243.190. Engineer to issue certificate of acceptance, when--provisions for payment of claim. - Missouri Statutes

Engineer to issue certificate of acceptance, when--provisions forpayment of claim.

243.190. It shall be the duty of the district engineer, onbeing notified by a contractor that the work, or any installmentthereof, provided for in his contract, is completed, to examinethe same, and if he finds that it is completed according to thespecifications of the report of the engineer and viewers, asconfirmed, as provided in this chapter, he shall accept the same,and give to such contractor a certificate of acceptance, statingthat such installment or contract is completed according to suchspecifications, and file a duplicate thereof in the office of theclerk of the county commission, and on presentation by anycontractor of claim for payment for work performed, or anyinstallment thereof, as provided by his contract, accompanied bysuch engineer's certificate, the county commission shall auditthe claim, and if the same is in accordance with such claimant'scontract and the work has been performed within the time thereinspecified, it shall draw a warrant upon the county treasurer forthe amount thereof, payable out of the funds of the districtavailable for the payment of such charges.

(RSMo 1939 § 12426)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 10836; 1919 § 4504