|
|
CHAP. 365
|
the County Commissioners may allow them for such purposes.
In addition to such regular expenditures, they may in a case
of emergency make repairs to the roads or bridges in
their respective districts at a cost not exceeding fifty
dollars without receiving in advance special authority
from the County Commissioners therefor; but, except in
the case of such allowance for general repairs and in the
case of an emergency as aforesaid they shall make no
expenditures unless express authority from the County Com-
missioners is first had and obtained. Said road commis-
sioners shall personally superintend and supervise all work
done on the county roads and bridges in their respective
districts, including the construction of new roads, and all
work done under contract by the County Commissioners,
except in cases where the County Commissioners shall other-
wise provide, and shall have power to discharge their road
supervisors and all other employees for neglect of duty or
other cause. They shall perform all work in their respective
districts in accordance with the plans, specifications, sugges-
tions or directions imposed by the County Commissioners ;
also perform such other duties with respect to the public
roads and bridges as the County Commissioners may by
their regulations or orders prescribe. No road commissioner
shall have any pecuniary interest in any contract, or shall
furnish any team for any road work, except in such cases as
the County Commissioners shall expressly authorize in
advance by an order duly entered on their records. Except
as aforesaid, every road commissioner, when presenting for
payment any bill for the hire of horses, or carts, or wagons,
|
|
|
|
Affidavit
attached.
|
shall append thereto an affidavit that he is not interested,
directly or indirectly, in the payments of the amounts
charged for such hire of horses, or carts, or wagons, or for
any material furnished. Said road commissioners shall keep
books, showing in detail the expenditures made by them or
under their supervision on each road in their respective
districts, including the cost of all material used on the roads
and the labor expended. On or before the 15th day of
December in each and every year said road commissioners
shall submit to the County Commissioners a written report
showing in detail the condition of the roads in their respect-
ive districts, the improvements that have been made thereon
during the preceding year, and the amounts and the kinds of
|
|
