M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-06-30

end Of the year aforesaid.
Sec b. There is hereby Appropriated out
of any money in the treasury, not otherwise
appropriated, for the first three fouths of
the fisca! year, ending Nov. 18th. 1859 tho
several sums Of money hereinafter named. or
so much thereof as may be necessary for the
several purposes indicated. On division
number one to be paid out on the check of
hbner Il. Bickus, acting commissioner for
construction, superntendeuce and repairs.
sixty-siA thousand dollars; for building and
repairing wooden locks, ten thousand dollars.
for payment for work on Independence Dam.
fiVe thousand dollars. 0ndifisiDn nunfbe
two, TO be paid out on the check of John
Waddle, acting commissioner For building
guard bank above Paint creek acqueduct. six
hundred and fifty dollars; for building guard
bank at Athens, according to instruction of
joint resolution oil general assembly, seven
hundred dollars; for payment OF damages TO
Dennis McCarty & Co., under Joint resoln-
tion Of general assembly; three thousand dol.
lars, TO be paid out of appropriation to COM
pete the Lancaster side cut, made April 4
lS57which appropriation is hereby renewed,
and continued for this purpose; for the pay
ment OF the states proportion toward build
ing bridge over Walnut creek, at Lockburn.
fifteen hundred dollars, and when said BRIDGE
e built, the same shall be used by the state
for towing path purposes free O toll; for con.
structlon, superlntendence and repairs, f(ty:
lOur thousand, one hundred and seventy five
dollars. On division number three. 10 he
paid out on the check OF Jno. L. Marti act.
ing commissioner: For the payment of re.
pairs under contract, eleven thousand ooe
hundred and ten dollars; for payment of
balance due on boats, tools and materials
taken from contractors, one thousand nine
hundred aud lilty-dollars; for superinten-
dence, construction and repairs, sixty -one
thousand dollars; Tor payment of outstanding
checks for superlntendence and repairs drawn
beyond former appropriations, one thousand
nine hundred and ninety five dollars AMI
twenty one cents; for general expenses, not
included IN superintendence and repairs, the
following sums are hereby ordered to be paid
III addition 10 the amount before stated. for
payment OF claims found due and settled by
the board Of public works, one thousand dol.
lars; for payment Of attorneys fees and incl
dental expenses, eighteen hundred dollars:
for payment OF salaries olresident engineers
seven thousand, five hundred dollars: for
payment of salaries Of members of the board
Of public works, four thousand five hundred
dollars; lor payment of outstanding checks
on claims Tor labor done previous to Novem-
Der 10Th, 1853, on division No. one, seven
thousand dollars; for payment of outstanding
checks for labor on division No. two. five
thousand five hundred anil seyenty-three
dollars; Tor improvement of mouth of Mus
kln5um river, six thousand dollars. for re-
pairing or reconstructing the crib at the
Malta NJ lis in Morgan county, agreeably to
the joint resolution of the general assembly
twenty-five bundled dollars; for protecting
the banks OF the Muskingum river at West
GAINESVILLE, eight hundred and Twenty-Five
dollars; for Completiono of basin on old Peni-
tentiary lot i'll Columbus, seven hundred and
fifty dollars. -
Sec, z. If any member Of the board of
public works shall directly or indirectly hold
or purchase any interest in the lease of anv
section made and executed under the provis.
ions Of this act, or shall combine or collude
with any lessee or lessees of the same TO pre.
vent the faithful execution of the provisions
herein contained, he shall be deemed and
held guilty of amisdemeanor, and shall upon
conviction thereo! be fined in any sum not
less than Que thousand dollars nor more
than three thousand dollars, and said lease
shall thereby be forfeited to the state.
Sec. 8. That said lessee or leSsees sha II
not assign their said leases without The as
sent of the board of public works thereto
entered IN writing on said leases, and upon
the journal OF said board, AMI in every such
case OF assignment the said assignees shall
be held to have assumed all liabilities to the
state ol the original lessee or Iessees undertbis
act, and to be governed in every particular as
by this act the original lessees are now bound
as lar as the same may be applicable there
to. '. ..4
Sec. 9. Whenever said lessee or lesseas
shall refuse or neglect 10 supply the lessee
or lesSees OF water rents on said improve
ment and canals, whereby injury may accrue
to said lessee Or lessees of water rents. the
said lessee or lessees of water rents NAV have
and maintain an action directly against said
lessee or Iessees Of said improvement or ca
mails, CT his or their assigns, for the amount
OF such damage OF injury in the court of
common pleas Of the county in which said
water rents may be situate.
Sec. 10. The said lessee or lessees ofeach
section Of the public works, as provided in
this bill, shall receive all material provided
or contracted for, and boals, scows. tools
implements, horses, mules, and other proper.
ty now in use by the superintendent, excent
as herei2beiore provided, belonging to the
state on each Of said sections, ut their an.
praised value, which appraisemeut shall be
made by three juacious, disinlerested per-
sons to be appoin ted by the board of public
works, and pay their appraised value, at such
times 2Qd in such sums as may be determin-
ed by board. ana at the end and explra-
tion Of the lease or leases aforesaid, the said
board ofpublic works shall receive the said
boats, scows, tools, implements, horses.
mules, and other property then in use BY said
lessee or lessees attheiftheu appraised value.
which appraiSement shall be made in the
same manner as that hereinbefore provided,
and the said lessee or lesseeS shall be euti.
tied 10 receive pay therefor frum the state
at the said appraised value. = 49,
Sec IL. There shall be and is hereby re.
served to the state the right to determine
md put an end to any lease executed BY vir-
tue OF the provisions of this act, but in such
case the state shall, by law, cause at least
1ne years previous notice Of its intention SO
10 do, to be given to said lessee or lessees.
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