Marion County v. Foxworth

Citations

• 83 Miss. 677

Syllabus

<p>1. Board or Supervisors. Public contracts. Extra work. Code 1893, l 340. Advertisement.</p> <p>Where the board of supervisors had contracted for the erection of a bridge, after due advertisement under Code 1892, § 340, requiring all contracts for public works, not otherwise specially provided for, where the contract exceeds fifty dollars, to be awarded to the lowest bidder after advertisement as therein specified:</p> <p>(«) The board is empowered, irrespective of its cost, to contract for extra work, pertaining to a necessary part of the bridge, found necessary during its construction, without further advertisement; but</p> <p>(6) Fenders or clusters of piles above or below the bridge, totally disconnected therefrom, are not a necessary part of it, and the board cannot contract for their erection, at a cost exceeding fifty dollars, without advertising therefor under said code section.</p> <p>2. Same. Minutes. Reference to a writing.</p> <p>An order of a board of supervisors awarding a contract may make such reference to a writing, read and approved by the board and executed for and in its behalf by its president, as to constitute the writing a part of tbe contract, although it is not recorded on the minutes of the board.</p>