Chap. 217.--An ACT to amend and re-enact section nine of an act entitled
an act to provide for the issuing of county bonds for permanent foad or
bridge improvement in the magisterial districts of the counties of the State,
and repealing all acts in so far as the same are in conflict herewith, ap-
proved September 5, 1919, in relation to King William county. [H B 442]

Approved March 16, 1920.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
nine of an act entitled an act to provide for the issuing of county bonds
for permanent road or bridge improvement in the magisterial districts
of the counties of the State, and repealing all acts in so far as the same
are in conflict herewith, approved September fifth, nineteen hundred
and nineteen, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 9. The board of supervisors or local county road board, if
there be one, of the county shall apply to the State highway com-
missioner for, or shall employ a competent road engineer, whose
selection shall be approved by :the State highway commissioner, to
make plans and specifications of all roads or bridges to be built or
permanently improved from the proceeds of such bond issue, and to
supervise the building of the same, and shall let the work to contract
to the lowest responsible bidder after due public access to the specifi-
cations and due public advertisement for bids for at least two consecu-
tive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in such county,
and in such publication as the State highway commission may deem
proper, if any, for the furnishing of all material and for the construc-
tion of such road according to such plans and specifications and such
State highway commissioner and the board of supervisors, or local
county road board, if there be one, acting jointly, may award such
contract to the lowest responsible bidder. Such commissioner and
board of supervisors, or local county road.board, if there be one, may
reject any and all bids, and before entering into any contract with
any bidder they shall require a bond in the penalty of at least thirty
per centum of the contract price, with sufficient security conditioned
that if the proposal shall be accepted the contractor will furnish the
material and perform the work upon the terms proposed, within the
time prescribed and in accordance with the plans and specifications ;
partial payments may be provided for in the contract and paid in the
manner herein provided when certified to by such commissioner or
road engineer approved by him to an amount not exceeding ninety per
centum of the value of the work done, and ten per centum of the
contract price shall be retained until ninety days after the entire work
tas been accepted and opened to the public. The said contractor shall
conform to all.reasonable regulations and directions of the said high-
way commissioner or road engineer. The board of supervisors, or
local road board, if there be. one,. shall have no power or authority to
expend the money derived from the bond sales as aforesaid except
to pay for materials furnished and work done under the supervision
provided for in this act.

In the county of King William, however, so much of this and the
following section of this act as relates to ‘the. Staté highway commis-
sioner shall not be applicable, in the event the board of supervisors
of said county shall decide to expend or supervise the expenditure of
all funds derived from the issuance of county bonds heretofore or here-
after issued for the permanent road or bridge improvement in the
magisterial districts of said county, whether such bonds were, or shall
be, issued under this act, or any other act providing for the issuance
of county bonds for permanent road or bridge improvement in magis-
terial districts, and in such event the said board of supervisors of King
William county may in their discretion expend or supervise the ex-
penditure of said funds for said permanent road or bridge improve-
ment in such magisterial districts.