LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Board of Road Commissioners shall require the contractor or
other person whose duty it shall.be to properly construct such
roads, or remedy the cause of such complaint, or perform and
do such work as shall be required and stated in such notice ; or
shall order such road to be immediately placed in good and
passable repair in the manner provided in the contract, and the
provisions of this section shall apply as well to any bridge or
culvert in said county as to any road therein. Such written
notice shall be served upon or sent to the contractor describing
the locality where such defect exists, and requiring such con-
tractor 'to repair or remedy such defect complained of within
five days from the receipt of such notice, sent to his post office
address ; and every such contractor wilfully failing to comply
with the requirements of such notice be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and shall for every offense be subject to a fine of five
dallars and costs.

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203 Q. No part of the funds arising from district road taxes
shall be used in repairing or rebuilding bridges or culverts or
approaches thereto exceeding twenty feet span. All bridges
and culverts exceeding such span or costing over five hundred
dollars shall be under the exclusive control of the County
Commissioners, who shall keep the same in repair and rebuild
when necessary ; and the funds for that purpose shall be raised
and included in the general road fund, and no bridge, the cost
of construction or repair of which exceeds five hundred dollars,
must be constructed or repaired, except on the order of the
Board of County Commissioners ; and when ordered to be con-
structed or repaired, it shall be done by contract. But before
any contract shall be let, as provided herein, the County Com-
missioners shall advertise for bids therefor, at least once a
week for two successive weeks, in a newspaper of general
circulation in the county, and the contract shall then be
awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, who shall, before
entering upon the performance of the work, execute and
deliver to the Commissioners a bond, with two or more sure-
ties, to be approved by the Commissioners, in a penalty not less
than twice the amount for which the contract is awarded.

Bow funds
shall be
used.

203 E. If the property owner or owners along any road in
any district of the county which has not been permanently im-
proved, or is not undergoing improvement under the provisions
of this sub-title, shall desire any section of the road in such
district improved, and are willing to contribute the whole
expense of labor of such improvement, outside of cost of
material, the Board of District Road Commissioners of such

Plan to be
made.