Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-07-04

engineers for the fiscal year 1861, the sum OF
six thousand dollars.
For attorneys fees and incidentals, the
sum of one thousand dollars. For the pays
/ ment of damages to land, the sum Of one
thousand dollars. For the purchase of land ],
FIVE hundred dollars. For incidental expen-
ses of the Office of the board of public works
( the sum of one thousand FIVE hundred dollars;
and for the payment Of salary Of secretary OF
said board, the sum OF one thousand dol lars
subject to the check OF the president of
said board
| For the payment of the salaries of the
members Of the board, the sum Of four thous-
and five hundred dollars, to be drawn on the
warrant of the auditor of state
! For the purchase or condemnation Of lands
in the Lewistown reservoir, subject to the
check Of the commissioner in charge of the
same, the sum OF thirty thousand dollars:
Provided, that upon the affidavit of any
member of tho board of public works that
justice cannot be done to the state in the trial
of cases for the appropriation of said lands
in the county in which said lands are situa-
ted it shall be the duty OF the court to change
the venue and transfer said cases for trial to
the probate court of some adjoining county.
SEC. 2. There is also hereby appropriated
for the payment Of outstanding Indebtedness
on divisions number one aud two, contracted
previous TO November Is, 1860, the follow
ing sum;
For the payment of checks issued by A. l..
Backus to contractors and superintendent
prior to February Is, 1861, the sum of fifty
two thousand dollars.
For the payment of engineers certificates
to contractors for work done on the Musking-
um Improvement, the sum of eleven thous-
and five hundred aud seventy-ioul dollars and
twenty seven cents.
For the payment OF checks issued to con-
tractors by John B Gregory, for deferred
payments under their contracts, the sum Of
seven thousand nine hundred and eight y eight
dollars: Provided, that said checks and GER
tiiicatcs be paid only according to priority of
date of said checks and certificates.
SEC. g. The board OF public works are
hereby authorized, if practicable, to cause
to be made by some competend engineer not
now in the service of the state, re- mea asure-
mcnt and estimate Of the work done by con
tract on the Ohio canal and the Muskingum
Improvement, under the order of the board
of public works, provided for the repairs OF
the canals and Improvement, after the food
of April, 1860, and said contractors shall be
paid according to said revised estimates and
measurements, deducting from the amount
of the checks or certificates held by them or
adding to, as the case may require, according
to the revised estimates and re-measure- |
ments: Provided, that such re-measurement
shall be made in thirty days from the passage
Of this act.
SEC. A. Tho board OF public works, and
each member thereof, is hereby prohibited |
during the current fiscal year, from making |
any contracts or causing any work to be done |
on the public works of the state, either for
construction, reconstruction or repairs, the |
sums requisite for the payment OF which will
exceed the amount specifically appropriated |
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