The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-10-05
LAWS q OHIO
THE CANAL Law.
mo. 220.1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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Making appropriations for the superintcudenoo and
repairs of the Public Works for the fiscal year
ending November Is, 1859, and providing for
leasing the same.
Section l. BE 1t enacted By the General Ass:np6ly
of the State Of Ohio, hat for the purpose OF leasing
the public works of said state they hereby di-
| vided into the following sections, to wit:
| Sec. No. one to embrace the Miami and Erie Ca
nal and all the side cuts feeders and reservoirs
nected Herewith, together with the lockhouses, col
lec;ors Offices, weighlocks, and leases of surplus
water therefrom, and all the water rents and priyi-
leges pertaining thereto, and Of land used IN cor
Sec No. tvs TO embrace the Muskingum Improve
mcnt Ohio Canal. the Hooking Canal, the Walhond-
ing Canal, and all the side cuts, feeders and reser-
voirs connected with said section. together with the
lockhouses collectors offices weghlocks, and leases
of surplus water herefrom, and all the water rents,
and privileges pertaining thereto, and of land used
| in connection Herewith.
| Sec. No, three TO embrace the Western Reserve
| and Maumee Road and all toll gates thereon.
All money derived from the leasing ofsaid sections,
to paid into the state treasury and form part OF
| the sinking fund
Sec g. Immediately after the passage of this act,
the Board public Works shall advertise said sections
to be let for the of five years, at public auction,
on the steps of the State House in the city of Co
lumbus between the hours of ten o'clock a. and
four clock p. m. of the day of letting, which day
shall be the fifteenth day of August next. Said ad-
yerisenent shall be published in two papers, print
ed and in general circulation in the cities OF Column
bus Cincinnati Toledo, Cleveland, GAINESVILLE and
DAYTON New Jrk, Roston, Philadelphia and Balti-
more which advertisements shall be continued in
the papers in which they may be inserted until the
time of letting at said public auction and shall de-
scribe the works to be let and the time and place
of letting the same, and the terms upon which said
lettings are 10 be made And the said Board OF Pub
lie Works on the said fifteenth day of August next,
between the hours of ten o'clock a. and four
O'Clock D. m of said day, at the place afore said,
shall proceed, 1T public auction, 10 10; each sec
tion for the aforesaid in the order herein set
| TO thp
of the tolls to be derived from ID section, shall bid
to pay the highest annual rent thereto, and who
shall give good security that he or they Will pay the
same promptly in semi-annual payments during
said Term and will keep the said section In good and
proper condition and repaid during said term, com
DIV with all the of his or their contract and al
the expiration thereof, will deliver up the same in
like rood condition as when received: Provided,
however, that railroad company or companies
shall in any manner become parties 10 said bids OF
interested therein and provided further that shall
he ,,naful for te-ic of any OF said
sections or their assigns, during the continuance OF
their leases of said sections to sell or assign helI
interest or any part thereof any railroad company
or Companies: and provided, further that section
one shall not be leased for less sum than forty
thousand dollars section two for Nc" less than heen
thousand dollars, section three Tor not less than
four hundred dollars; and provided that no one sec
ton shall be 30 let unless all said sections are et.
The security on section No.. l shall be in the sum OF
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, on section
No. two in the sum of cwo hundred ana nifty thous
ond d,lars and on section NO three ii the sum o
ten thousand dollars. The bonds shall be made tc
the State of Ohio ana be renewable every two years
or oftener if the board of public oIks shall think
the security at any time is insufficient: Provided
that no bid shall be received unless the person OF
persons making the same shall have nrst oepeslleo
with the auditor in money in stocks of the
State of Ohio, of the United States, The sum O
ton thousand dollars upon the conditions following
to witt That he or they will take lease of the sec
tion on which he or they ehall bid if it shall b
struck off to him them, and give security for th'
same. as herein provided, and in default thsreo
fhe security so deposited shall be absolutely anc
wholly forfeited to and become the money prop
ertv of the state Before the board of public works
shall sign and execute any lease by virtue of th
provisions of this act they shall require the bidde
or bidders to whom said lease was awarded, to max
and sign an affidavit setting forth the name or name
of such bidder and of all and every parson, directly
or indirectly interested in obtaining said lease and
If firm, setting forth the individual names Of tn
members of the same, and that neither bidder o
bidders, or any person in their behalf had or di
associate, confederate, coude OF combine with an.
person or persons directly in lirecy for the pur
pose of preventing competition in bidding for sai
lease, or in any way cheating or defraudns tbs Stat