M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-06-16
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker Of the House of representatives.
MARTIN WELhER,
President Of tic Senate.
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April 2, 1859.
AN ACT

mo. 1911 AN ACT
Prouling for the Relief of the Surviving
Lasse,s OF the National Road, and Tor lu'
ture management of said Road.
Whereas, Slmuel Doyle and Samuel Fos'
ter, WHO are now solely interested as IeSsces
OF the national Road, under the l'asa there
Of nude by the bolrl OF public works, Oh the
9Oth day Of May, 1854, Tor the period Of ten
wears from ami alter the fist day OF Junt,
1854. to the said Doyle and Foster and 10.
seph Cooper, having by taelr memorial Pc
litioned to be discharged from tleir cove
'n,nts in said lease contained, an TO BE- al
loved to surrender said road 10 the state on
eouitabe terms: or that the general assembly
shall by enactment carry out Inc modllicatloh
of said lease US made by the board OF pubic
works on the 18th day of February A. u,
1856. and protect the interests of the lessees
I in TN, collection Of tolls; Aud, Whereas, the
relief asked Tor by said Doyle and Foster hav-
ing been petiioned Tor by numerous citizens
of the state, living near and Interested IN
said road, it appears 10 the general assembly
Just and proper that some reIlel should pe
granted to said lessees; therefore.
Section l. BE il enacted By hc GtneraL
Ass,mJb of The STATE Of OhiO, That on and
after the first day ofJune, 1859, lie board OF
public works shall take charge OF, control
and keep in repair the national road, passing
through the state of Ohio, and The lessees oI
said road are hereby released from all oblga-
tien in that behrlf from and after the said lst
day Of June, 1859; Provided, that the care
and control of the said road, as above d.
rcted, shall be taken By the board oI pubic
works only upon condition that the SAID ROAD
be in like good condition as when reC'Neu
by the said Iessees, and on taking the care
and control of said road as aforesaid, saii
board of public works shall forthwith seisct
one person, the said lessees one, ana Nh!l
two a third, who shall proceed at once 10
examine. appraise, and report upon oaH. "
the board OF public works, the value o' tlIe
metals provided BY sail lessees tor repairs
thereon. said road in excess OF the metal re-
ceiyed ~ the said lessees when they 'ooA
chsrge of the road under their lease ana IN
The settlement of the account between sail
legsees and the State, the board oil pup'lC
work; shall allow to lessees the apPtdiSeu
value OF said excess of meal, and snill iur-
ther allow to them an amount equal TO tue
tolls which they would have been entitled 10
receive on coaches and other vehicles carry
ING the mail on said road. but for the exemp-
tion of such coaches and vehicles from Tue
payment of tolls under the compact between
the state of Ohio and the Untee States slld
amount to be ascertained by The board o'
public works, and for any balance wllch
shall be found due to said lessees, after de-
ducting the amount due from them to the
stale under said CONTRACTOR lease, the salu
board of public works shall draw their dra'i
upon the Auditor OF State in laNor OF SAID
lessees. and the same shall be paid on the
warrant of said Auditor, and Of any money
in the treasury for general revenue purposes
not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 9, That on such settlement beng
made and the balance if any, due the state