State v. Board of Public Works

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lippincott, J.

This writ brings up the order and determination by the board of public works of the city of Trenton, made on the 17th day of August, 1893, awarding to Thomas Craig a contract for paving a portion of Peters’ alley in said city.

Section 107 of the city charter {Pamph. L. 1874, p. 385) provides that “ all contracts for doing work and furnishing materials for any improvement provided under this act, extending in amount to two hundred dollars, shall be advertised for ten days in one or more daily newspapers printed and published in said city,…