If the majority of the legal votes cast at any such election herein provided for shall be in favor of the proposition voted for the issuing of bonds, then the county commissioners of such county, if the proposition be for the building of a courthouse or jail or bridge for which bonds were voted, shall without delay give notice in some newspaper of general circulation published in such county, not exceeding thirty days, that sealed proposals will be received until a certain hour in a certain day named in such notice, not to exceed thirty days thereafter, for the building of such courthouse, or jail, or bridge, as the case may be, which notice shall set forth the location of the proposed courthouse or jail or bridge with such particularity of details that an inspection of the premises may be had without difficulty.

Proposals for the building of any such courthouse or jail or bridge, if notices have not been given by the county commissioners of such county that such proposals shall be for the building of such courthouse or jail or bridge, in accordance with the plans and specifications on file in the possession of said county commissioners, such proposals shall be accompanied with complete plans and specifications of the same, the price to be charged therefor in the bonds of the county at par value, or for cash, together with a bond of undertaking, with good and sufficient security double the amount of the proposed cost thereof, conditioned for the faithful execution of the work proposed and the carrying into effect of any contract made in reference thereto. The board of county commissioners are [is] hereby authorized to build courthouses, jails and bridges, in the place designated by the petitioners, if the majority of the voters so decide, and in no other place.

History: Laws 1891, ch. 83, § 9; C.L. 1897, § 357; Code 1915, § 1164; C.S. 1929, § 33-3909; 1941 Comp., § 15-4610; 1953 Comp., § 15-49-13.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Cross references. — For public works generally, see 13-4-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.

For publication of notice generally, see 14-11-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.