Chapter 549. In relation to bonds on contracts with the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 549.— An Act In relation to bonds on contracts with the District of Columbia. February 8, 1905. [[H. R. 7869](/us/bill/58/hr/7869).] [[Public, No. 51](/us/pl/58/51).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia. Bonds on contracts for public work, etc., in. Requirements. That in all cases where the Commissioners of the District of Columbia enter into contracts for work or material they shall require good and sufficient bonds to the United States in a penal sum sufficient, in their judgment, to secure the strict and faithful performance of said contracts to the satisfaction of and acceptance by said Commissioners, and guaranteeing that the contractors shall keep new pavements or other new works in repair for a term of five years from the date of completion of their contracts, 705 which sum shall not in any case be less than twenty-five per centum of the estimated cost of such work or material.
Sec. 2. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions Repeal. hereof are hereby repealed. Approved, February 8, 1905.