§ 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.