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FF"_ JAN Boa 63 PAGE 83 Article 4.. PROGRESS PAYMENTS - The County will make partial payment during the progress of the work as approved by the County Engineer. Article 5• ACCEPTANCE AND FINAL PAYMENT: Upon receipt of written notice that the work is ready for final inspection and acceptance, the County Engineer will promptly make such inspection and when he finds the work acceptable under the terms of the Contract and the Contract fully performed, he will promptly issue a final certificate, over his own signature, stating that the work provided for in this Contract has been completed, and acceptance by him under the terms and the conditions thereof is recom- mended and the entire balance found to be due the Contractor, will be paid to the Contractor by the County following Coun- ty Commission approval of the final Contract payment. Before issuance of final certificate, the Contractor shall submit evidence satisfactory to the County Engineer that all payrolls, material bills, and other indebtedness connected with the work have been paid. An affidavit must be submitted by the Contractor to the County Engineer stating that all in- debtedness connected with the work has been paid. Such affidavit will be signed by a duly authorized officer of the contracting firm, will bear the firm's seal, and will be notarized and attested by two witnesses. A Waiver -of -Lien form signed by a duly authorized officer of the subcontracting firm, notarized and attested by two witnesses is required from each Subcontractor engaged under the scope of this Contract, and must accompany the request for final payment. The making and acceptance of the final payment shall constitute a waiver of all claims by the County, other than those arising from unsettled liens, from faulty work appearing after final payment or from require- ments of the Specifications and of all claims by the contractor, except those previously made and still unsettled. Article 6. THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: Advertisement for Bids, Addendum as Required, Bidding and General Requirements, Bid Proposal, Ques- tionnaire, Form of Agreement, Final Payment - Contractor, Affi- davit, Final Pay Request, Public Construction Bond, Technical Specifications, and the Drawings, form the Contract and they are as fully a part of this Contract as if the same were hereto attached or herein repeated. Article 7. LIABILITY INSURANCE: Subject to the monetary limitations in Article 11 (Page BCR -5), the Contractor, upon his part, agrees to protect, indemnify, save harmless, and insure the County r from any liability to any persons for injuries to the person, including loss of life, or damage to property, resulting from the acts or omissions of the Contractor, or any subcontractor, or the officers, employees or agents thereof, in performing his obligations under this Contract. The parties expressly recognize that the relationship between the County and Contrac- tor is that of independent contractors, and that neither the Contractor nor any of his servants, agents, or employees shall ever be considered to be an agent, servant or employee of the County. PA -2 - 50