The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-20

any law of this state, until after the same
shall have been sold and conveyed by the
said trustees as aforesaid.
Sec. IA. The said trustees shall proceed
to the completion of the said canal III
good substantial and workman-llke man
ner, SO that the same shall, if pracucaoie'
be ready for use and navigation wllhln
two years and six months from the time
this act goes into operation. The said
trustees shall keep just, full, and accu-
rate account of all the costs and expendi-
lures of completing and experimenting the
said canal, and from the property and as
sets granted to them by this act, and of
the amounts received by them under the
said loan, and shall annually make re-
port to the governor in manner and form
specified in the Add section Of the said act
of 9th January, 1896.
Sec. 10. The said board of trustees
shall annually establish a tariff of tolls to
be paid for transportation upon said canal,
and are hereby fully authorized and en-
powered to collect the same, and from
time TO time TO make, ordain and establish
such reasonable rules, bylaws. and regu-
lalions in relation to the collection Of tolls,
the transportation upon the canal, the con-
duct of boats and RATS, and the general
police of the said canal, as are usual or
may be found necessary, and to enforce
the observance of the same.
Sec. 6. After the completion of the
said canal as aforesaid, the said board of
trustees shall make annual dividends Of
the moneys which shall come to their
hands from the said canal, its assets, tolls,
revenues, and lands granted to the said
trustees by this act, after payment Of in
cidental expenses among the holders of the
bonds Of this state in the following order:
First, the said board of trustees shall an
nually make a pro rata dividend, TN pay
ment of said moneys under the certificates
given to the subscribers TO the loan an
,horzed by this act, until said certificates
and interest thereon are fully paid. Sec
ond, the said trustees shall then make an
nual dividends and payments of said
money upon the bonds held by the sub
scrbers to the said loan, description
whereof shall have been filed with the
governor, as in tie ninth section of this
act mentioned, in proportion TO the amount
subscribed and paid towards the said loan
by the said holders of said bonds, until
said bonds and interest thereon are fully
paid.
Sec. II. The governor is hereby au
thorzed and empowered to appoint three
discreet aad skl(ul persons to 90 on TO
the jobs and lettings upon the canal, and
npprase the actual damage which the re-
spectiye contractors upon the said canal,
who now have legal and existing contracts
will sustain in being deprived Of the same.
In making the said appraisal nothing shall
be allowed for prospective damages, or
for the profits which contractors might
have made, had they finished their jobs,
but shall be allowed the value Of their ma
chinery upon the canal at the time the
work stopped, and back per centage and
scalage; which said appraisal shall be
final and conclusive unless appealed from.
II any person shall consider himself IL
grieved by The decision olsaid appraisers,
he may appeal from The same, any time
within thirty days, to the circuit cour, of
the county in which the job so apprai-
sei is situated, and the said court shall
then proceed to decide the same without
jury. If the governor shall be satisfied
that the appraisal is fair and honest, he
shall issue bonds TO the persons in whose
favor the appraisal shall be made, for the
amount, the holders of which bonds shall
be entitled to all the privileges conferred
by this act upon the other holders Of canal
bonds.
Sec. Is. This act shall go into effect,
and the said canal pronertv and assets
shall yes. i1 The said trustees, rs he,e.Dhc-
fcse caoied, whenever and as soon as ,hc
fall amount of tho said loan shall ho ~u5-
scrbsd for. and 'ha 'rue'oce elected as
ao,einbeiore provided and whom ,o,. oct