Effective - 28 Aug 1939
248.110. Bids for work contracts. — 1. The board of trustees for the sanitary district shall let contracts for all work to be done, excepting in case of repairs or emergencies requiring prompt attention, in the construction of channels, drains or sewers, under the authority of this chapter, the expense of which will exceed five hundred dollars, to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, upon not less than twenty days' notice of said letting, given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the district, and in the discretion of the said board, in one or more newspapers of general circulation among contractors. The said board shall have the power and authority to reject any and all bids, and readvertise the work.
2. The board of trustees shall also have the power to enter into agreements with persons, firms or corporations of known standing and competence for the execution and preparation of the surveys, maps and plans needed and required by the said board, and also for the laying out and superintendence of work to be constructed under the authority of this chapter; but no single agreement so made shall cover more than one piece or class of work.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12485)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 10895; 1919 § 4590; 1909 § 5696
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply
Chapter 248 - Sanitary Drainage Districts — Cities Over 300,000 Inhabitants and Adjoining Counties
Section 248.020 - Sanitary district — commission to determine boundaries, general provisions.
Section 248.030 - Report of commissioners.
Section 248.040 - Election on organization of sanitary district.
Section 248.050 - General powers of district — judicial notice — costs of proceedings.
Section 248.060 - Procedure where drainage area is in two counties — what court has jurisdiction.
Section 248.070 - Trustees — appointment — removal — employees.
Section 248.080 - Powers of board.
Section 248.090 - Surveys and plans — adoption thereof.
Section 248.100 - Right-of-way through private property — proceedings.
Section 248.110 - Bids for work contracts.
Section 248.120 - Special drainage tax — drainage fund.
Section 248.130 - Issuance of bonds — sinking fund — appeal.
Section 248.140 - Issuance of vouchers, for what purposes.
Section 248.150 - Who may construct sewers and drains — plans approved by trustees.
Section 248.160 - Sanitary drainage of subdistrict — special tax bills.
Section 248.170 - Trustees may accept sewers or drains constructed by private persons.
Section 248.180 - Board of trustees to cease to exist, when.