243.160. Authority to complete improvements in county commission--powers of procedure.
Authority to complete improvements in county commission--powersof procedure.
243.160. 1. The county commission for and on behalf of adrainage district shall have full power and authority to build,construct, excavate and complete all or any works andimprovements which may be needed to complete the improvementslocated, described and set forth in the duly confirmed report ofthe viewers and engineer.
2. To accomplish that end the said county commission ishereby authorized and empowered to employ men and teams and torent or purchase machinery, employ men to operate same anddirectly have charge of and construct the works and improvements,or by the use of other or more efficient means than provided forin the plans adopted.
3. They may, in their discretion, let the contract for suchworks and improvements either as a whole or in sections. Thecounty commission shall fix the time and place of lettingcontracts for the construction of the improvements, and causenotice thereof, containing a description of the work to be let,to be given by the clerk of the county commission, by publicationin three consecutive issues of some weekly newspaper of generalcirculation, published in the county, and by at least oneinsertion in some suitable contractor's or trade journal, thelast insertion to be at least ten days before the day of letting.
(RSMo 1939 § 12423)Prior revisions: 1929 § 10833; 1919 § 4501; 1909 § 5595