Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05

MERCY, MEIGS COUNTY,
And for the first quarter of the yea
1861, fifteen hundred dollars.
For the Lunatic Asylum of Hamilton
county, under the provisions of the ac
passed March 10, 1857, to constitute
Hamilton county separate district to1
Lunatic purposes, eleven thousand dol
lars.
And for the first quarter of the yeal
1861, three thousand nine hundred ant
eighty seven dollars.
ONO REFORM SCHOOLS.
For the payment of the salaries of the
officers of the State Reform Farm, three
thousand two hundred dollars.
For provisions, furniture, clothing
lodging, school books, for, and educa.
ting and training boys, eight thousand
dollars, and for other necessary expen.
ses, two hundred dollars.
And for the first quarter of the yeal
1861, two thousand six hundred and
S1Xty-SeVen QOllarS.
For such work shops, not exceeding
two, for doing the mechanical work
necessary to supply the wants of the in
stitution, twelve hundred dollars.
For fruit trees, agricultural imple-
ments, horse and sheep, two hundred
and fifty dollars.
Sec. 2. No expenditures shall be
made by any officer of State, or by the
directors of the Penitentiary, Or Trustees
or other officers of the State Institutions,
or any contract made so as to incur any
Indebtedness on the part of the State be-
yond the appropriations in this act made
for the several purposes therein named.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on
its passage.
RICHARD G. PARSONS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
ROBERT C. KIRK,
President of the Senate
Passed Mafch "a, 1860
mo. 90 AN ACT
Defining the powers and prescribing the
duties of the Board of Public Works.
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted by the Gen
eraz Assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That
the public works of the State shall be
divided by the Board of Public Works
into three grand divisions or districts, to
be designated by such names or num-
bers as said Board shall deem proper,
and to be of such limit and extent as
said Board from time to time shall pre-
scribe; and each member of the Board of
Public Works shall, as the acting com
missioner of said Board, take charge of
such division as may be assigned to
him by said Board, and be responsible
to the extent of his power and authority
for the due and faithful administration
of the affairs of such district or division
Sec. 2. The term Of office of the
member of the Board of Public Works
elected on the second Tuesday of Octo-
Der last, shall commence on the six
tcenth day Of February, and shall con-
tinue for three years thereafter, and un-
til his successor shall be elected and
qualified; and the other members of the
Board heretofore elected and qualified,
shall, in like manner, continue to hold
their offices for the term of three years
from the time they were sworn into of
fee, and until their successors shall be
elected and qualified; and the term of
office OF the members of the Board here
after annually elected, shall commence
on the second Tuesday Of February
thereafter.
SEC ,. The members of the Board of
Public Works shall each take an oath or
affirmation to support the Constitution
Of the United States and of the State of
Ohio, and to honestly and impartially
discharge the duties of the Office; and
shall also give bond with sufficient secu-
rity, to be approved by the Governor, in
the penal sum Of not less than thirty
thousand dollars, conditioned for Ahe
honest and faithful discharge of the re-
spective duties of their offices, and for
the faithful accounting for and paying
over of all moneys whichMay come into
their hands respectively, according to
law, which bonds, with the approval of
the Governor indorsed thereon, shall be
filed with the Treasurer of State The
members of the Board of Public Works
shall designate and appoint one of their
number to act as the President of said
Board, and who, in addition to his du-
ties as acting commissioner shall per-
form such duties as are or shall be re-
quired by law of the President thereof;
and said Board shall continue to keep
the coffee of Public Works" at the seat
of Government, in which Office shall be
kept all the books and papers, records
and other documents of said Board,
which shall be open to the inspection of
all persons interested, at all reasonable
times; and all notices or reports required
by law to be given to the said Board by
any of the officers of the State, when left
in writing at said Office, or deposited
with any person who may have charge
of the same, shall be considered as hav-
ing been duly given and served upon
said Board. The President shall have
charge of said coffee of Public Works
and the custody of the records, books
papers and documents aforesaid, and
shall conduct the correspondence of said
Board.
Sec. 4. The said Board of Public
Works shall have power to appoint not
exceeding five resident engineers, and tc
assign to each of them the supervision
of such part Of said grand divisions OF
districts as, in their opinion, shall be fol
the best interests Of the State, under
such rules and regulations, not contrary
to law, as may be from time to time pre-
scribed by said Board and the respec-
tive terms of office of said engineers
shall commence on the first Monday Of
April, A. D. 1860, and annually there
after on the sixteenth day of February
The said Board of Public Works shall