Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
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when such leases have become forfeited
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 ar
rears for thirty days or more, or when
the lessees refuse or neglect to put in or
permit to be put in such gauges as are
required in their leases, and to continue
to keep the water shut off until such rent
be paid or such gauges be put in. And
it is hereby made the duty of the Presi-
dent Of the Board of Public Works to
furnish the Auditor of State from time
to time, attcsted copies of all leases for
water power which remain in force, and
of all new leases made, and renewals or
notifications Of those now in force,
within thirty days after the making of
such lease, renewal or modification by
said Board; and the said President shall
also within the time prescribed, furnish
attestcd copies ofsuch original lease, re-
ncwal or modification to each of the col
lectors of tolls upon whom the duty is
imposed Of collecting the rents therein
pro ,ided for.
Sec. /. Collectors of tolls shall, in ad
dition to such other duties as may, from
time to time be required of them, collect
all water rents due the State or to become
due as the same shall accrue, and make
such return of such collections and pay
over all moneys thus collected in the
same manner and at the same time thev
are by law required to make return of
and pay over the tolls by them collected.
All moneys derived from tolls on the
canals, turnpikes, or other improvements
of the State, as we'll as all moneys de-
rived from leases of water power, or the
sales of land h, Id by the State for canal
purposes, or from any other source ap-
pertaining to the interest or manage
ment 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
uperintendence and repairs Of the Ca
nails, turnpikes, or other improvements
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 commissioner 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
,yb;.b +lo oxnonJ;t,ro eb Ill bovo baan
made. No check shall so be issued until
after the consideration upon which it is
based shall have been actually rendered,
excent in the case of uperintendents 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. re
pairs, labor, superintendent or other
wise, and to what object and at what
point or division said materials, labor or
superintendent were applied. Every
check shall set forth the specific appro-
priation which authorized it's payment,
and shall be accompanied with certifi-
cate of the experimenting engineer,
which shall name the person or persons
to whome there is Indebtedness, and state
the particular work on which it occurred,
and the location threof, 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 commissioner.
Sec. 9. That in all cases in which it
may be necessary for the board of public
works, by themselves or their legally au-
thorized agent, to let contracts for the
performance Of labor, or the furnishing
of materials, or for the construction of
feeders, dykes, reservoirs, locks, dams,
and other works and devices for perfect
ing 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 performed
or materials furnished, to cause such
general notice of the letting of said con-
tract by publication in the newspapers
;and posting up advertisements, as will
secure general competition, which said
notice shall contain statement of the
slime, place and manner of receiving pro-
pesals of said contracts, and the charae-
ter ana magnitude of the work to be per-
fermeE, the materials to be furnished, or
lsori, sfnequired, for the construction of
the said Eorks.
SEC. l1a- No member of the Board of
Public Works, engineer. superintendent,
collector ssf tolls, gate-keeper; weigh
master, Inspector, secretary or clerk, or
any other person holding Office under
said Board during the location or con-
structioa Of dfany canal or feeder, shall be-
come interested; either in contract Or
purchase, directly or through another,
In any lands, town lots or water privi-
geses for llEgaraulic purposes, on or ad
jacent to amy such canals or feeders un-
der the charge of said Board, until after
the expiratioR of his term of office; or be
engaged sor concerned, either directly or
through another person, in any contract
for laissr, &C construction, or supplies of any
description whatever. Every person
found guilty of violating the provisions
of this aection, ON conviction thereof in
any court 'of competent jurisdiction, on
Indictment or information, shall be ad-
Judged ito pay fine of not less than one
hundred dollars, nor more than one
thousand dollars, and shall, moreover,
forfeit his office.
SEC. II. 1t is hereby made the duty
of the Auditor of State to cause all the
rolls, abstracts and accounts of the col
lsetors of tolls, upon the canals, slack
water or other improvements of this
State, for the last and each subsequent
season of navigation, to be thoroug hly
examined and compared with each other,
SO that any discrepancy between the
amounts credited hY the collectors receiv-