Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-04-15
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An ACT
BY AUTHoRIrY.

AN ACT
To provide for the more efficient and expedi-
tious completion of the New State House.
and to repeal the act to provide for the eree-
tIon of New State House, passed eeOtu-
ary twenty.irst, one thousand eight nun
dred and forty-.ix, and all amendments
thereof
SEc.I- Behenaeted 6y he General .4aern-
~ of the SLATE of Ohio. I hat the ACT entliled
an act to provide for the erection OF New
State House. passed February twenty first one
thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and all
amendments thereto, and all laws upon that
subject, be and the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. That there shall be appointed oy me
Governor of the State OF Ohio, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate. three
commissioners, to be denominated the new
State House Commissioners, under whose d.
rection the work upon the new state house in
the city of Columbus, shall be continued and
prosecuted, under the plan and specifications
accompanying the report Of the commissioners
acting under joint resolution of the General
Assembly, for the session Of the years one thou
sand eight hundred and forty three and one
thousand eight hundred and forty-four; ProvI-
ded. that said commissioners may adopt such
notifications have been made IN SAID pan
by their predecessors. and may also make suen
changes in the detail of said plan, during tne
progress OF the work, as they may think proper;
.ucb rb.nges and alterations not to increase
the ,ogregste eozt of the erection Of said state
house.
Sec. 3. The commissioners aforesaid shall
hold their Office for the term Of two years, un-
lees the new state house shall be sooner com
pleted, They shall take oath or afhrma-
lion. TO faithfully and diligently discharge the
duties required BY this act and if any Vaean-
ey shall occur in said commission, the vacancy
shall be filed by appointment, by the Governor.
See. 4. That If shall be the duty Of the rom
missioners, so soon after their appointment as
they NAV deem expedient. to elect from their
own body, a president and secretary. Ihe
president shall, when present, preside at all
meetings of the board, and shall sign all oihclal
documents; the secretary shall keep iuil and
true record of all the proceedings, and an &C
count of all money and labor appropriated and
expended, an account Of the expenses OF each
commissioner, the name and compensation OF
each agent by them employed, or under their
control, the kind Of service performed, ihe 10
tai amount expended during the last fiscal year,
und. annually, BY the fifteenth day Of Decem-
Der, report the same tn the Governor; and IN
addition 10 the foregoing. they are required to
set forth, in the said annual report, the total
amount of cost of the said state house, up to
the time OF making such report. And it shall
be the duty OF the Governor to lay the same
before the next General Assembly in session.
The treasurer shall take duplicate receipts, one
of which shall be retained by him, and the
other shall be deposited at the close OF the hs
cal year, with The auditor Of State.
Sec S. The said commissioners shall have
power to appoint superintendent, chIteef,
clerk and all other agents necessary Tor the sue
eessful prosecution of the work committed to
their charge, who shall be paid reasonabl
compensation fortheir services, out OF the State
House fund. The superintendent, architect,
and all other agents, shall hold their appoint
ment at the pleasure of the commissioners,
majority of the hoard concurring therein
The superintendent shall take en- oath or at1r-
nation 70 discharge the duties assigned him
faithfully and diligently, and shall, under the
direction of the commissioners, contract Tor
and procure all the materials proper for the
construction of the new state house; he shall,
in like manner, contract for all labor and
workmanship, necessary for the same. except
ing such as may be furnished by the Ohio Penl-
Tertiary, under the provisions of this act he
shall superintend the erection of said work,
and inspecf all materials and workmanship, so
as to secure to the state building Of durable
and substantial character; he shall certify to all
accounts for labor done, or for materials fur
nisbed. which accounts shall be countersigned
by the secretary, and paid by the treasurer
Sec e. That all moneys in any way appro-
priated for this purpose, shall be drawn IRON
the treasury by the warrant Of the auditor OF
state, payable TO the order of said commission
ers, signed by the president and countersigned
by the Sc ,retary, which money, so drawn, shall
be deposited with the treasurer Of state, who
is hereby constituted treasurer OF the state
house fund.
Sec. 7. That it is hereby made the duty OF
fhe warden and directors of The Ohio Penlten-
tiary, to place at the disposal OF the eommls-
sioners of the new state house, all the convict
labor of the prisoners that can be advantageous
ly employed, and that can be spared from the
ordinary work of the prison which labor shall
be appropriated as the commissioners may d.
rect, but under the control and supervision of
the warden of the penitentiary; and the said
commissioners are hereby authorized and en-
powered to select from any new conviets, as
they arrive at the penitentiary, such persons
as in their opinion can be most advantageous
ly to the interest of the State, employed upon
the new state house until its completion.
Sec. g. That all stone necessary for the com
pletion of said state house, may be taken from
the State uuarries; and that the state railroad
from said auarries TO the city Of Columbus shall
be free for the transportation of all material
which may be required as aforesaid.
Sec. 9. That said commissioners, a maturity
of whom shall always constitute a board capa
bic of doing business, shall have full power to
contract and be contracted with, which con-
tracts shall be in the name of the board of COM
missioners, for the benefit of the state. That
the said commissioners are required and dI-
rected TO provide soon as practicable, for
the furnishing of two rooms in the new state
house, for the purpose of holding the sessions of
the General Assembly.
JAMES c. JOHNSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
w. MEDIIL,
President of the Senate.
March Is, 1852.
AN ACT