Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-05-03

contract or purchase, directly or through another
in any lands, town, lots or water privileges for hy.
draulic purposes, on or adjacent TO any such canals
or feeders under the charge of said Board until f.
ter the expiration of his term of oflice or be en-.
gagged or concerned, either directly or through an
other person. in am contract for labor, construc-
ton or supplies of any description whatever. Eve
ry person found guilty of violating the provisions
of this section on conviction thereof in any court
of competent jurisdiction, on Indictment or infor-
nation, shall be adudged to pay fine Of not less
than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thou.
sand dollars, aud shall. moreover, forfeit his of.
| fee.
SEC. II. II is hereby made the duty of the
Auditor of State to cause all the rolls, abstarcts
and accounts of the collectors of tolls upon the
canals, slackwater or other improvements of this
State, for the last and each subsequent season of
navigation to be thoroughly examined and com
pared with each other, 50 that any discrepancy be-
tween the amounts credited by the collectors re-
ceivng any moneys and the check kept by any
other collector, shall be ascertained; and in case
Of any such discrepancy, the clearance upon which
ANY such moneys purport to have been received,
shall he examined for the purpose of ascertaning
the true amount received; and il said Auditor, af
ter having ascertatiancd the state of the accounts
for the last season, deems it for the interest of the
State to examine and compare as above, any part
or all of the rolls abstracts and accounts for any pre-
yous year, he is authorized to cause such examina-
ton to be made, and also tor such ensuing year,
and for the purpose of such examination, if neces
sary, he is hereby authorized to employ an nddi.
tional clerk, for such time as may be found nee
essary.
SIC l2. Each resident engineer, appointed
under the provisions Of this act, shall receive an
annual salary of twelve hundred dollars. Each
superintendent appointed under the provisions of
this act; shall receive annual salary Of six hun.
drcd ard sixty dollars. The collectors of tolls,
appointed under the provisions of this act, shall re-
ceive respectively the following annual salaries,
viz: At Cleveland, one thousand dollars; at Ak
ron, eight hundred dollarsj at Massllon. six hun.
dred dollars; at Dover, six hundred dollars; at
Roscoe six huedred dollars; at Dresden, five hun
dred dollars; at GAINESVILLE, seven bundled dollars
at Newark, six hundi ed dollars; at Carroll. six
hundred doars at Columbus, six hundred dollars;
at Circleville, six hundred doars at Chillicothe,
seven hundred dollars; at Portsmouth seven hun.
dred dollars, at Cincinnati, one thousand dollars;
at Waverly, five hundred dollars; at Middletown,
six hundred dollars; at Dayton, eight hundred dol
lars; at Hamilton, six hundred dollars; at Pqua,
eight hundred dollars; at St. Mary's, six hundred
dollars; at Junction, one thousand dollars; al
Maumee City, FIVE hundred dollars; at Toledo,
one thousand dollars; at McConnesville, five
hundred dollars; at HGrmar, six hundred dollars;
and at Logan, six hundred dollars,
The collectors office at Delphos Is hereby abol-
ished, and the office at Def,nce is removed to
| Junction.
Weghmasters nt Toledo and Cleveland shall
each receive five hundred and fifty dollars per an
nun; no deputy weshmaster shall hereafter be
appointed
Inspectors at Toledo and Cleveland shall each
receive four hundred and fifty dollars per annum;
at Cincinnati, seven hundred dollars; the inspec-
tors Office at junction is hereby discontinued,
No lock tender shall hereafter be appointed ex
cept at bukhead or feeder locks.
The board of public works shall have power TO
abolish any collectors Office or To change the To-.
cation thereof to such place as 10 them shall be
deemed expedient for the service and interest of
the state, but no increase of salary to the coec-
tors shall be allowed in consequence of such re-
rhoval, nor shall any new Office be established in
any case whatever. The salaries of the several
officers above enumerated shall be paid in quarter
y nstallments, at the close OF each fiscal quarter,
rs now established, out of the State treasury, up
On the warrant of the Auditor of State; but the
said Auditor shall not draw his warrant without
the check of the acting Commissioner Of the prop
| er division, for the amount due such officer, for
such quarter, or any part thereof according to the
facts Of the case; and it is hereby made the duty
of such acting commissioner to ascertain the
amount due for services Of each of said officers,
quarterly, and to issue his check accordingly, in
ShHIc mdtIuiE uo iOi any OtIiCl luc
State.
SIC. 3. There shall be appointed by the board
of public works, soon after the passage Of this
act as they may deem expedient, a secretary to
said board, whose term of office shall commence
on the first Monday of April next. and be for one
year, and such appointment shell thereafter be
made annually by said board to be for the same
term, commencing Mt the expiration of the term OF
the incumbent; and said secretary shall receive an
annual salary of one thousand dollars, payable
quarterly in the same manner that the other Al
pointecs paid; and said board shall also have
power to appoint such clerks either temporarily OF
for one year, MS the public service in their opinion
may require, and may pay them such reasonable
compensation as they NAV deem just, not exceed
ding two dollars per day for the time actually EN-.
ployed, by check as in other similar cases; the
secretary shall be subject to removal at any time
by majority of said board for neglect of duty OF
malleasance in Office 1t shall be the duty of the
board, when assembled together in their of,icia
capacity, to keep correct aud complete journa
of their proceedings, which shall at all times bt
subject to the inspection of committee of eithe
branch OF the general assembly, or of any persol
authorized by law to examine the same, or an,
' person who may be interested in the proceeding
of sad board.
, SEC. ID 1t shall be the duty of the board o
public works to report annually to the governor
aJ ltNsl ICn uhyS DtIOIt lNt assembling DI lnt
, general assembly, and said report to be by hin
transmitted along with his message TO the genera
assembly. Said report shall contain full accu
rate account Of all moneys expended on each of tn
public works during the year ending on the I'll
teenth day of November next preceding said re
port, the aggregate amount OF work contracte
/ for during the year. the amount OF money expend
ed or allowed over and above the contract price
and the total value of all work under contract re
I naming to be executed, es mated in each case n
contract prices, together with the estimated cos
of all the work in progress Of execution. and suc
other information in relation to the public improve
ments MS they may deem neediul to the Genera
A Assembly. They shall also report the revenue de
/ rived from each of the Public Works by tolls AM
! other sources, how the same are levied, the man
ner OF their collection, together with an estimate
If necessary, Of such appropriations as may be re
quired to reconstruct and keep in repair the Pub
lie Works of the State. The said Board of Pub
. lie Works shall also, in their said Annual Report
I. give list of all Resident Engineers, Assistan
Engineers, Collectors of Tolls, Superintendent
. ofRepairs, Weighmasters, Deputy Wcghmnsters
Inspectors, Lock Tenders, Gate Keepers an
Clerks, who may have been employed by sal
Board during the year preceding said Report, to
q gether with the amount of salary, allowance q
q perQuiSitcs paid to each, whether such salary al
lownnce and perquisits are fixed by law or above
by the Board, or an Acting Commissioner thereof
and also the amount paid and allowed for thei
own salaries and tho contingent expensese OF thei
office,
!. SEC. Is. The term ofofiice Of all persons nov
. holding Office under the appointment Of the Boar
8 ofPubic Works or an Acting Commissioner there