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Advertisements for tenders and proposals, &c.
Contents of tenders, &c.
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22. The secretary of the grand jury shall, upon being furnished by the county surveyor with the specification or form of tender for the execution of any such work as aforesaid, and the maps plans, sections, and elevations belonging thereto, notify, by public advertisement or otherwise in such manner as the justices and cess payers at such presentment sessions shall have directed, his readiness to receive sealed tenders and proposals for the execution of such work during such period as shall have been appointed by the same authority for the reception of the same, and the time to which such sessions has adjourned for the opening of such tenders and proposals, and that forms thereof may be obtained at his office; and such secretary shall accordingly prepare a sufficient number of forms of such tenders and proposals, and furnish to any person who shall demand the same a copy thereof, receiving therefor the reasonable cost of preparing the same, not exceeding the sum of sixpence; and each of such sealed tenders and proposals shall contain a statement of the lowest sum for which the party making such proposal is willing to contract for the performance of the work or works specified and described in such notification, and shall be subscribed with the name, description, and residence of the party so desirous to enter into such contract, and also the names, descriptions, and residences of not less than two sufficient persons willing to be bound, jointly and severally, with him for the due and faithful performance of the said contract, within the time and in the manner thereby prescribed, in a penal sum double the amount of the said sum mentioned in such tenders and proposals, if the said sum shall not exceed one thousand pounds, but if such sum shall exceed one thousand pounds then in a penal sum exceeding the sum mentioned in such tenders and proposals by one thousand pounds in addition thereto; and all maps, plans, sections, and specifications relating to any such work prepared by the county surveyor shall be open to public inspection in the office of such secretary without fee or reward.
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