§ 17-1718 Sewer districts. 1. In every such village any sewer district\ncreated or organized under the provisions of the town law shall\ncontinue, and the board of trustees shall be and they are hereby vested\nwith the management and control thereof, and of the sewer systems\nconstructed or to be constructed therein, and of the assessment of the\ncosts and expenses thereof, and in every such village the board of\ntrustees may establish one or more additional sewer districts as\nhereinafter provided, which such sewer districts shall be managed, and\nthe costs and expenses thereof shall be assessed, as herein provided.\n 2. In case a system of sewers to serve the said district shall have\nbeen authorized as provided in the town law and maps and plans therefor\nshall have been approved by the state department of health the board of\ntrustees may construct and complete the sewers so authorized and may\nmake extensions thereof and may modify and change the plans thereof, by\nresolution at any regular or at any special meeting called for the\npurpose; provided notice that the board of trustees will act upon the\nquestion of authorizing the construction of specified portions of such\nsewer system, or specified extensions thereof, or upon specified\nmodifications thereof, at a time and place to be stated therein, shall\nhave been posted in at least four public places in the said sewer\ndistrict and shall have been published in the official paper, or if\nthere be no official paper, in such newspaper published in the county as\nthe board of trustees may select, at least twenty-one days before such\nmeeting. In the event that the village maintains a website, one of the\nposting requirements may be fulfilled by posting such information on the\nwebsite.\n 3. Any moneys advanced from the general fund of such village for the\npayment of the principal and interest of any obligations issued to pay\nfor all or part of such construction shall be reimbursed from the\nassessments hereinafter provided.\n 4. In case the board of trustees shall authorize the construction of\nany such extension or extensions to the sewer system, which have not\nbeen approved by the state engineer or in case the board of trustees\nshall modify or change the plans for the construction and completion of\nthe said sewer system or any portion thereof or of any such extensions\nwhich have theretofore been approved by the state engineer, maps and\nplans of such extension or extensions and of the portions of the system\nso modified or changed, prepared by a competent engineer under the\nauthority and direction of the board of trustees shall be approved by\nthe state department of health as required by law before the same shall\nbe constructed.\n 5. The board of trustees shall advertise for proposals for the\nconstruction of such extension or extensions according to such maps and\nplans either under an entire contract or in parts, or sections, as the\nboard may determine, and such advertisement shall be published once in\neach of two successive weeks in the official paper, or if there be no\nofficial paper then in such newspaper published in the county as the\ntrustees may select. The board of trustees may accept or reject any or\nall proposals and shall let the contract to the lowest responsible\nbidder. The board of trustees may require bidders to give a bond or\nother security to be forfeited to the village in case the bidder to whom\nthe award is made shall refuse or neglect to enter into the required\ncontract, and may require the successful bidder to give a bond or other\nsecurity in an amount to be fixed by the board of trustees conditioned\nupon the faithful performance of the contract. Such contracts shall be\nexecuted in the name of the village in duplicate and one copy thereof\nshall be filed in the office of the village clerk.\n 6. The board of trustees may employ engineers, and such inspectors as\nmay be necessary, to prepare maps, plans, specifications and
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