Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-05-24

0red dOllhrsj ~ CnlHCOtne, seven nuD0red |
dollars; at Portsmouth. seven hundred dol.
lars; at Cincinnati, one thousand dollars; at
Waverly. five hundred dollars; at NJ Midd Teton
six hundred dollars; at Dayton, eight hun
dred dollars; at Hamilton, six hundred dol
Isrs; at Piqua, eight hundred dollars, at st.
Mays, six hundred dollars; at Junction,
one thousand dollars; ut Maumee City, five
hundred dollars; at Toledo, one thousand
dollars; at McConnellsyille, FIVE hundred
dollars; at Hsrmer, six hundred dollars; and
a, Logan, six hundred dollars.
The collectors office at Dolphos is here
bo abb lished, and the office at Defiance is
removed to Junction.
Weighmusters at Toledo and Cleveland
shall each receive five hundred and itty do
lars per annum; no deputy weighmaster
shall be hereafter appointed.
inspectors at Toledo and 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 ap.
pointed except at bulkhcad or feeder locks
The board of public works shall have
power to abolish any collectors cffice, or to
change the location thereof to such place
as to them shsil be deemed expedient for
the service and nterst Of the State, but no
increase OF salary to the collectors shall be
allowed in consequence Of such removal nor
shall any new Office be established in any
case whatever. The salaries Of the severa !
officers above enumerated shall be paid in
quarterly installments, at the close of each
| fiscal quarter, as now established, out of the
State Treasury upon the warrant Of the Au.
ditor of State; but ;he said Auditor shall
not draw his warrant without the check Of
the acting Commissioner of the proper d.
vision, Tor 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 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 as they may deem expedieLt,
a secretary to said board, whose term Of
Office shall commence on the first Monday
of April next, and be for one year; and 81 ch
appointment shall thereafter bs made an
nually by said board, to be for sthe same
term, commencing at the expiration Of the
term, of the incubant; and said secretary
shall receive an annual salery Of one thous.
and dollars, payable quarterly in the same
manner that the otehr appontees are paid
and said board shall also have power to ap
point such clerks, temporarily or az the pub
lie sersice,in their opinion may require, ant
NAV pay them such reasonable comDensa
tion as they may deem Just, not exceeding
two dollars per day for the time actual,
employed. by check as in other similar cases
the secretary shall be subject to removal at
sny time by majority Of said bonrd io
neglect of duty or malfeasance in Office. l
shall be the duty Of the board when Assem-.
bled together in their official capacity, tc
keep correct complete journal OF thei
proceedings, which shall at all times b,
i subject to the inspection of a committee o
either branch of the general assembly, or o
any person authorized by law to examine
the same, or any p5rson who may be inter
rested in the proceedings of said board
Sec. IA 1t shall the duty Of the board o
public works to report annually to the gov
: ernor, at least ten days. before 'the assem-
bling of the general assembly, and said re
port to be BY him transmitted along wit
his message to the general assembly. Sal
r reports shall contain full and accurate ac
r count of oil moneys expended on each q
the public works during the ye,r ending o
1 the.ffteenth day of November next preced
/. ing said report, the aggregate amount @
i work contracted for during the year, tn
: amount of money expended or allowed owe
i and above the contract price, and the tots
9 value Of all the work under contract remain
: ing to be executed, estimated in each cas-
at contract prices, together with the estima
Il ted cost of all the work in progress of eA
;, ecution, and such other information in re
u lation to the public Improvements as the
T deem needful, to the General Assembly
d They shall also report the revenue derive
Q from each OF the Public Works by tolls an
h and other sources, how the same are levied
n the manner OF their collection. together wit
an estimate, If necessary, of such arpropra
tions as may be required to reconstruct an
!; keep in repair the Public Works of th
Q State. The said Board of Public Work
= shall also, in their said Annual Report, Civ
d a list of al, Resident Engineers, Assistar
Q EpgineeIs, Collectors of Tolls, Superinter
y dents of Repairs, Weighmasters, Depnt
IS Weighmasters, Inspectors, Lock Tenders
't Gate Keepers and Clerks, who may hav
3 been employed by said Board during tn
year preeee ding said Report, together wit
IS the amount OF salary, allowance or perqui'
ties are fixed by law or allowed by tn
d Board. or an Acting Commissioner thereof
il and lso the amount paid and allowed 70
: their own salaries and the contingent e'
Is penses of their office.
Sec. IS. The term of office Of all person
: now holding office under the appointmer
l. of thin Board of Public Works or any Ac
o ing Commissioner thereof, shall expire O
: the first Monday of April next; and-all o
!; ficers appointed under the provisions CT thi
act except as otherwise herein expressly pr
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