THOMAS SWANN. ESQUIRE. GOVERNOR. 781

bills put up in as many public places in each of said districts, designating the time and place where they will offer at public sale, to the lowest and best bidder, the said roads and bridges as de- scribed, one section at a time, until they are all sold or disposed of, to be kept in repair for the term of five years, as specified in said road-book ; provided that not more than five sections shall be taken by any one contractor, and that no Supervi- sor shall, in any event, be interested in any of said contracts.
And if any section or sections of said roads or bridges shall remain unsold, on account of no bid having been made for the same, or if the Board of Supervisors shall consider the bid too high and exorbitant, it shall be their duty to let out the section or sections, so unsold, at private sale, or by the day, for a period of one year next following the general letting ; at the expiration of that time, to set it up again at public auction, and if not then sold, to proceed as before to the end of the term of five years first mentioned ; the general let- ting, as aforesaid, shall be once in every five years, and whenever a contract shall fail to be performed by reason of the death, disability, refusal or re- moval of the contractor, for any particular section, the said Board of Supervisors shall proceed to de- clare his, her or their section forfeited, and to re- sell or relet the said section for such unexpired time as may be necessary to bring it into the regu- lar term for the general letting and sale of the other sections.	To let out.
Any person or persons, contracting for a section or sections as aforesaid, shall write his or their name in the said district or road-book opposite the section or sections purchased, and also the amount of the purchase ; and if required by the Supervi- sors, shall give satisfactory security to the Board of Supervisors of said Primary District, conditioned for the faithful performance of their contract.	Give security.
153. It shall be the duty of the contractors to keep their respective sections in good and substan- tial repair during the said term of five years, ac- cording to the specifications aforesaid, one of which shall be, that the bed of the road shall be raised in the middle, and doped gradually each way to	Keep in repair.