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AN ACT

No. Is
Defining the Powers and Prescribing The Duties
of The Board of Public Works.
Sec. |. Be il enacted by the General Assem-.
bly, of the Suite Of Ohio, That the Term Of of.
flee Of the members of the board of Public
Works. elected on The second Tuesday of DC.
IOber last, shall commence on the sixteenth day
Of February. one thousand eight hundred and
fiGy.iwo; and said members shall hold their of.
icea, respectively, until their successors shall be
elected and qualified; and he term Of off e of
the member OF The said board who shall be elect.
ed hereafter, annually, shall commence on the
sixteenth day oil February, next after said eIec.
lion.
Sec 2. The members Of said board shall each
take an oath or affirmation, 10 support The con.
sIiIuIOn OF The Unlled States and of The State of
Ohio, aud honestly and impauially TO discharge
the duties OF The office and shall also give bnnd,
with good and sufficient security, to be approved
by the Governor, in the penal sum Oi no, less
than thirty thousand dollars. conditioned for the
faithful and honest dischTge of The various
duIies Of his Office, and for The faithful paving
over Of all money which may come mo his
HANDS. according 10 law, which bonds, with the
approval oi the Governor endorsed thereon,
shall be filed with the treasurer Of SIate.
Sec. 8, The members Of The said board shall
designate one Of their number TO acl as presi.
dent of said board, who, in addition 10 his du.
lies as acting commissioner, shall perform such
duties as are ur shall be, required by law of The
president of the said board. ..aa
Sec. 4. That said board shall divide the pub.
lie works OF this State, as near equally as they
NAV deem pracICable, into three dlslrlc,s, which
districts may be designated by such nsme as The
board -hal deem proper; and the commission.
ers shall each take charge Of such one of said
said districts. as may BIZ assigned TO him by saio
board, and be responsible Ior The due and faith.
Iul administration Of The affairs of the disIric.
under his particular charge.
Sec. s. hat payments Of every kind and de.
scripton, made by enher OF said acting commits.
sioners, shall be by check drawn to the order of
The payee. on The treasurer OF slate, and not OH
erwse and whenever payment is intended 10
be made Tor any work performed, OF materials
for the same found, in constructing OF making
repairs, whether the same be by contract. or by
any superintendent or agent OF said board, the
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MED with certificate OF the experimenting en-.
gineer. which certificate shall name The person
or persons 10 whom there is Indebtedness, with
a statement OF The particular work. whether By
contract or otherwise, and the value thereof
The check and certificate shall bs registered IN
books, one to be kept by the engineers, and one
TO be kept by the commissioners, and The fact
of the check being registered by The engineer.
shall, in all cases, be endorsed on lhs back OF
'he check, aud signed by hun officially nor
shall any greater SUN be placed 10 The sia.e treas
ury subject 10 The unreslucled check OF either
Of SAID acllng commissioners, IN any one year
Than shall be necessary 10 pay the salaries ol en-.
gIneers aud asst sislanls. aud other ORDINARY inc
denIal expenses; nor shall Ihe amount nj any
ons, line. 50 placed 10 The cEedH Of eilhof ut
said acting commissioners, exceed five thousand
dollars, which sun shall pe fully accounted for