31-12-13. Large projects--Advertising or county work required--Rejection of bids. Any road, tile or culvert construction, repair work or materials therefor on the county highway system, for which the county highway superintendent's estimated cost exceeds the amount provided for in § 5-18-3, shall be advertised and let at a public letting by the board of county commissioners or may be built by day labor. The board may reject all bids, in which event it may readvertise or let privately by submitting the contract to the Department of Transportation for approval.
Source: SDC 1939, § 28.0309; SL 1982, ch 223, § 2; SL 1987, ch 211, § 2.