Section 31-14-21 - Bridge construction or repairs by county labor--Supervision--Plans andspecifications. - South Dakota Statutes

31-14-21. Bridge construction or repairs by county labor--Supervision--Plans and specifications. In lieu of accepting any bids received upon any bridge, approach, or abutment, or repair to bridge, or in case of emergency, the board of county commissioners may, if in their judgment the bridge or piece of work may be procured for less money than the amount of any bid submitted, cause the same to be built by day labor by regular county labor and county-owned equipment. The construction shall be in charge of the county highway superintendent. The superintendent shall hire a foreman, purchase the necessary material, and hire the necessary labor for the construction of each such bridge, or piece of work, and such work shall be done in accordance with plans and specifications furnished by the department the same as any other bridge or piece of work let by contract.

Source: SL 1919, ch 333, § 35; SDC 1939, § 28.1408; SL 1959, ch 138; SL 2010, ch 145, § 100.