Beveridge v. Livingstone

Citations

• 54 Cal. 54

Syllabus

<p>x Ebancisco — Stbeet Assessment — Statute, Coxstbuctiox of — Mandatoby Statute.—The Ctli section of the present street law of San Erancisco (St,at. 1871-2, p. 808), requiring the Superintendent of Public Streets, upon the failure of a contractor to complete his work before the expiration of the contract time, to report the same to the Supervisors, and the Supervisors to relet the work, is mandatory, and excludes the exercise, by the Board or Superintendent, of any power to extend the time for completing the work after the expiration of the contract time, or of an extension ordered during the running of the contract time; and such an extension is therefore void.</p>