Ayers v. City of Jacksonville
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. Owen P. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
Section 50 of Art. IX, of Chapter 24, of the Statutes, requires all public work in cities, when the expense thereof shall exceed $500 to be let to the lowest responsible bidder in the manner to be prescribed by ordinance, provided that such contract may be entered into by the proper officer without advertising for bids by a vote of two-thirds of the aldermen. The ordinance of appellee provides that the city engineer «ball prepare plans and specifications for any public improvement when one is ordered; that proposals for bids shall be advertised for ten days, and that the advertisement shall…
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