The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1859-07-08

of letting at SAID public auction, and shall de-
scribe the works to be let, and the time and
place for letting the same, aud the terms VI pom
which said lettings are 20 be made, And the
said Board Public Works, on the said fif-
teenth day of August next between the hours,
Of ten o'clock n. M. aud four o'clock p. m. of
said day, at the place Aforesaid, shall proceed,
at public auction to let each section for the
term aforesaid, in the oder herein set forth.
to the person or persons who. in consideration
of the tolls to be delivered from said section,
shall bid TO pay the highest annual rent there
for. and who shall give good security that he
OF they will pay the same promptly in semi an.
nual payments during said term. and Will
keep said section in good and proper condi
ton and repair uurins said term, comply with
all the terms of his or their contract, aud at the
expiration thereo. will deliver up the same in
like good condition as when received: Provid-
ed however, that no railroad company or COM
panies shall in any manner become parties to
said bids or intere ted therein, and provided
further, thai il shall be unlawful for the lessee
or Lessee of any said sections, ar their assigns,
during the continuance of their leases Of said
sections TO sell or ASSIGN their interest or any
part thereof to any railroad company or com
panies: and provided, further. that section one
shall t be leased for less sum than forty
Thousand dollars, section two for notless Than
Il ftecn thousand dollars, section three for not
less than four hundred dollars and provided
that no one section shall he so let unless all
said sections are let. The security Oh section
No l shall be the sam of two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. an section No. in the
sum Vi two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, and on section No ia the sum of ten
thousand dollars. The bonds shall be made
to the State of Ohio, and be renewable every
Two years or oftener if the Board of Public
Works shall tlink the security at any time is
insufficient. Provided that no bid shall be re
ceived unless the person or personu mrking
the same shall have first deposited with the
auditor of state in money CT in stocks of the
State Of Ohio, or Of the United States, the
sum Of ten thousand dollars upon the condi-
ton following, to wit: That he or they will
take Il lease of the section on which he or
they shall bid if it be struck off to him or
them, aud give securit for the same as here
in p,ovided, and in default thereof The securi-
ty sodeposited shall be absolutely and Who'll
~ forfeited to and become the money of the
state. Before tho board Of public works shall
sign and execute any lease by virtue Of the
provision Of this act, they shall require the
bidder or bidders to whom said lease WAS a
warded, to make and sign an affidavit setting
lforh the nam or names of such bidder. and Of
all and every person. directly or indirectly IN
fterestad in obtaining said lease and. if firm,
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, bers OF the same, and that u9ither said bidder
| or bidders. or any person in their behalf, had
, or did associate confederate, collude or COM
, bine with an pers II or persons, directly OF
indirectly, for the purpose of preventing COM
petition in bidding for said lease, or in any
, way cheating or defrauding the State in OBJ
;, taing said lease Or the lease Of any other sec
ton let at he.same tme and further s.,tting
forth that said bidder or bidders did not and
have not, directly or indirectly, procured any
peIsOn or persons to withdraw any bid for the
purpose aforesaid and said effidavit shall oe
carefully preserved on file in the office Of the
board of public works. and if it shall at any
time thereafter appear that SAID affidavit was
: in any material respects false. it shall be
deemed and held sufficient cause for setting
aside any lease so made and holding the same
| as null and void and the person or persons
making such false and fraudulent affidavit,
. shall be deemed guilty of perjury, ard may
: be indicted and prosecuted therefor.
t Sec. 3. IL shaall be a part Of the agreement
belw ween the lessee or lessees and the tate
that the lessee or lessees Of any section or sec
tions of said public works shah pay the rent
,, aforesaid at the time and p zee specified IN his
or their lie sc. and shall faithfully fulfil. all the
legal contr cts and Covenants OF the Ntae for
lbe term aforesaid contained in the water leas-
, es on said section or sections, or IN leases ol
ground for lock house collectors afiices, and
, all legal contracts for new construction or re-
D hrs, aud all arrangements or agreements en-
tered into by the State Of Ohio, by act of the
Legislature or otherwise with any state or cor
poration or with the government OF the United
States, during the tenn Aforesaid, and shall at
all times when the season will permit. and
the ter is not nessafy drawn out OF SAID sec
tion or sections for repairs or new construction
or obstructed with ice, by reason OF some un'
forseen bre ks in some structure OF the public
works, or on account of scarcity OF water pro.
duced by drouth, keep the same in good and
proper condition and repair, and shall make
all necessary ana needtu repairs and re con
struction under the direction of the board oi
public works or engineer employed by the
State But no change of Ia or OF material
reauire, which shall make the work more ex
pensive than the old plan or materials used
and all such repairs shall be made at the time
determn ned by said board, and the lessee o.
lessees Of any section or sections shall permit
all persons to navigate said canals and I'M
provements, and travel on said road making
no distinction N tolls charged or in privileges
granted, ID favor Of any person or company
but no person OF company shall be permitted
to use any steam pow,r on any OF SAID canals
without the consent of the lessee or lessees, ol
their successors or assigns. aud the rates o
toll upon ali articles transported u on said pub
lie W rks or any part thereof, or travel upor
said road shall not upon any article exceed thu
last published rates of State for 1859 ano
which took effect prior to the passage of this
act, and if the lessee or lessees do not full
ali the covenants contained in their respective
leases; the same may be forfeited at the optiooi
of the board of public works. In case salt
board shall declare any section forfeited as a
foresaid, they shall cause an entry to that effec
to be made upon the journal of their proceed
ings, and shall Immediately notify, in writing
tbe lessee or lessees of such section of their ac
tion, and sh II also in said notice separated,
aud distinctly specify the grounds upon whicl
such forfeiture is declared, and shall in all suc
cases the action Of said board shall be fna
unless within six days after the service Of sai
notice, the id lessee or lessees shall file il
the Office of said board or with any membe
otherwise taking issue upon the charges 6
made by said boart in the whole or in part
And upon filing of said protest, the board {