reasonable times to public inspection and at the time of opening shall be publicly read. (3) The contract for the construction or improvement of such highways or section thereof shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder except that no contract shall be awarded at a sum which, together with the value of materials and machinery to be furnished by the State as fixed by the State Highway Commission, shall exceed the estimate made for the construction or improvement of such highway or section thereof in accordance with the aforesaid plans and specifications. The lowest bid shall be deemed to be that which specifically states the lowest gross sum for which the entire work shall be performed, including all the items specified in the estimate therefor. (4) The commission may reject any or all proposals and may at once advertise for new proposals as hereinbefore provided, if in their opinion the best interests of the State will thereby be promoted. (5) The commission shall prescribe the form of contract and may include therein such matters as they may deem advantageous to the State. Such form shall be uniform in so far as may be. (6) Each contractor before entering into a contract for such construction or improvement, shall execute a bond in the form prescribed by the commission, in the penal sum of not less than one-third the amount of the contract, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the commission conditioned that he will perform the work in accordance with the terms of the contract, and with the plans and specifications and that he will commence and complete the work within the time prescribed in the contract. Such bond shall also provide against any direct or indirect damages that may be suffered or claimed on account of such construction or improvement during the time thereof, and until the highway is accepted; provided, one-third the total amount of such bond shall also be conditioned upon the payment by the contractor of all sums of money due for any labor, material, apparatus, fixtures or machinery furnished to such contractor for the purpose of such construction or improvement. One-third of the total amount of such bond shall inure to the benefit of any person to whom any money may be due for any such labor, material, apparatus, fixtures or machinery so furnished and suit may be maintained on such bond by any such person, for the recovery of any such money. (7) The contract may provide for partial payments to an amount not exceeding 90 per centum of the value of the work done which shall be paid in the manner provided by this article when certified to by the commission. In case partial payments are made the State and county shall each pay one-half thereof as the work progresses. Ten per centum of the contract price shall be retained until the entire work has been completed and accepted. But no final payment shall be made on account of such construction or improvement until it is shown that all sums of money due for any labor, material, apparatus, fixtures or machinery furnished for the purpose of such improvement have been paid. APPROVED June 25th, 1915. STATE AID ROADS-DONATIONS. § 1. Amends Act of 1913 by adding section 29a to Article IV. § 29a. County board authorized to accept donations for construction of State aid roads. (HOUSE BILL No. 765. APPROVED JUNE 23, 1915.) AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, by amending Article IV by adding an additional section to be known as section 29a. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, be and the same is hereby amended by adding an additional section to Article IV to be known as section 29a. ARTICLE IV. STATE AID. § 29a. For the purpose of assisting in the construction of the proposed system of State aid roads in any county, the board of supervisors or the county commissioners of such county are hereby authorized to accept donations from townships, cities, villages, corporations or individuals. Any such county may elect to pay a greater proportion than onehalf of the cost of the improvement of any section of State aid road by passing a resolution designating the amount which the county will pay in excess of one-half of the said cost, and filing a copy of said resolution with the State Highway Commission at the time of filing the preliminary resolution for the improvement of said section. The said section of State aid road shall be constructed in the manner heretofore provided in this Act, and all payments upon estimates shall be made in the respective proportion provided to be paid by the State and the county as shown by said resolution; and the road, when completed and accepted by the State, shall be taken over as a State aid road. APPROVED June 23d, 1915. STATE AID ROADS-COUNTIES MAY BUILD IN ADVANCE OF STATE ALLOTMENT. § 1. Amends Article IV, Act of 1913, by adding section 15d. § 15d. County may advance funds to construct State aid roads-may issue bonds-State allotments used to pay bonds. (HOUSE BILL No. 457. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1915.) AN ACT to amend article IV of an Act entitled, “An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1st, 1913. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That article IV of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1st, 1913, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding to said article IV an additional sub-section to be known as section 15d, in the words and figures following: § 15d. If any county desires, more rapidly than its allotments of State aid road moneys will permit, to construct a State aid road along any one or more of its highways that have been selected and designated, under the provisions of this Act, as State aid roads, such county is hereby authorized to advance, out of any county funds available from any source, or which may become available from any source, for such purpose, the entire cost of constructing such State aid roads and to make such improvement at any time. Such county shall, in such case, have the right to use any allotment of money made to it, by the State Highway Commission, to defray one-half the cost of constructing new State aid roads, in the county, under the provisions of this Act, or to apply the money on the payment of any bonds or other obligations which have been or may be issued by such county, under any law of this State, to meet the cost of the construction of any State aid road or roads constructed by such county at its own expense: Provided, however, that the allotments made by the State shall not be used to cover more than one-half the cost of the construction of such State aid roads; and provided, also, that such State aid roads shall have been constructed under, and in accordance with, plans, specifications, estimates of cost and contracts approved by the State Highway Commission and which roads shall have been found, upon inspection of the State Highway Engineer, to have been completed as provided for in said contracts. All highways constructed or improved in any county under the provisions of this section shall be known as State aid roads and shall thereafter be repaired and maintained under, and