Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-06
AGREEMENT.

rL: -SwAMP LAND DISTRICT
 ms Agreement made and entered into this f,St 1"y U! A. r, D' IS ,between- part-of the through---an Engineer. under ina auth2r;t anI ard INSTRUCTIONS ot the Governor of said State. marty of te second part Witnesseth; That in consideration of te on the part of the said State hercnaf ter contained, the said part-of the first Iart do
 hereby agree with the said State that-willN,
 "lnci i so agreed to be made and constructed ana dohe snail be of the description and dimensions anu mace and constructed in the manner following that Is to y--------and that said--so here, by agreed to be made done and constructed sbaIi b ehurey completed and finished on or before the oay or IA. D. Is and if not then oo,nnlcted all work done will be forfeited f'
 And it is further agreed that in tba construction, o1 the said work, the folowno spti fc,tons shon h ooSI Nea as part ot this agreement that is to say:
 ist. All trees, brushwood loes and other naarish ape iiatea shall be moved from off the surface or the ground to be occupied by the ernbankment ar levee so as not to iniure the adioning land Ali siumPs shall Do cut of close to the ground. The cealng shall be sufficiently wide on either side of the center III me or location 10 clear the bermo banks
 zo' ne eInbankmtnt, or leveo shall have she fol- io"lng dimensions, viz For every foot in heipbt. @ one loot wde on top and in addition seven feet base ne ehpahkment shall te ut least thilty inches above overhoW berlnc bank, six feet wide on either sife r Vl pa~c oi the embark kmcnt, shall in all cases be preserved; and the hermc bank slope shall ecut con- Iof1hiple with the slope of the embankment Earth benches. each one hundred feet apart on the river nne oi the ehinanknent, shall be left standing at
 ght angles with the center line of location connno
 S "lii the pefne bank to prevent the abrasrre of flood " ""toi' "V Vlii'VS oi
 .d. A Il material which will hen routed leave con duit plpes which retain water or unon ,,li{ t. acts, by heaving shall be removed from inc basa
 7'H Iere the icvee cro ;scs couiitv or searhbor nood r2"ds crossing shall be made of sausf,ssfan stG. "'e oh top, Slopng uniformly at right ahges from tile center of the levee on either i5 . Hto greater he Iait 2
 when crosSg shall be elevated in the center tbnt "ater ing 7pon it will run off on either .iic. onI ;rI rr'sslhg sha! have uniform side slopes extend
 Ing out on each -de one foot for each foot in Ls;Lt anu the same shall be paid for at the reoular 1 price. W 0s''-'i eoll'i''e' 1 5th. All work shall be measured in enbanlnart ana Ill no case shall shrnkage wastage be allowed oth. Intermediate estimates on contracts fr r.orh less than seven feet deep will not be renorted fer
 menu unless there IS quarter of mile of ernbant
 ,eht completed except the contract is made for worl
 e9S Ihah quarter of mile, which will be reported when completed. Estimates or rcr,rts win he ,,a1 on the construction of elnbankments over seven fn l feet Y N i'uii'"eu Hiea 'th, he engineer reserves the right to change the Ihle o1 location whenever he shall decrn if to tb in terest of the State to do so before or dnrnr tb nr
 Press of the work; he will also from time to time elve such directions during the progress of the work
 aS may appear to him necessary and proper, in orle | to make the work complete and nerfact on tLa ,lo, contemplated in the foregoing specifications.
 ot' And the said State agrees to and with the sai, , par, of the first part: that ---- shall b. l Pad oy tho State of Arkansas for said work. wbe, competed and received the following prices that t stN' twenty cents per cubic vard where the sam slal pe constructed through timbered land. and in % sum CT Ihteen cents per cubic yard where the sam SHail DC made through cleared land, such payment lo ,e made only according to and upon the condition oi the act ot Assembly. in that behalf provided an proved Inc 18th of January ls57 in srecie obtainf rom the sales of the Swamp and Overfoved Lands Sltu"te Tn the limits of the said - Swann Ian, District as established and defined by existing laws | uP"n warrants issued hy the Auditor when thor s"' uc ~ Sullcltnt amount of the funds of said dis i,',; III te treasury for that purpose: and pavmen Sn'Il not pc made out of any other lands or ont n m"S "'her fud whatever: and the State shall not In ipe '" pay for said work. until there shall be in b Sth'e reasury sufficient sum of specie which sbal nave heen obtained by the sales of swamp and oyer Ho"ed nhds S1aed in said district to me, and Chs charge The contract price for such work in the or1c and manner required by the act of Assembly af re said apl roved 18th January. 1857: and which act i incorporated herein and declared part hereof and tb swamp and overtowed lands outside of said -
 dlstnet. shall not in any manner whatever or tbr proceeds thereof be rendered liable for any worb tba may or shall he done in said district and when cer uhcate shall he granted by the Auditor according tc lhe provisions of ,he second section of the said act Assembly, 1t shall bear no interest and shall be paif as therein prooide1 and not otherwise. on any nc count whatever " In nTest,mORy whereof. The names of tbe nor tcs ot the first and second part have been heree sb senbed, the day and year first above written.