Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-05-03

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in the settlement of Superintendent account
unless the money for which it purports to be re
ceipt shall have been actually paid, and the rate
of the labor or materials shall be such as shall b.
approved by the resident engineer aforesaid
Should it so happen that surplus shall remain il
the hands of any Superintendent at the end of an,
quarter, the same shall be carried forward to b,
used in like manner the next succeeding quartz
but for the closing quarter of said Superintendent
term of Office, the said Engineer shall not incud,
in his estimate any amount for the last thirt,
days of said term and shall be careful to limit tn,
amount of his estimate for that quarter, or an
part thereof below the actual amount of the prob
able expenditures, so as to prevent any surplus re
manning in the hands of any Superintendent a
the close of his term of office; but it, notwithstan
ding such precaution, any balance should remain
in the hands of any such Superintendent at the
expiration of his official term, the resident Engi
neer of his division shall have power to charge the
same over to said Superintendent and apply it to
the payment of his quarterly amount of salary
then due, and if any further balance remains il
his hands, the same shall be paid into the State
| Treasury.
SEC. 6. The said Board of Public Works is
hereby authorized to lease water on any of the
several reservoirs the Public Works under sucf
rules and regulations as are ormay be prescribed
l
| Works of the State. And the said Board is here
by further authorized & required to make, from
time to time an examination of the leases of water
power upon or connected with anY of the Public
Works of the State, made by the lawful agents
thereof in cases where the leases of water power
or any assignee thereof may require it, to adjust
and fix the amount of rent in arrears, or to be
paid by such lesee or assigns at such prices as
they may deem just and equitable, and to cancel
existing leases with the consent of the lesees Oh
assigns, or when such leases have become for
feited and said Board shall deem the interest Of
the State will be promoted thereby to shut off the
water and prevent the use thereof under any such
leases when rents shall have been due thereon and
in the arrears for thirty days or more, or when
the lessees refuse or neglect to put in or permit
to be put in such guages as are required in their
leases, and to continue to keep the water shut of
until such rent be paid or such gauges be put in.
| And it is hereby made the duty of tie President
of the Board of Public Works to furnish the Au-
ditor of State from time to time, attested copies of
all leases for water power which remain in force,
and of all new leases made, and renewals or
modification of those now in force, within thirty
days after the making of such leases, renewal or
modification by said Board; and the said Presi-
dent shall also within the time prescribed, fur
nish attested copies of such original lease renew
al or modification to each of the collectors of
tolls upon whom the duty is imposed of collecting
the rents therein provided for.
SEC. Z. Collectors of tolls SHALL in addition to
such other duties as may, from time to time, be
required of them collect water rents due the State
or to become due as the same shall accure, and
make such return of such collections and pay over
all moneys thus collected in the same manner and
at the same time they are by law required to make
return of and pay over the tolls by them collected.
all, tlaa IL,
pixies, or other improvement of the State, as well
as all moneys derived from leases of water power,
or the sales of land held by the State for canal
purposes, or from any other purposes, or from any
other source appertaning to the interest or man
agement of the public works of the State, shall be
paid into the treasury in the manner directed by
law.
SEC. s. All claims against the State arising in
the nature of awards, or for superintendent and
repairs Of the canals, turnpikes, other improve
ments under the care and supervision of the board
of public works or for any other object connected
with the public works and authorized by law,
shall be paid by the check of the acting commits
soner on the Auditor of State, whose duty it shall
be to issue his warrant on the State Treasurer for
the amount specified in said check. and to charge
the same to the particular work or Improvement
for which the expenditure shall have been made
No check shall so be issued until after the consid-
Grafton upon which it is based shall have been
tually rendered, except in the of superintend
ents of repairs as provided in section five: and
every check shall be made in favor of the Identical
person to whom the amount is due, and shall set
forth the nature of the indebtedness whether for
materials, REPAIRS labor, superintendent other
wise, and to what object and at what point or di-
vision said materials, labor or superintendent
were applied. Every check shall set forth the
specific appropriation which authorized its pay
ment, and shall be accompanied with a certificate
of the experimenting engineer, which shall name
the person or persons to whom there is indebted
ness, and state the particular work on which it oc-
CURED, and the location thereof, and whether by
contract or otherwise. The check and certificate
thus issued, shall be registered in books one to be
kept by the engineer, and one by the acting COM
missioner.
SEC. 9. That in all cases in which it may be
necessary for the board of public works, by them
selves or their legally authorized agent, to let
tracts for the performance of labor or the furnish
ing OF materials, and for the construction of feed
ers Dykes reservoirs, locks, dams and other works
and devices for perfecting and keeping in repair
the public works under their charge, it shall
be the duty of the Acting Commissioner of
the Board by the resident engineer having
charge of the division of the public works
upon which said labor is to be performrd, or ma
terials furnithed, to such general notice of
the letting of said contract by publication in news
papers and posting up advertisements, as will Sc.
cure general competition, which said notice shall
contain a statement of the time, place and man
ner of receiving proposals of said contracts, and
the character and magnitude of the work to bs
performed, the materials to be furnished, or both
if required for the construction of the said works.
SEC 10. No member of the Board of Public
Works, engineer, superintendent collector of tolls
gate keeper, weghmaster, inspector, secretary or
clerk, or any other person holding Office under said
Board during the location or construction of any
canal or feeder, shall become interested either in
contract or purchase, directly or through another
in any lands, town. lots water privileges for by
draulic purposes on or adjacent to any such canals
or feeders under the charge of said Board, until at
ter the expiration of his term of office; or be en-
gagged or concerned either directly or through an
other person, in anJ 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 adiudged to pay fine of not less
sand dollars, and shall. moreover, forfeit his Of
fee.
SEC. IL. It 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, so that any discrepancy be-
| tween the amounts credited by the collectors re-
ceiving any moneys and the check kept by any