustees may reject any or all bids. 



[Payment for work and material.] The trustees shall examine 

 and accept the work when completed, and ascertain the amount of 

 material furnished under the provisions of this act, and if found in all 

 respects correct, shall draw 7 an order for the amount due for work, or 

 for material furnished, upon the township treasurer, which shall be 

 countersigned by the township clerk. 



(4686-35) SEC. 6. [Overseer; compensation.] The board of 

 trustees may appoint one of their number, or some other suitable per- 

 son, who shall oversee the work, and for services rendered under the 

 provisions of this act, [and] they shall be entitled to receive, for each 

 day actually employed the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per day, 



[Record.] And the trustees shall provide for the township clerk 

 a suitable book in which there shall be kept a complete record of the 

 business transacted under the provisions of this act; 



[Duty of clerk; compensation.] And it is hereby made his duty 

 to keep a full and complete record of the action of the board of trustees 

 under this act, and the township clerk, for making such record, shall be 

 entitled to receive ten cents per hundred words, and for all other ser- 

 vices such reasonable compensation as may be allowed by the board 

 of trustees. 



14686-36) SEC. j. [Expenses paid from road fund.] The fees 

 f the township officers, the engineer, and the person who may be ap- 

 winted by the board of trustees under the provisions of this act, shall 

 l>e paid out of the township road fund. 



[Itemized accounts.] But before any payment shall be made -for 

 Cervices rendered under the provisions of' this' act. the person entitled 

 thereto shall make out and file with the township clerk, an itemized 

 account of his services, whereupon the trustee? shall, -if they find the 

 same correct, draw an order oil the township treasurer, countersigned 

 by the township clerk. 