in accordance with, the provisions of section 32 of this Act. If any county desires so to advance money for the purpose of the construction or improvement of its State aid roads, its county board is hereby vested with full power and authority to take all necessary steps in such case and such county board may, out of any funds in the county treasury, not required for other purposes, appropriate therefrom sufficient moneys to meet the cost of constructing or improving such State aid roads, and may also, in any manner provided by law for issuing county bonds, issue bonds of the county for the purpose of constructing or improving such State aid roads: Provided, that the question of issuing such county bonds shall first be submitted to the legal voters of such county at any general election or at a special election which the county board is hereby authorized to call for such purpose; and provided, also that such bonds shall be issued to mature in not less than ten nor more than twenty annual series, the last series to mature not more than twenty years from date of issue. If the question of an issue of such bonds is submitted to the people, notice of election shall be given and the election shall be held and returns made, all in the manner now provided by the general election laws of this State, and the ballots shall be in substantially the following form: Shall county bonds for roads be issued to the amount of $. ? Yes. No. If a majority of the voters voting on such question vote in favor of the proposition the county board shall at once issue the bonds and take the necessary steps to construct or improve the State aid roads provided for. This section shall not be construed to repeal any other law on the subject of issuing county bonds, except in so far as such other law is in direct conflict herewith. APPROVED June 28th, 1915. STATE AID ROADS-TOTAL MILEAGE. § 1. Amends section 11, Act of 1913. § 1. Total mileage of such highways— exception. (SENATE BILL No. 547. APPROVED JUNE 25, 1915.) AN ACT to amend section eleven (11), of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section eleven (11) of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: § 11. Such highways shall not include any portion of a public highway within the corporate limits of any city or village, except as in section 9 of this Act provided; nor shall the total mileage of such highway in any county exceed, in counties of the first class, more than fifteen. per centum of the total public road mileage of that county, nor exceed twenty per centum of the public road mileage in counties of the second class, and shall not exceed twenty-five per centum of the public road. mileage in counties of the third class. By public roads it is understood to mean all public roads within the State except those within the limits of such incorporated cities and villages as are by section 9 of this Act excluded; the public road mileage of the counties to be that as determined and published by the State highway commission. APPROVED June 25th, 1915. STATE AID ROADS-TYPE OF ROAD. 1. Amends sections 9 and 32, Act of 1913. § 9. State aid authorized-type of road- 32. Repair and maintenance of State aid roads-board may purchase machinery. (HOUSE BILL No. 575. APPROVED JUNE 29, 1915.) AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, by amending sections 9 and 32 thereof. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That sections 9 and 32 of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: 9. STATE AID AUTHORIZED.] Public highways, or sections thereof, including bridges therein, may be laid out, improved, or constructed at the joint expense of the State and any county within the State as hereinafter provided. In such case the State shall contribute one-half of the expense thereof, and the county or counties through which the said highway or portion thereof passes shall contribute the remaining one-half. Such highways hereinafter known as "State Aid Roads," may be laid out, constructed or improved in the manner hereinafter directed: The board of supervisors or county commissioners of any county shall, by a majority vote of the entire board of supervisors or county commissioners, in regular or special session, specify the type of road to be constructed under the provision of this Act in their respective counties, which decision shall be final and not subject to change by the State Highway Commission, whether of permanent earth improvement (including surface or sub-surface drainage, grading, leveling, and crowning), gravel, macadam, concrete, concrete and macadam combined, or brick, and the respective boards of supervisors or county commissioners shall have the authority to specify any one of the herein designated types of roads: Provided, the final decision as to type of road to be builded under the provisions of this Act in any county shall not be made until the board of supervisors or county commissioners shall have secured from the State Highway Commission detailed estimates of the cost in their respective counties of the several herein specified types of roads and the estimates furnished by the State Highway Commission shall be published for two consecutive issues once each week in two newspapers having the largest circulation in the county. In case the board of supervisors or county commissioners of any county are unable to agree or do not desire to exercise the privilege and power herein conferred upon them as to designating the type of road to be builded and shall so notify the State Highway Commission, then it shall be the duty of the State Highway Commission to specify the type of road to be builded and the decision of the State Highway Commission shall have the same force and finality as if made by the board of supervisors or county commissioners. When a certain type of proposed road is specified by the board of supervisors or county commissioners or by the State Highway Commission by and with the consent of the board of supervisors or county commissioners such type shall be adhered to throughout the entire length of such road; that is, from one main objective or connecting point to another within the county: Provided, nothing herein contained shall prohibit the State and county jointly, at any future time, rebuilding and changing, under the provisions of this Act, an earth, gravel, or macadam type of road to any other more permanent type herein specified: Provided, further, that when a gravel or macadam road is constructed the county shall pay one-half the cost of such maintenance: And, provided, further, that when an earth road is constructed the county shall pay the entire cost of maintenance. Provided, however, that no road or part thereof lying within the corporate limits of any city or village situate within any county of the first or second class, or any city or village having a population exceeding twenty thousand (20,000) inhabitants by the last preceding Federal census situate within any county of the third class, shall be improved or constructed with State aid: And, provided, that a road or part thereof lying within the corporate limits of any city or village having a popula |