Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: O'Neill v. Milwaukee, 121 Wia. 32. provides that it shall be the duty of the board of public works to take charge and superintendence, subject to the ordinances of the city, of the maintenance of streets, alleys, bridges, and all other public grounds, buildings, and improvements, and all work pertaining thereto, and that: They shall have power to make contracts in the name and behalf of the city for the purposes and in the manner and under the limitations prescribed. . . . They shall perform all the duties prescribed by the charter], and such other duties as the common council may from time to time require. All contracts for and in behalf of the defendant city shall be awarded to the lowest bidder, under the terms and conditions of the charter, and they must be executed to the satisfaction of the board of public works under the superintendence of the board. The specifications for the work covered by the contract in this case contained these provisions: All the work during its progress and on its completion shall conform exactly to the lines and grades shown on the drawings mentioned in these specifications and given by the engineer in charge, subject to such modifications as the board of public works may deem necessary during its execution. All work contemplated and described in these specifications shall be done to the satisfaction of the board of public works and city engineer. The engineer will do all the requisite surveying for the work so as to cause as little inconvenience as possible, but the contractor will have no claim on account of delay or stoppage of the work necessitated by such surveying, and shall furnish assistance to facilitate giving lines and grades. It was further agreed that plaintiff would execute and perform said work under the super...