§ 14-300-207 - Building bridges in counties voting for three-mill road tax.
14-300-207. Building bridges in counties voting for three-mill road tax.
(a) All bridges of the first class shall be built and repaired by the county as provided in 14-300-203 and 14-300-204.
(b) (1) All bridges of the second class shall be built and repaired by the road commissioner, the overseers, and road hands of the district in which the bridges are situated or to be built, under the direction of the county court.
(2) The cost of building or repairing second-class bridges shall be paid out of the road and bridge tax in the county treasury to the credit of the district.
(3) (A) However, the county court may, in its discretion, let the building of second-class bridges out on contract to the lowest bidder, and, in case the court so decides, the road commissioner shall make a personal examination of the place where the bridge is needed and report to the court, or the judge thereof in vacation, with the plans and specifications best adapted to the ground where the bridge is to be constructed.
(B) If the court or judge shall adopt the plans and specifications submitted by the commissioner, it shall be the duty of the court or judge to give notice by publishing for thirty (30) days in some newspaper, published in the county, if there is one. If there is no newspaper, then notice shall be given by posting written or printed notices in each township in the county, setting forth the plans and specifications of the bridge, with the place where it is to be built and the time when it is to be completed.
(C) The contract for the bridge of the second class shall be let at the courthouse door to the lowest and best bidder.
(c) All bridges of the third class shall be repaired and built by the overseer, under the direction of the road commissioner, and their costs shall be paid out of the road and bridge tax fund in the county treasury to the credit of the district in which the bridge shall be built or constructed.