§ 223. Expense of improvement. The expense of any public improvement
made under authority of this article, shall include the amount of all
contracts, the costs of all lands and interests therein necessarily
acquired, printing, publishing, interest on loans, legal and engineering
services and all other expenses incurred or occasioned by reason of the
improvement or project. In no event shall any contract be awarded or
obligation incurred in excess of the amount specified in the resolution
of the town board or in the proposition adopted at the town election.