The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-13
The Appropriation Bill.

The bill providing for the expenses OF Gov
ernment, which passed the late Legislature, ap-
propriates over four millions of dollars. We
are indebted to JOHN NJ. RBERMAN, Esq, for
pamphlet copy of the bill, and select from it the
following in which the citizens of Cambria are
most interested.
For the support of the Common Schools OF
the State, two hundred thousand dollars.
For the Repair department of the Allegheny
Portage Railroad for the year ending December
| l, 1852, 1886, 0OO
For the same, to pay debts contracted for Re-
pairs previous to December /, 1850, S2,O23 o.
For the same, to pay debts contracted for Re
pairs for the year ending December /, 1851,
S3S, 106 90.
For expenses for Motive Power on the Allie
gheny Portage Railroad, for the year ending
December !, 1852, S1S9,O0O, and 900 in
addition for running night line, if it should be
deemed expedient by the Canal Commissioners
to meet the demands of travel to run such q
train.
For expenses of motive power debts contrac-
ted during the years 1850 and 81 on the Por-
tage Railroad, So, ,635 OF.
For expenses of motive power from December
l, 1852, to April l, 1858, on the Portage Rail-
road $40, 900.
Showing the entire amount appropriated to
the Repair Department of the Portage road
until the 1st December uext $40, l3O AZ to
the Motive Power department until the lst April
next, $685. OF in all 1882, 765 A.
For the completion of the Western Reservoir,
$4,000: Provided, That before any of said
appropriation be drawn from the Treasury, the
contractors shall bind themselves to have the
work completed by January l, 1858.
The following important section is contained
in the Bill, and makes provision for the cash
system after June l, 1852:
SECTION "a. That from and after the first day
of June next, no officer on the public works
shall be allowed to contract debt against the
Commonwealth for any purpose whatever, except
in cases of breaches or damages by fire but all
the materials purchased for the use ofsaid works
shall be paid for in cash at the time of the de-
livery of such materials, and the laborers, agents,
and subordinates employed by said officers,
shall be paid in full at the end of each month
if the appropriation made by this act, for the
repair of damage by food or fire. should not be
sufficient for that purpose, the State Treasurer
is hereby authorized to pay out of any money
in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated,
such further sum as the the Governor, Auditor
General, State Treasurer, and Canal Commis-
sioners, may deem necessary to complete such
repair and it shall be the duty of the super
intendents on the Philadelphia and Columbia
and Allegheny Portage railroads, and the
pervisors on the several divisions of the canals,
at the close of each month, after the expiration
of the above period to make out and transmit
to the Canal Commissioners and Auditor Gener-
al detailed statement of their respective ac-
counts showing the amount of money disbursed,
the number and names of the laborers, agents,
and subcrdinates employed, the number of days
work performed anu the amount paid each, the
kind and quantity of materi1l purchased, the
price paid and the name of the person or persons
from whom purchased and it shall be the duty
of the Auditor General to cause a cond nsed
abstract from said accounts to be published for
two weeks, in at least one weekly newspaper on
the proper line or division, which abstract shall
exhibit the average daily pay for labor, and the
detailed price paid for the different kinds of
lnaleTlalS Oh Salu DIVISIONS respectively, Win
the names of the persons from whom pur chased
the kind Of material and the price paid there
for : ProUided, that no purchase of smaller
amount than ten dollars shall be published as
aforesaid.
To the New Portage Road, 100000 are ap-
requiring double track to be made
from Plane, No. to the intersection with the
present road below Plane, No. 2 to the straight
ening of the road and laying the north track
with heavy I rail, on the long level from below
Plane No. 2 to the viaduct a new survey to be
made from Plane No. to Hollidaysburg W. !
Minor Roberts and Edward F. Gay, Esqrs. to
assist Robert FAIRIES, in locating the road. This
section was published in our paper of April
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The Young Men of the Age.
Not long since we saw tear gathering in the
eye of old man. as he spoke of the past and
the present-of the time when he burned pine