Chap. 314.—An ACT to prohibit and prevent the officers and agents of
corporations from becoming contractors with the said corperations.

Approved April 2, 1877.

1. Be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any mem-
ber of the council or board of aldermen, or any other officer
or agent, including commissioners appointed for the opening
of streets, of any city or other invorporated town, to bea
contractor with the said corporation for any work or labor
ordered to be done, or goods, wares or merchandize or sup-
plies of any kind ordered by the said corporation to be pur-
chased, or in any manner directly or indirectly, interested in
the profits of any such contract; and every contract made in
violation of this act shall be utterly void, and the officer or
agent making it shall forfeit and pay to the state the full
amount of money stipulated for by said contract, to be re-
covered by motion in the circuit court having jurisdiction
over the said corporation: provided that this act shall not
apply to towns of under two thousand inhabitants.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.