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dollars, unless notice thereof shall be advertised once a week for at least two weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the county, calling for bids upon the work be done or for the goods, supplies or materials to be purchased by the,00unty' and in each case the bid of the lowest responsible bidder shall be accepted, unless the county Commissioners shall reject all bids because the same are too high." We are of,the opinion that the officials responsible for the change as here» togore set out in the contract with the Florida Road ailing Company, if any such.change was made, are liable to the County for the difference in the contract price submitted a that paid by the County, which sum would amount to about 58000.00, We find that it has been the practise of the Board from time to time extending up to and including August 19299 and that warrants were Issued to the Redstone Lumber & Supply Company and the same.pajd during 1929 and several years back in payment for supplies purchased by the Board or its authority for public use# e We are informed that while this practise obtained,` Kr, -Tohn He Atkin, member of the Board; was and still is a stock holder and officer in the Redstone Lumber and Supply Company.. We are of the ppinion that Sections 74729 7465 and 7466 of the C. G. L. 19279 of Florida,. are applicable in cases of this kind, which are as follows: 7572. BOARDS NOT TO PURCB0$ SUPPLIES FROM HERS OF BOARDS. "No Mate or county beard or municipal board or council shall purchase supplies, goods or materials for public use from any firm or corporation in which any member of such board is either directly or indirectly interested, nor shall any such board pay for such supplies; goods or materials so purchased* Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished, upon conviction, by fine a not exceeding five hundred dollars or Imprisonment not exceeding one year; provided; that no member of any board aforesaid who shall have recorded his vote against such Illegal purchaseq or wbb shall have been absent at the.taking of the vote thereon, shall be convicted of a violation of this section." COUM U=•tl;i OE' VOTING II %zed OR FOR EXCESS "Tach member of the board of county commissioners voting to incur an indebted- ness against the county in excess of the expenditure allowed by law$ or to pay any.ill- egal charge against the county, or to pay any claim against the county not authorized by law, shall be guilty of malfeasance in office and subject to suspension and removal from office as now provided by law, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more, than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for -not more than sig months or both for each offense." 7466. COUNTY , AUDITOR NOT TO SIGN ILLEGAL WARRANTS • "Any clerk of the circuit court, acting as county auditor, who shall sign any warrant for the payment of any claim or bill or indebtedness against any county funds in excess of the expenditure allowed by law, or to pay any illegal charge against the county, or to pay any claim aggLinst the county not authorized by law, shall be w personally liable.for such emount; and he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished in the manner and subject to the same penalties as members of said board of county commissioners." As we understand the decision of the Supreme Court of Florida in Lainhart vs. Burr, 38 So. 711, any member of the board who votes in favor of paying.any bill for materials or supplies purchased from a member or from a firm or corporation in which 1 1