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opinion of the Mayor and Board of Commissioners, become irrespon-
sible, the Mayor and the Board of Commissioners shall have the right to
require additional and sufficient sureties, which the contractor shall
furnish to the satisfaction of those officers within ten days after
notice, and indefault thereof the contract may be suspended by the
Mayor and Board of Commissioners and the work completed as provided
in paragraph 20.

6. TRANSFERS.- Transfer of a contract or of any interest
therein is prohibited by law.

5 6. ENGINEER.- The work "engineer used in these specificatio-
ns or in the contract, unless qualified by the context, means the
City Engineer of the city of Fort Worth, Texas. He will be represen-
ted on the work by assistants and inspectors with authority to act
for him and direct his work. Upon all questions concerning the execu-
tion of the work, the classification of material in accordance with
the specifications and the determination of costs, the decision of
the City Engineer shall be binding upon both parties.

6 7. CONTRACTOR.- The word "contractor" used in these speci-
fications or in the contract means the person, firm or corporation
with whom the contract is made by the city of Fort Worth. The con-
tractor shall give his personal attention to the faithfull prosecut-
ion of the work and shall keep the same under his personal control.
During the absense of the contractor from the work his foreman or a
designated agent shall be held to represent him. When two or more con-
tractors are engaged on work in the same vicinity the engineer shall
be authorized to direct the manner in which each shall conduct his
work so far as it affects other contractors. Instructions and in-
formation given by the engineer to the contractor's foreman or agent
on the work shall be considered as having been given to the con-
tractor himself.

7 8. LOCAL CONDITIONS.- Bidders must satisfy themselves as to
all local conditions affecting the work, and no information derived
from the maps, plans, specifications, profiles, or drawings, or from
the engineer or his assistants, will in any way relieve the contract-