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

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at Newark, six bundled dollars; at Carroll. 81
hundred dollars; at Columbus, six hundred dollars
at Circleville, six hundred dollars; at Chllcothe
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 Piqua
eight hundred dollars; at ST. Mary's, six hundred
sdollars; at Junction, one thousand dollars; a
Maumee City, five hundred dollars; at Toledo
one thousand dollars; at McConnelsvile, five
hundred dollars; at Harmar, six hundred dollars
and at Logan, SIX hundred dollars.
The collectors Office at Delphos is hereby abol
ished, and the Office at Defiance is removed tc
Junction.
Weighmasters at Toledo and Cleveland shall
each receive FIVE hundred and fifty dollars per an
mum; no deputy weighmaster 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 e1-
cept at bulkhead 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 to them shall be
deemed expedient for the service and interest of
the state, but increase of salary to the collec
tors shall be allowed in consequence of such re-
moval, nor shall any new Office be established in
any case whatever The salaries of the several
officers above enumerated shall be paid in quarter
ly installments, at the close of each fiscal quarter
as 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, 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
same manner as for any other claim against the
State.
SEC. l3. There slai. De appointed by the board
of public works. as soon after the passage of this
act as 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 appointment shell thereafter be
made annually by said board, to be for the same
term, commencing at 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 ap-
pointees are paid; and said board shall also have
power to appoint such clerks, either temporarily or
for one year, as 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 or
mafeasance in Office. 1t shall be the duty of the
board, when assembled together in their official
capacity, to keep a correct ard complete journal
of their proceedings, which shall at all times be
subject to the inspection of committee of either
branch of the general assembly, or of any person
authorized by law to examine the same, or any
person who may be interested in the proceedings
of SAID board.
SEC. IA. 1t shall be the duty of the board OF
public works to report annually to the governor,
at least ten days before the assembling of the
general assembly, and said report to be by him
transmitted along with his message to the general
assembly. Said report shall contain full accu-
rate account of all moneys expended on each of the
public works during the year ending on the fif-
teenth day of November next preceding said re-
port, the aggregate amount of work contracted
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-
manning to be executed, es mated in each case at
contract prices, together with the estimated cost
of all the work in progress of execution, and such
other information in relation to the public improve
ments as they may deem needful to the General
Assembly. They shall also report the revenue de-
rived from each of the Public Works by tolls and
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 construct 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,
give list of all Resident Engineers, Assistant
Engineers, Collectors of Tolls, Superintendents
| of Repairs, Weighmasters, Deputy Weighmasters,
| Inspectors, Lock Tenders, Gate Keepers and
| Clerks, who may have been employed by said
Board during the year proceeding said Report, TO-
gether with the amount of salary, allowance or
peruusites paid to each, whether such salary al
lowance and perquisits are fixed by law or allowed
by the Board, or an Acting Commissioner thereof;
and also the amount paid and allowed for their
own salaries and the contingent expensese of their
Office.
Sec Is. The term ofoffce of all persons now
holding office under the appointment of the Board
of Public Works or an Acting Commissioner there
of, shall expire on the first Monday of April next;
and all officers appointed under the the provisions
of this act except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, shall take their Offices commencing on
the first Monday of April next, and in each sue
ceding year thereafter similar appointments shall
be made for like terms of office.
Sec. l6. That the act entitled can act for the
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Ohio" passed April l2, 1858, be and the same is
hereby repealed.
SEC. II. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and afterits passage.
RICHAND G. PARSONS,
Speaker of the House of Representative.
ROBERT G. KIRK,
President of the Senate.
Passed March "a, 1860.
mo. 72.1 AN ACT
Further to regulate the practice of the
Supreme and District Courts in this
State.
SECTION /. Be enacted by the Gener-
al assembly of the State Of Ohio, That
all cases of informatons in the nature of quo
warranto, which are or may be pending in the Su
preme or District Courts of this State shall, on the
motion of the Attorney General or Prosecuting
Attorney having charge of the same, have prece
dence over the civil business on the docket of sale
courts respectively, and it shall be the duty of sad
courts to require on motin ofthe officers oforesaid
as speedy trial of the merits of such information a:
may be consistent with the rights of the parties