The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-17


day Of February, next after the election.
SEC. g. The members of SAID board
shall each take an oath or affirmation, to
support the constitution of the United
States and Of the State of Ohio, and nom
estly and impartially discharge the duties
Of the office; and shall also give bond,
with good and sufficient security, to be
approved by the Governor, in the penal
sum of not less than thirty thousand dol
lars, conditioned for the faithful and hon
est discharge of the duties of his Office,
and for the faithful paying over of all mo-
ney which may conn into his hands, ac-
cording to law, which bonds, with the ap-
proval of the Governor endorsed thereon,
shall be filed with the treasurer of state.
SEC. 3. The members of the said
shall designate one of their number to
act as president of said board, who, in adj
dition to his duties as acting commissioner,
shall perform such duties as are, or shall
be, required by law of the president of the
said board.
Sec. 4 That said boarl shall divide
the public works of this State, as near
equally at they may deem practicable, in
to three districts, which districts may be
designated by such name as the board shall
deem proper; and the commissioners shall
each take charge of such one of said dis
tricts as may be assigned to him by said
board, and be responsible for the due and
faithful administration of the affairs of
the district under his particular charge.
Sec. 5. That payments of every kind
and description, made by either of said
acting commissioners, shall be by check
drawn to the order of the payee, on the
treasurer of state, and not otherwise;
and whenever payment is intended to be
made for any work performed, or materials
for the same found, in constructing or ma
king repairs, whether the same be by con-
tract, or by any superintendent or agent
of said board, the check of the commits
sioners shall be accompanied with a GER
tifcate of the experimenting engineer,
which certificate shall name the person
or persons to whom there is Indebtedness
with a statement of the particular work
whether by contract or otherwise, and the
value thereof; the check and certiti
cate shall be registered in books, one to be
kept by the engineers, and one to be kept
by tie commissioners, and the fact of the
check being registered by the engineer,
shall, in all cases, be endorsed on the back
of the check, and signed by him officially;
nor shall any greater sum be placed in the
state treasury subjected to the unrestrict-
ed check of either of said acting commits
%sioners, in any one year, than shall be ne
cessary to pay the salaries of engineers
and assistants, and other ordinary incl
dental expenses; nor shall the amount at
any one time, so placed to the credit of
either Of said acting commissioners, ex-
coed FIVE thousand dollars, which sum
shall be fully accounted for By said com-
missioners, to the board, before a new re-
QUESTION shall be made.
Sec. g.. Collectors of Canal tolls shall
be appointed for such term as the board
of public works shall deem expedient, not
exceeding three years but any collector
shall be subject to be removed at any
time during the term for which he shall
have been appointed, for malfeasenoe in
office, or for neglect of duty, whenever
the acting commissioner having charge
Of that part of the canal on which the
office Of such collector is situated, shall
believe the public interest requires such
removal, or when the provisions Of the
law shall require the same; such collec-
tors shall in addition to their duties as col
lectors Of tolls, collect all water rents due
the State, or hereafter to become due, and
make return Of such collections, and pay
over moneys thus collected, in the same
manner and at the same time they are by
law required to make return of, and pay
over, the tolls by them collected; and it is
hereby made the duty of the auditor of
state to furnish to each collector copies
of all leases Of water power on which
such collector is required to collect rents,
with a statement showing the amount due
and all other matters necessary to enable
such collector to make such collections;
and such collectors shall receive for such
services such per centage on the amount
collected as shall be determined by said
board.
Sec. 7. In case of the removal of any
collector, as provided in the preceding
section, the member of the board by
whom such removal shall have been
made, and may appoint some other
suitable person to such vacant office, who
shall hold such appointments until the end
of the next meeting of the board, unless
removed ashereiubefore provided.
Sec. 8. The board of public works
shall fix the salary of the resident engi-
neers appointed by said board. The APP
pointment of the resident engineers by
said board shall be for such term as said
board shall deem expedient, notexceeding
three years; which said resident engi-
neer shall be subject to removal at any
time during the term for which he shall
have been appointed, for malfeasance in
office, or for neglect of duty, whenever
the acting commissioner fhaving charge of
that portion of the public works upon
which said ~engineeri is appointed, shall be-
lieve the public interest requires such re-
moval, or when the provisions of the law
shall require the same. They shall have
power, and are hereby authorized to com-
promise with persons owing water rents
to the State, in all cases when in the opin-
ion of said board the whole amount due
cannot be collected.
Sec. 9. The board ofpublic works are
hereby authorized and required to make
an examination of the leases of water pow
er upon or connected with any of the pub
lie works of this State, made byany Of the
lawful agents of this State, in cases where