Show Postponement of Bid Opening Held Legal The light tight of the Davis count county school board to postpone the oven onen mg of bids on four school to be constructed this year was up field in an opinion l en Tuesday by bv Harvey II Cluff attorney general at I Ith th the request of D Dr C N Jensen ensen state I Advertisements ha e I been run bythe by bythe Ithe the Davis Daus school board calling forbids for forbids forbids bids on the four biddings to be subi sub rutted I at nt 1 30 p m W edneeda June June 20 Several of the contractors I h hat I requested that th the time be tended c ex er tended a few fen fe di d ds digs s however hoever ho ever on the ground that thit i a number of other school boards sere el e opening up bids for building at the sime s time and the I results of these bids would mater call affect their estimates Accordingly ly i i request was as made madeI of the state superintendent as to I hethel the school district could le Ie fill do this and the state state submitted the query to the theatto atto atlO icv general W Hal Farr assistant attorney general who writes the opinion forthe for forthe forthe the attorney generals general s office contends this ma ina be legally done providing due and ard t melt inch notice his has been given gl to the contractors and ind he he public The primary primar concern in m the open opening mg of bids foi for public works is the protection of the taxpayer from fraud collusion 01 of favoritism fa fromI B By postponing the time of opening the I bids the district not bp b bring bringing m- m about an any an condition which would tend to favoritism or fraud as there is Ie no damage am ame e done to an ant party as aslon lon long is is the bids have rot been open opened opened Id I'd ind are arc not known Imon it was wis held |