Authorizing the Acceptance of the Grant offer of the United States of America by the Municipal City of South Bend

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M Contract Work Hours: The Applicant shall comply with the provisions of the Contract Work Hours Standards Act (P. L. 87 -581) which provides that the Applicant will also require of its contractors that no laborer or mechanic shall be required or permitted to be employed in such work in excess of eight hours in any calendar day or in excess of forty hours in any workweek unless such laborer or mechanic receives compensation at a rate not less than one and one - half times his basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of eight hours in any calendar day or in excess of forty hours in such workweek as the case may be. Section 16. Payment of Employees. The Applicant shall require of its contrac- tors that all employees engaged in work on the Project be paid in full (less deductions made mandatory by law) not less often than once each week. Section 17. Wage Underpayments and Adjustments. The Applicant shall require of each of its contractors that, in cases of underpayment of wages by the Con- tractor, the Applicant may withhold from such contractor out of payments due, an amount sufficient to pay workers employed on the work covered by his contract the difference between the wages required to be paid under the contract and the wages actually paid such workers for the total number of hours worked and may disburse such amounts so withheld by it for and on account of the contractor to the respective employees to whom they are due. Section 18. Anti- Kickback Statute. The so- called Anti - Kickback Statute, Public Law No. 324, 73rd Congress, approved June 13, 1934 (48 Stat. 1948 as amended), and the regulations issued pursuant thereto, are a part of the Grant Agreement, and the Applicant shall comply, and require each of its contractors employed in the construction, prosecution, or completion of the Project to comply therewith, and to cause his subcontractors to do likewise. Section 19. Accident Prevention. The Applicant shall require of its contractors that precaution shall be exercised at all times for the protection of persons (including employees) and property, and that hazardous conditions be guarded against or eliminated. Section 20. Supervision and Inspection. The Applicant shall provide and maintain on its own behalf competent and adequate architectural or engineering services covering the supervision and inspection of the development and construction of the Project. Section 21. Nondiscrimination. The Applicant shall require that there shall be no discrimination against any employee who is employed in carrying out the Project, or against any applicant for such employment, because of race, religion, color or national origin. This provision shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship.