Chap. 210.—An ACT to provide for keeping the paupers in the counties
of Scott, Lee, Grayson, Carroll,. Floyd, Goochland, Bedford, Mathews,
Rockbridge, and Amherst, and to repeal an act approved March 29,
1877, for keeping the paupers in the counties of Scott, Lee, and
Grayson.

Approved March 12, 1878.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That it shall be
lawful for the board of supervisors for the counties of Scott,
Lee, Grayson, Carroll, Floyd, Goochland, Bedford, Mathews,
Rockbridge, and Amherst, or either of them, on the first lay
of April, eighteen bundred and seventy-nine, or as soon
thereafter as may be, and every four years thereafter, to
advertise for and receive sealed proposals for clothing and
supporting the paupers, at the county poor farm, in any of
said counties, for the period of four years from the first day
of July following; and said proposals shall specify the sum
per head, per annum, and for the same rate for any period
of a less term, including the services of superintendent of
the poor, for the period of four years, payable annually, in
addition to the rents and the profits of the poor farm, which
the bidder shall have should the contract be awarded to
him. Said proposals shall also contain a guarantee at the
foot of the same, signed by at least two responsible parties,
guarantecing that the bidder will faithfully comply with the
terms of his bid, and execute such bond as the supervisors
of the said counties, or either of them, sball determine, in
the event his bid is. accepted and the contract awarded
thereon; and upon the failure of any bidder to comply with
the terms of his bid within thirty days from the time of its
acceptance by the said supervisors, they may, by motion
before the county court of said county, after ten days’ no-
tice of the same, recover judgment for such damages as may
be awarded on account of the difference between the bid so
accepted and the next lowest responsible bidder, and such
additional costs as may be incurred by the board of super-
visors and the legal costs of said motion.

2. The board of supervisors, at their first meeting after the
said sealed proposals shall have been received, shall open and
consider the same, and shall award the contract to the lowest
responsible bidder, if his bid be deemed reasonable, who shall
within thirty days execute a bond, with sufficient sureties,
before the board of supervisors, in such sum as they may
require, for the faithful performance of the duties herein
required. Upon the failure of any bidder to comply with
the contract, the supervisors may proceed to again relet the
same, or accept the bid of the next lowest responsible bidder,
whichever, in their discretion, is deemed most advisable.

3. The bidder whose bid is so accepted, shall be designated
by the name of the superintendent of the poor, and shall be
appointed by the judge of the county court to hold office for
the term of four years, and shall be subject te all the provi-
sions of chapter fifty-one, Code of eighteen hundred and
seventy-three, and acts amendatory thereof, applicable to
superintendents of the poor, in so far as the same is not
inconsistent with the provisions of this act; but, the provi-
sions of section three of an act entitled an act to provide for
the election and qualifications of county officers, approved
March the eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, shall
not be applicable to the said counties of Scott, Lee, Grayson,
Carroll, Flovd, Goochland, Bedford, Mathews, Rockbridge,
and Amherst, so far as the same applies to superintendents
of the poor.

4, The clerk of the county court of said county shall pre-
pare proper forms for the proposals hereinbefore named,
distribute and advertise the same under the direction of the
board of supervisors, and for any extra services performed
under this act, shall receive such compensation as the said
supervisors may deem just and proper.

5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, are
hereby repealed.