The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-02-24
NUMBER Al.

land, in both of said Offices. Upon
the receipt of any contract for work
upon any of said roads, it shall be tho
duty of the State Treasurer, or the
Commissioner of the State Land Office,
as the case may be, to lay the same
before the Governor for his approval;
and if approved, such approval shall
be endorsed upon the contract, and the
same shall thereupon become valid,
and be placed on file, as hereinbefore
provided. If the Governor do not app
prove such contract, he shall endorse
his disapproval thereon, wbereupon the
same shall be void, and be Immediately
returned to the Commissioner from
whom it was received. Such contracts
shall, in all cases, be let to the lowest
responsible bidder for such work; and
good security, in the discretion of the
Commissioners and Governor, shall be
given for the faithful performance of
the work.
Sec. s. Every such contract shall
contain description of the lan6 COW
cred by the same, the distance said
road is to be constructed over dry, wet
or swamp lands, the number, dimen-
sions and construction Of sluices and
bridges, and width of road-bed, of
clearing and of grubbing, and provis-
ions requiring bitches on each side of
said road sufficient to carry off the
surface water, and ample side drains,
wherever the same are necessary, and
that over all low or wet lands the gra.
ding shall be of sufficient height to
form dry round-bed, and the. Com
missioners shall cause true survey of
the route of any such road through any
county to be filed and recorded in the
Office of the Register of Deeds thereof.
Sec. 9. Upon the completion of all
the work by any contract required to
be done on any of said roads, it shall
be the duty of the Commissioners for
said road officially to certify to such
completion, which certificate shall state
that the terms of such contract have
been fully and faithfully complied with,
and shall be verified by the oath of said
Commissioners, or a majority of them
and upon the presentation Of such cer-
tifcate, and the release of his or their
contract, if payable in money, it shall
be the duty of the State Treasurer to
pay the same, or the amount due there
on, from any money in the treasury APP
plicable to the construction of said
road; and if payable in land, it shall
be the duty of the Commissioner Of
the State Land Office, upon like release,
| to cause to be issued from the proper
department patents for the lands which
shall be selected, and applicable to such
contract by the provisions of this act:
Provided, That before any such pay
ment either IN land or money shall he
made, it shall be competent for the
Governor, and he may at his discretion
appoint also special Commissioner to
examine and certify on oath to the COM
pletion and fulfllment of any contract,
or the progress made towards such
completion, upon any of said roads.
and in case such special Commission
ers shall be appointed, no paymert
shall be made exceptupon his additional
certificate of completion, as aforesaid.
/ Sec. 10. The compensation of said
Commissioners, shall be three dollars
per day for the time actually employed
in the discharge of their duties under
this act, anu all accounts for such SER
vices shall be certified by the two Com
missioners not interested therein, and
verified by the oath Of the Commits
sioner claiming pay for such service,
and when so certified, sworn to and
allowed by the Board of State Au-
ditors, it shall be the duty of the State
Treasurer, to pay the same, upon the
warrant of the Auditor General, out OF
any money applicable to the road, for
or upon which such services shall have
been rendered. And it shall be the
! duty of the State Treasurer to pay ac-
counts for the necessary surveys OF
!, said roads, such accounts to be certified
. and allowed as hereinbefore provided,
: in case of services rendered by said
g Commissioners.
Sec. IL. No money shall be applied
e in the survey of such routes, the acqui
sition of the right of way, the pay
/ ment of any services or expenses, or il
n the construction and opening of sucl
e roads, or any of them, out of any 9th
0 er State fund except that derives from
y the sales of swamp lands, or the land
0 themselves, and this provision shall ais,
!, be embodied in all such contracts i
, being the determination Of the Legis
:, Iislature never to charge any part of th
e costs of such railroads upon the ordin
It ary revenues of the State. -
e Sec. 12. Of the proceeds of sal,
4 swamp lands hereafter to accrue, ther
|, is hereby appropriated an amennt coma
:. to one hundred thousand acres at tn
!, minimum price as fixed by law, or Ian,
= to that amount for the benefit of tn
: organized counties of the Lower Pen
= insula, to be expended in draining an,
= reclaiming said lands, by means of le
i wees and bitches which sum is hereb
= placed under the direction be draw
ri from the treasurcy from time to tim
+ and shall be applied to that purpose i
. such localities and under such rules an
e regulations as they may prescribe; an
d every contract under this section slla
e be signed by the contractor with {
a least two good and sufficient sureties {
I, be approved by the board, and shall b
70 filed in the Office of the State Treasu