Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-13
Mo- AGREEMENT

, -SwAMP LAND DISTRICT rms Agreement Tn de and entered into this day of A. D. IS between- pnrt-of inc nrst part: and The State of Arkansas acting by and | through --an Engineer, under the authority and instructions ot the Governor of said State party of the second part Witnesseh; That in consideration of the agreement the part of the said State hcrenuf ter contained. the said part-of the first part do hereby agree with the said State that-wiIl iIl---- wmch---- so agreed to be made and constructed and done shall be of the description and dimensions and made and constructed in the manner following. nat Is to y-----and that said --so here by agreed to be made. done and constructed shall be entirely 11 completed and finished on before the all work done will be forfeited
 Ahd It IS further agreed, that in the construction of the said work the following specifications shall be observed as part of this agreement, that is say st. All trees, brushwood. logs and other rtrish- able material. shall be removed from off the surface of the ground to be occupied by the embankment or 'eVee' so as not to nlure the adjoining land. All ~tnmlS shall be cut off close to the ground. The clearing shall be sufficiently wide on either side of the center ne Of location to clear the berme banks
 2d. The embankment, or levce, shall have the fol- lo"lng dimensions. viz; For every foot in height one loot wdc on top and in addition seven feet base ne einDanknent shall at least thrt inches above overflow berme bank. six feet wide on eli her side of the base of the embankment shall in all cases be preserved; and the berme bank slope shall cut con- iorlhlole with the slope of the embankment. Earth benches each one hundred feet apart on the river side of the cmbankment. shall be left standing at lght angles with the center line of location connect ing with the berme bank to prevent the abrasure of the emhankment, by the flow of water at times of flood.
 3d. All material which will when routed leave con duiI les' or winch retain water or upon which frost acts, oy heavlng shall be removed from the base.
 4th. W here the evee crosses county or neighbor- hood roads, crossing shall be made of earth fifteen feet wide on top sloping uniformly at right angles from the center of the evee. on either side a distance seven unes greater than the height of the levee | Shlll hfl alg ,t.l. water falling upon it will run off on either side and sand crossing shall have uniform side slopes extend ing out on each side foot for each foot in height ana the same shall be paid for at the regular contract price.
 5th. All work shall be measured in embankment: and m no case shall shrnkage or wastape he allowed
 oth- Intermediate estimates contracts for work less than seven feet deep will not be reported for pay ment unless there is quarter of a mile of emhank- ment completed, except the contract is made for work less than quarter of mile which will be reported when completed. Estimates or reports will be made on the construction of entertainments over seven feet deep for each completed section of six hundred nea feet
 fth The engineer reserves the right to change the
 lne of location whenever he shall deem it to the in terest of the State to do before during the pro- gress ot the work; he will also, from time to time give such directions during the progress of the work as may appear to him necessary and proper in order to make the work complete and perfect on the plan contSemP'ated in the foregoing specifications. l part - of the first part; that --- shall be pald Dy the State of Arkansas for said work. when completed and received. the following prices that is to say: twenty cents per cubic yard, where the same shall be constructed through tmbered land and the sum of fifteen cents per cubic yard where the same shall be made through cleared and such payments to be made only according and upon the conditions of the act of Assembly, in that behalf provided ap proved the 18th of January 1S57 in specie obtained | rom the sales of the Swamp and Overfowed Lands situate Tn the limits of the said - Swamp Land District as established and defined by existing laws upon warrants issued by the Auditor, when there shall be sufficient amount of the funds of said dis
 Tict in the treasury for tha purpose; and payment shall not be made out any other lands or out of any other fund whatever; and the State shall not be
 able to pay for said work until there shall be in the Hate reaSnry sufficient sum of specie, which shall have heen obtained by the sales of swamp and over
 flowed lands situated in said district to meet and dis charge the contract price for such work in the order and manner required by the act of Assembly afore sad approved 18th January 1851: and which act is
 incorporated herein and declared part hereof and the swamp and overhowed lands outside of said -
 district. shall not in any manner whatever. or the proceeds thereof be rendered liable for any work that may shall be done in said district: and when ccr tfcae shall be granted by the Auditor according to
 the provisions of the second section of the said act of Assembly; 1t shall bear interest and shall be paid as therein provided, and not otherwise on any ac- | count whatever.
 IaTeStimOny whereof, The names of the par
 ties of the first and second part have been hereto sub scribed, the day and year first above written | The above agreement, approved, this - day of