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cause said improvement to be made without other petition than that 

 provided for in section forty-eight hundred and forty-one, and the let- 

 ting of the work, the performance of the same, and the making and 

 confirming the assessment ^herefor, shall be under the provisions of this 

 act. 



SEC. 4836^*. [General tax levies for construction and repair of 

 improved roads; proceeds of levies.] For the purpose of providing by 

 general taxation a fund, out of which not less than one-third of the cost 

 and expense of all improvements made under the provisions of this act 

 can be paid, the commissioners of such county are hereby authorized 

 to levy upon the grand duplicate of the county, not exceeding seven- 

 tenths of one mill in any one year upon each dollar of the valuation of 

 the taxable property in such county. And said commissioners shall 

 at all times cause all necessary repairs to be made on such roads already 

 constructed, or hereafter to be constructed or improved for their proper 

 maintenance ; and for such purpose may and they are hereby authorized 

 to levy a tax upon the grand duplicate of the county, not exceeding two- 

 tenths of one mill in any one year upon each dollar of the valuation of 

 taxable property in such county. At their March session annually th^ 

 commissioners shall divide each completed stone road in said county 

 into sections of not more than two miles in length for the purpose of 

 controlling the repairs of such roads. They shall at the same time 

 make an estimate of the amount of materials required to keep each of 

 said sections in proper condition during the next following year and 

 decide upon the most convenient places for having said material de- 

 livered. They shall then fix a day on which they will let to the lowest 

 responsible bidder the job of furnishing and delivering the said materials 

 at the place decided upon and of keeping the said sections in repair 

 for the period of one year according to specifications to be submitted 

 to the bidders. They shall require and entertain separate bids for fur- 

 nishing the material at the designated places of delivery, and for doing 

 the necessary labor in keeping said sections in repair. When the neces- 

 sary preliminary steps, as hereinbefore provided, have been taken, they 

 shall cause three weeks' notice to be given by advertisement and hand'- 

 bills posted up on the lines of said roads, of the time when and place 

 where bids for furnishing and delivering the said material and doing 

 the said work will be received. They shall enter into contract with the 

 successful bidder, and shall require good and sufficient bond of him for 

 the faithful performance of the same, reserving the right to terminate 

 each and every contract whenever in their opinion its provisions are 

 not complied with. Before paying for any material furnished under 

 contracts entered into in accordance with the provisions of this section it 

 shall be the duty of the said board of county commissioners to inspect the 

 same as to quality and quantity furnished. And said respective levies 

 shall be in addition to all other levies authorized by law, notwithstand- 

 ing any limitation upon the aggregate amount of such levies now in 

 force. The proceeds of the levies hereby authorized to be made, shall 

 be applied and used by the county commissioners in the construction 

 and repair of such macadamized, stone, and gravel roads, as the case 

 may be, and for no other purpose, and these funds shall not be subject 

 to distribution to the townships, but shall be expended under the direct 

 orders and supervision of the county commissioners. All the proceeds 

 of such stone road building* levies and of the sale of any bonds under 

 the provisions of section forty-eight hundred and forty-six, shall be 

 placed to the credit of a fund to be called "the stone road building fund," 



