Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-07-04

Tor the general svperintendencc, construc
tion and repairs of the Miami and Erie canal
the sum of eighteen thousand FIVE hundred
dollars. "0"0'eu
For the purchase of lands and payment o,
damages 10 lands on the borders of the Mer.
Ger County Reservoir, the sum of s;x tbons.
and five hundred dollars.
For the payment of salaries of collectors
weighmasters and inspectators, the sum q,
hve thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars
For the payment of salaries of resident
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 nav,
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 dollars
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 the 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. z. There is also hereby appropriated
Tor the payment of outstanding indebtedness
on divisions number one and two, contracted
previous to November Is, 1860, the follow
ing sum:
For the payment of checks issued BY A.. L.
Backus to contractors and superintendents
prior to February 10, 1861, the sum of fifty
two thousand dollars.
For the payment of engineers certificates
TO contractors for work done on the Muskinp-
nm Improvement, the sum of eleven thous-
and five hundred and seventy-fou dollars and
twenty-seven cents. l
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 eighty-eight
dollars: Provided, that said checks and GER
tihcates be paid only according to priority of
date of said checks and certificates,
SEC. 3. 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, a re-measure- |
ment 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 |
me 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, sccordng
70 the revised estimates and re-measure.
nents: Provided, that such re measurement
shall be made in thirty days from the passage |
Of this act.
Sec. 4. The board of public works, and |
zach member thereof, is hereby prohibited |
Turing the current fiscal year, from making
any contracts or causing any work to be done |
IN the public works of the state, either for |
reconstruction or repairs, the
'ums requisite for the payment of which will
exceed the amount specifically appropriated
or those purposes by this act; and all con-
racts made in violation of this act; and all
made in violation of this section
hall be void; and any member of the board
violating the provisions OF this section, shall
orfeit his office, and shall forever thereafter
Dc ineligible to any Office of trust or profit in
his state.
SEC. s. This act shall take effect from
md after its passage.
P. HITCHCOCK,
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
JAMES MUNROE,
President pro tenn of thoSenate.
Passed May 13, 1861. ,.--