The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-04-26

dred dollars; at CARROLL six hundred dollars;
at Columbus, six hundred dollars; at Cir.
cleville, six hundred dollars; at Chillicothe,
seven hundred dollars; at Portsmouth, sew
en- hundred dollars; at Cincinnati, one thous-
aud dollars; at Waverly, five hundred dol
lars; at Middletown, six hundred dollars; at
Dayton, eight hundred dollars; at Hamilton,
six hundred dollars; at Piqua, eight hundred
dollars; at St. Mary's, six hundred dollars; at
Junction, one thousand dollars; at MaumOs
City, five hundred dollars; at Toledo, one
thousand dollars; at M'Connelsvills, FIVE
hundred dollars; at Harmar, six hundred dol
lara; and at Logan, six hundred dollars.
The collectors Office at Delphos is hereby
abolished, and the Office at Defiance is re-
moved to Junction.
WeighmasterS at Toledo and Cleveland
shall each receive five hundred and fifty dol
lars per annum; no deputy weighmaster shall
hereafter be appointed. q =.
Inspectors at Toledo aud Cleveland shall
each receive four hundred and fifty dollars;
per annum; at Cincinnati, seven hundred
dollars; the inspectors Office at Junction is
hereby discontinued.
No lock tender shall hereafter be appoint
ed EXCEPT at bulkhead or feeder locks.
The board Of public works shall have pow
er to abolish any collectors office, or to
change the location thereof to such place as
to them shall be deemed expedient for the
ser vice and interest Of the state, but no in
crease Of salary to the collectors shall be al
lowed in consequence of such removal. nor
shall any new office be established in any
case whatever. The salaries of the several
officers above enumerated shall be paid in
quarterly installment, at the close of each tis-
cal quarter, as now established, out Of the
State treasury, upon the warrant of the Audi
tor Of State; but the said Auditor shall not
draw his warrant without the check Of the
acting Commissioner Of the proper division,
for the amount due such officer, fer 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 ac-
cordingly, in the same manner as for any
other claim against the State.
SEC. l3. There shall be appointed By the
board Of public works, as soon after the pas
sage of this act rs they may deem expedient
secretary to said board whose term of Office
shall commence on the first Monday of April
next, and be for one year; and such appoint.
ment shall thereafter be made annually by
said board, to be for the same term, com
mencing at the expiration Of the term Of thS
incumbent; and said secretary shall recoiv,
an annual salary Of one thousand dollars, pay
able quarterly In the same manner that tht
other appointees are paid; and said boarC
shall also have power to appoint such clerks
either temporarily or for one year, as the pub
lie service in their opinion may require, anC
may pay them such reasonable compensation
as they may deem just, not exceeding two
dollars per day for the time actually employ
ed, by check as in other similar cases; tn,
secretary shall be subject to removal at an!
time by majority Of said board for neslec
of duty or malfrasance in Office. 1t shall b.
the duty Of the board, whom assembled to
gether in their official capacity, to keep
correct and complete journal of their pro
ceedings, which shall at all times be subjec
to the inspection Of committee Of eithe
branch ofthe general assembly, or Of any per
son authorized by law to examine the same
or any person who may be interested in tn
proceedings of said board.
SEC. IA. 1t shall be the duty of the boarC
Of public works to report annually to tn
governor, at least ten days before the assem
bling of the general assembly, and said re
port to be BY him transmitted along with hi
message to the general assembly. Said re
port shall contain full and accurate accoun
Of all moneys expended on each ofthe publi
works during the year ending on the fifteenth
day of November next preceding said report
tho aggregate amount Of work contracted 70
during the year, the amount of money ex
pended or allowed over and above the Con
tract price, and tho total value Of all the wor
under contract remaining to be executed, es
timated in each case at contract prices to
gether with the estimated cost Of all tn
work in progress Of execution, and such othe
information in relation to the public improve
ments az they may deem needful to the Ger
eral Assembly. They shall also report tn
revenue derived from each Of the Publ
Works by tolls and other sources, how tn
same arc levied, the manner Of their collet
ton, together with an estimate, if necessar.
Of such appropriations as may be required
reconstruct and keep in repair the Publ
Works Of the State. The said Board Of Pul
lie Works shall also, in their said Annu
Report, give list of all Resident Engineer
Assistant Engineers, Collectors of Tolls, 81
perintendcnts Of Repairs, Weighmaster
; Deputy Weighmastors, Inspectors, Loc
Tenders, Gate Keepers and Clerks, who ma
have boen employed by said Board durr
the year preceding said Report, together wit
the amount Of salary, allowance or perquisit
paid to each, whether such salary, allowan'
and perquisites are fixed by law or allowe
: by the Board, or an Acting Commission
thereof; and also the amount paid and ALLOW
cd for their own salaries and the continge
; expenses Of their Office.
SEC 15. The term OF offices OF all persol
now holding Office under the appointment
! the Board Of Public Works. or any Actin
+ Commissioner thereof shall expire on Il
l first Mondry Of April next; and oil office
= appointed under the provisions Of this &C
= except as otherwise herein expressly provii
cd, shall take their Offices commencing {
\ the first Monday Of April next, and in eac
: succeeding year thereafter, similar appoin
ment shall bo made for like terms Of Office.
!, SEC. 16. That the act entitled ian act (
I the regulation Of Public Works Of the Sta
Of Ohio" passed April IL, 1858, be and Il
!, same is hereby repealed.
Gun ~ Th,. ..ok Ill koIa offanN .nl
in force from and after It's passage.
; RICHARD c. PARSONS,
; Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
ROBERT @. KIRK,
- President Of the Senate.
= Passed March "a, 1860.
! AN ACT
:. To more oTectually protect wool growers agair
y loss by dogs.
SECTION /. BE Il enacted by the General Asse
II bly, Of the State Of Ohio, That every person ownir
is harboring or keeping any dog, shall DO liable
tho party injured for all damage done by such dt
!, and it shall bo lawful for any person to kill
!" cause to DO killed any dog or dogs which he m
p find roaming at large on his premises without
y prcscncc Of the owner or keeper Of such dog. A
i II shall further be lawful for any person at a
n timo to kill or cause to DO killed any dog viii
!. may bo or may have boen found killing, worryi
a or injuring any sheep or lambs.
~ SRc. 2. The act entitled can act for the p
teOtiOn Of sheep" passed April %, 1852, is here
ID repealed.
SIC. 3. This act shall take effect and be
IF force from and after its passage.
|, RICHARD @. PARSONS,
= Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
Is ROBERT G. KIRK,
o. ........ President Of tho Senate