2006 Alabama Code - Section 41-4-137 — Forfeiture of contract for cause; new contract.

Any contract made under the provisions of this division may be declared forfeited by a majority of the officers therein named for the failure or neglect of the contractor to execute the same faithfully, promptly and skillfully, and, upon such forfeiture, the printing and binding embraced in said contract shall be relet after advertisement in all respects as in the original contract, and the sureties on his bond shall be jointly and severally liable to the state for all damages which result from such failure. In case the contract is declared forfeited as herein provided, such damages shall include the increased cost of the printing and binding, or either, under any subsequent contract for the term covered by the original contract, and all expenses incident to reletting.

(Code 1896, §3393; Code 1907, §1655; Code 1923, §2902; Code 1940, T. 55, §117.)