- (a) The award of each contract for which bids have been submitted to a municipality shall be made to the lowest responsible bidder who may comply with such reasonable regulations as may be prescribed before the bids are called for.
- (b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $1,000.00 and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.
(Code 1907, §1195; Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §§1911, 5084; Code 1940, T. 37, §468.)