Chapter 218. Relative to the payment of claims for material and labor furnished for District of Columbia buildings
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CHAP. 218.— An Act Relative to the payment of claims for material and labor furnished for District of Columbia buildings. February 28, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * District of Columbia.Bonds of contractors to secure material, men, and employees. That hereafter any person or persons entering into a formal contract with the District of Columbia for the construction of any public building, or the prosecution and completion of any public work, or for repairs upon any public building or public work, shall be required, before commencing such work, to execute the usual penal bond, with good and sufficient sureties, with the additional obligations that such contractor or contractors shall promptly make payments to all persons supplying him or them labor and materials—copy of bond to be furnished, etc. in the prosecution of the work provided for in such contract; and any person or persons making application therefor and furnishing affidavit to the department under the direction of which said work is being or has been prosecuted that labor or materials for the prosecution of such work has been supplied by him or them, and payment for which has not been made, shall be furnished with a certified copy of said contract and bond, upon which said person or persons supplying such labor and —suit on.materials shall have a right of action, and shall be authorized to bring suit in the name of the District of Columbia or the United States for his or their use and benefit against said contractor and sureties and to *Provisos.*—no expense to the District, etc.—security against adverse judgment.prosecute the same to final judgment and execution: *Provided,* That such action and its prosecution shall not involve the District of Columbia or the United States in any expense: *Provided,* That in such case the court in which such action is brought is authorized to require proper security for costs in case judgment is for the defendant.
Approved, February 28, 1899.