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the construction of said road according to the specifications fur-

nished by said examiners, and the contract shall be awarded to the

lowest responsible bidder; provided, the contract price shall not

exceed the amount of the net assessments collected for the build-

ing of said road, and that the person or persons contracting for

the building of said road shall give bond to the county commis-

sioners in double the amount of the contract price for the faith-

ful performance of the contract; and the county commissioners

shall not pay in full for making such road until the same shall

have been thoroughly examined and accepted by them.

SEC. 210. That in the event of the failure of the county com-

missioners to secure the services of competent road commissioners

upon terms prescribed in the last preceding section of this act,

they are hereby authorized to appoint proper persons to act aa

road commissioners, which persons shall be real estate owners ia

the district for which they may be appointed, to whom they may

Compen-

allow a compensation of two dollars per day for each day they

sation

may be actually employed in the supervision of repairs of the

roads in their districts, and the road commissioners to be thus,

appointed shall have the same control over roads and bridges and

organize their district boards in the same manner as hereinbefore

provided; all accounts for moneys expended on account of roads,

and for actual expenses, or for compensation for commissioners

shall be itemized, sworn to before a justice of the peace o± the

county, and presented to the county commissioners for approval

by the road commissioners claiming payment thereof; all said

accounts shall be accompanied by the receipt of the persons to

whom the money is paid, who in all cases shall be the persons.

who do the work or furnish the material; and the oath of the

road commissioners shall state, in addition to the general state-

ment of the truth of the account, that the sums so alleged to have

been paid have been fully paid by him without discount, diminu-

tion or bonus, and in lawful money of the United States and

directly to the person named in the account, and shall further

make oath that no laborer employed on the roads has been re-

quired to perform any work or labor for the personal benefit of

said road commissioners on any day for which a per diem has

been charged to the county, and that said labor has been paid in

full per diem as allowed by said commissioners, and the county

commissioners may require such additional proof as they may

deem necessary; in the event of work being done by a sub super-

Accounts

visor of a road commissioner, his accounts shall be rendered and

proven m the same manner as required of road commissioners,

and the county commissioners shall not allow any road commis-

sioner for moneys paid any sub-road commissioner or supervisor,

unless said sub- road commissioner's accounts are proven as herein

directed; for the purpose of enabling the road commissioners to

make the cash payments required by this section, it shall be the