The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-06-10

engineer, whose duty it shall be to survey
and lay out the nearest and best practicable
rail road route from Brandon, IN Rankin
county, to the state line of Alabama, on a
line as near as may be to Salem, Cahawba,
and Montgomery, in said state It shall be
his duty to survey and lay out the best route
for levee on the Mississippi river, begin.
ming atthe northern boundary of the state
and terminating at the mouth of the Yazoo
river. He shall estimate the probable costs
Of the said rail road and leyee, and report
the same to the next legislature of this state;
together with maps.oc the same.
Sec. 5. Be 1t further enacted, That the
said Typographical engineer shall receive at
the rate Of three Thousand FIVE hundred dol
lars per annum for the time he is in actual
service, which shall be in full for himself
and assistants.
Sec, 6. Be It further enacted, That said
commissioners shall receive FIVE dollars per
day as a compensation for their services, out
Of which sum they shall pay all their expen-
SEES; provided, they shall be allowed two
assistants, whose salaries shall not exceed
twenty-five dollars per month.
Sec. 7. Be 1t further enacted, That the
typographical engineer shall be paid for his
services out of the two per cent. fund.-
iprovided, that so much thereof as shall be
paid on account of the survey Of the levee,
shall be reimbursed to said fund out Of the
/ FIRST proceeds Of the sale of the aforesaid
lands; and the treasurer Of this state be,
and he is hereby authorised and required to
draw ON the treasurer Of the United States
foi so much of said fund, as in the opinion
of the Governor Of this state, and on his re-
QUESTION, shall be required to carry the pfo-
visions of this act into effect, and nothing
more. "a - f@.
Sec. g.. Be It further enacted; That TIE
| Auditor Of Public Accounts be required 70
issue his warrants in favor Of the Comtnis=
sioners provided for ia this act, on present
alton Of their accounts verified By oath, spe-
cifying the number Of days they have been
actually employed in their duties as com.
missioners under this act: provided, that all
monies paid out of this state on such war
rants, shall be repaid to the said treasury
out of the proceeds of the first sale of the
aforesaid lands a.a ~
Sec. 8. Be It further enacted, That the
engineer appointed under the provisions oil
this act, shall also survey and examine &
route from Ellis Cliff, on the Mississippi RI
yer, to the mouth of Buffalo river, one mile
above Fort Adams, for the construction of a
levee between said points
Sec. 10. Be It further en6clcd, That out
Of the two per cent. fund there shall be APP
propriated the sum Of twenty-five thousand
dollars, as loan, towards the completion Of
the rail road and bridge now in progress be.
tween the towns of Jackson and Brandon.
to be expended under the joint control and
!. direction Of the Jackson and Brandon r. r.,
and B. Company; aud the Governor of this
state in carrying on said work; and pfocuf
ing the necessary COMBINATIONS of timber
: lands, gravel, stone, &C., for the purposes OI
, said work: provided, that none of the said
said fund shall be so used until said cohiDA;
shall first make and deliver to the Got.
eTnor, to be fled in the Office of the Secr3
:ary OF State, a mortgage, with power 0i
sale in due form, upon said rail road and
bridge, and all the first profits thereof be-
yond what may be necessary to keep sale
! work in repair, conditioned for the reim
bursent to the general fund Of said amour
: so advanced, with six per cent pei. annuH
; interest thereon from the date of said ad
vancement: and provided also, that this alp
preparation shall not be made unless BY tai
: previous consent Of the Congress Of thI
= United States.
Sec. IL. Be It fsrtker enacted, That "a,
President Of the United States be requisite,
= to suspend all future location or disposal 0
y the public domain ID this state until Ia,
y aforesaid FIVE hundred thousand acres 0
] land are located.
! Sec. u. And be It further enacted, Tha
I this act shall take effectand be in'force iron
{ and after its passage.
i Approved, February 90, Is42.
: HONESTY. The cashier Of the Unto
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