MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             1671

§9. [§ 197.] Accounts.

The State Roads Commission shall so keep its
accounts relating to the bonds authorized under this
subheading and of the funds derived from the sale or
issuance of such bonds as to make readily obtainable
information substantially on the following items:

(a)   Preliminary work.— Preliminary engineering
surveys; preliminary plans and estimates; preliminary
engineering investigations and studies; subsoil
investigations and borings; test piles; traffic studies;
traveling, transportation and subsistence expenses of
State Roads Commission personnel assigned to preliminary
work ;

(b)    Rights—of-way.— Property surveys; legal
costs in connection with the property acquisition; cost
of property acquired; appraisals; cost in connection with
acquisition of rights, easements, franchises and
interests acquired by the Commission; traveling,
transportation and subsistence expenses of Commission
personnel assigned to rights—of—way;

(c)   Construction.— Payments made to contractors,
builders and materialmen (to include all labor and
material entering the construction of the project) ;
demolition; machinery and equipment;

(d)    Engineering.— Preparation of contract plans
and specifications; estimates; supervision of
construction; inspection of workmanship and materials;
mill and shop inspection; tests of materials; control
surveys; traveling, transportation and subsistence
expenses of engineers assigned to the design, preparation
of contract plans and specifications, surveys,
supervision of construction and inspection of
construction work.

(e)     Administrative and legal services.—
Administrative expenses, including portions of the
general administrative expenses of the Commission
allocated or prorated to the project; accounting;
supervision; legal expenses; traveling, transportation
and subsistence expenses;

(f)     Miscellaneous.— Items of expense not
properly covered under the headings (a) to (e),
inclusive, and shall file with the Governor within ninety
days after the end of each fiscal year or as soon after
ninety days as may be practicable, a complete report
which shall be open to public inspection on the status as
of the end of such fiscal year of the bonds authorized
under this subheading and of the funds derived from the
sale or issuance of any such bonds, which report shall be
in such form as may be required by the Governor.

§10. [§ 198.] Severability.

Should any section, or part of a section, of this
subheading be held to be invalid for any reason, such
holding shall not be construed as affecting the validity
of any remaining section, or part of a section, of this
subheading, it being the legislative intent that the