§ 30. Contracts for improvement, maintenance or repair of the canal\nsystem. Upon the completion and final approval of the plans and\nspecifications for the improvement, maintenance or repair to the canal\nsystem, contracts therefor shall be executed as provided herein.\n 1. Advertising for proposals. The corporation shall advertise for\nproposals in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by it for\nsuch improvement, maintenance or repair of the canal system as the\ncorporation deems it expedient to have performed by contract. The\nadvertisement shall be limited to a brief description of the work\nproposed to be done, with an announcement stating where the maps, plans\nand specifications may be seen, the terms and conditions under which the\nproposals will be received, the time and place where the same will be\nopened, the amount of the draft or certified check to accompany the\nproposal, and such other matters as the corporation may deem advisable\nto include therein. Such advertisement shall be published at least once\nin each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper published at the\ncounty seat of the county in which such canal work is to be performed\nand in such other newspapers as the corporation may designate. If no\nnewspaper is published at such county seat, then the publication of the\nadvertisement shall be in such newspaper or newspapers within the county\nas the corporation may select. If no newspaper is published in the\ncounty, the publication of the advertisement shall be in such newspaper\nor newspapers in an adjoining county as may be selected by the\ncorporation. Failure of such newspaper, published in such county or\nadjoining county, to publish such advertisement as provided in this\nsubdivision or as directed by the corporation shall not invalidate the\npublication of advertisement for proposals provided such advertisement\nis published in another newspaper or trade publication, which will be\nmost likely to give adequate notice to contractors of the work\ncontemplated and of the invitation to submit proposals therefor, at\nleast once in each week for any two successive weeks preceding the date\non which proposals described in such advertisement are to be received\nand opened.\n 2. Proposals. Each proposal shall specify the correct gross sum for\nwhich the work will be performed and shall also include the amount to be\ncharged for each item specified on the proposal estimate sheet. The\ncorporation may prescribe and furnish forms for the submission of such\nproposals and may prescribe the manner of submitting the same which\nshall not be inconsistent herewith. Accompanying each proposal there\nshall be a certified check or bank cashier's check for the amount of the\nbid deposit, to be fixed by the corporation and specified in the\nadvertisement for proposals. The checks of the two low bidders shall be\ndeposited by the corporation in a special account. Provided, however,\nthat if prior to or upon receipt of said checks by the corporation a\nbidder who is one of the two low bidders shall have duly filed a bond as\nhereinafter provided, the corporation shall forthwith return to said\nbidder his aforesaid check without depositing the same. If alternate\nproposals are taken, the checks of the two low bidders of all alternate\nproposals shall be deposited. All checks other than those of the two low\nbidders shall be returned promptly by the corporation. Notwithstanding\nthe provisions of any general or special law, the money represented by\nthe checks of the two low bidders shall be paid from the special account\nwhen the contractor has duly executed and delivered to the corporation\nthe contract and the bond or bonds required by law for the performance\nof the work of a public improvement for the state of New York, or upon\nthe rejection of all bids. The low bidder, in the discretion of the\ncorporation, and the second low bidder, as a matter of right, may at any\ntime after the opening of t
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