N.Y. Village Law § 14-1414: Contracts for construction of system

§ 14-1414 Contracts for construction of system. The board of sewer

commissioners of a village authorized to construct the whole or any part

of a sewerage system shall provide for the construction thereof, either

under an entire contract, or in parts or sections, as the board may

determine. All contracts shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder

after advertisement for bids where so required by section one hundred

three of the general municipal law. No contract shall be made by which

a greater amount shall be agreed to be paid than the maximum stated in

the resolution or in the petition for the construction of such sewerage

system. Nothing herein contained shall make it unlawful for the village

authorities to make extensions to sewerage systems or to construct

additional sewerage systems through or by the officers or employees of a

village and authority is hereby granted to all villages to extend

sewerage systems and to construct new sewerage systems by village

employees under the direction of the superintendent of public works,

street commissioner or similar officer, when authorized by resolution of

the board of trustees and when in accordance with plans approved by the

state department of health.