The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-06-30
LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
[ No. 1921 AN ACT
Relating to the Lewistown Reservoir.

Neldtlhg 10 tne LeWlst0Wn Reservoir,
Section l. Be ii enacted By The General
Assembly Of the State of Ohio. That for the
purpose of settling with the Miami hydraulic
and manufacturing company for the con.
struction of the enlargement of the Lewis.
town reservoir, and canceling the contract
relative to said enlargement between the
state and said company, the sum of ninety.
one Thousand one hundred aud sixty. seven
dollars and eighty FIVE cents is hereby di.
rected to be paid said company by the Au-
dtor OF State and Attorney. General, in the
manner and upon the terms in this act con-
tained.
Sec. 2. The. Auditor of State is hereby
directed, Immediately upon the passage of
this act, to draw his warrant upon the treas
ury in favor of Boyle & Roach, for the sum
of eighteen thousand one hundred and fifty.
seven dollars and tity-seven cents, which
sum, when SO paid to said Boyle s. Roach,
shall be deducted out of the amount in the
first section OF this act directed to be paid
to said company for said enlargement, and
when so paid, the receipt of said BOYLE g.
Roach to the State of Ohio shall be receiv-
ed by said company as SO much money, and
shall operate as an extinguishment of so
much OF the cost of the enlargement of said
reservoir, and shall forever acquit and dis
charge said company of all liability to said
Boyle u Roach for any claims or demands
on the part of said Boyle & Roach against
said company on account OF said enlarge.
ment.
Sec. 8. If the said Miami hydraulic man.
ufacturing company shall not settle with
the State and surrender all rights acquired
under the contract for the enlargement of
said reservoir, and do and perform all other
acts required by this act according to the
terms thereof then their right to collect
water rents for surplus water of said reser-
voir of the Miami and Erie Canal, shall be
suspended and the Board of Public Works
are hereby directed to collect and pay into
the State Treasury all water rents of said
reservoir or canal, until said rents SO co!ec.
ted shall be equal in amount to the sum
paid said Boyle g. Roach, and the accrued
interest thereon, computed at six per cent.
per annum.
Sec. 4. Upon the settlement with said
company for the enlargement of said reser-
vor, said company shall be charged with
all water rents by them collected upon said
reservoir and the Miami and Erie canal
and with interest thereon from the time the
same were received by said company, com.
puted at the rate of six per cent. per annum
and upon payment of the balance due said
company, after the payment of Boyle &
Roach and the deduction of the water rents
as in this act directed, said company shall
convey to the State of Ohio all lands by
them owned and held in connection with
said reservoir and the contract between
said company andNhe Board of Public
; Works, made under and in pursuance of the
act of April 7, 1856, shall be void and o
one effect and all leases made and rights
acquired hereunder by said company, to oil
iDtents aud purposes, shall vest in and b.
enjoyed by the State of Ohio, and the Boar
, OF Public Works, on being notified by thu
Attorney General of the final settlement o
all claims as herein provided, shall take
possession of said reservoir and its appur'
) tenances, shall contract for and collect al
water rents arising out of the least Of the
surplus water of the same, or of the Miam
and Erie canal, the same as if said con
tract had never been made, whenever thu
said company shall perform the matters ant
O things in this section required, the same
the said reservoir and Of all the rights AM
interests of said company acquired unde
the contract for the enlargement thereof
d and the Auditor of State shall thereupol
draw his warrant for whatever balance ma
be due them after making the deduction
in this act directed.
Sec 5. The capital stock of said com
pany negotiated by E. S. Hamln to VIII
!, liam H. Gibson, and shown by the testimon
taken by the treasury investigating commit
tee to be in the hands of c. L. Johnson, i
hereby declared to be the property of tn
state, and all liability of said company t
said Gibson, Johnson, or any assignees q
9 them or either of them, is hereby declare
. annuled and nude void; and the pro rata d
vdend due said stock, on settlement of sal
company with its stockholders, is hereby d
rected to be retained as the money OF th
State of Ohio; and the same shall be cred
tied to w. H. Gibson upon whatever amour
he may be found to owe the state on settle
ment of his accounts as Treasurer of State
!, Sec. 6. The Auditor of State and A
d torney General are hereby directed and en-
+ powered to settle with said company, unde
j. and in accordance with the provisions
this act. All payments of money in thI
9 act directed shall be made on the warrant
of the Auditor, drawn in conformity to Law
and all expenses incurred by said auditc
and Attorney General in the execution {
this act shall be reimbursed out of the treas
ury; and this act shall be in force from an
r after its passage.
: WILLIAM B. WOODS,
: Speaker of the House of Representatives
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
g March 81, 1859.