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Timestamp: 2019-08-18 08:37:42
Document Index: 457001641

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14', '§ 15', '§ 16', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14', '§ 15', '§ 16']

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lie resided when the appointment Was accepted; by his absence from two successive meetings of the board, without giving said board information of some
good cause; and by a refusal to take the oath, or to give the bonds required bylaw; in either of the above events, the board shall declare the seat of the incumbent vacant, and shall inform  the Governor immediately thereof.
§ II. Each acting commissioner, before entering upon the duties of his office
amount, entrusted to him as a commissioner with two substantial freeholders as
accounting for all moneys entrusted to him as such commissioner which may
be renewed, whenever, and as often as he may be so required by the board, by
a concurrent resolution of the two houses of the Legislature, or by the Governor; and a refusal of any commissioner to renew his bond when so required
shall be deemed a breach of its condition. Such bond shall be approved by
the Govnrnor, recorded in a book, to be kept for that, purpose by the secretary
of the board, and filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
§ 12. The board shall have a general superintendence of the chief engineer
and all other officers appointed under them, and shall cause said officers to perform the duties hereinafter directed to be executed by them, and on faliure of
performing said duties, the board shall report the same to the Governor to be
fcy him laid before the next General Assembly.
§ 13. It shall be the'first duty of the board after their organization to cause
the principal rivers of this State, which shall be designated by law, to be examined ard surveyed with a view to the improvement of the navigation of said
rivers, either by deepening the channel thereof, clearing the bed and shores of
obstructions or by a proper system of slack-water navigation by means of locks
and dams, and they shall cause their engineer to make out the requisite maps
and estimates in such manner as to show the estimated or probable costs of each
of the said works or improvements. They shall also cause a report of their
proceedings together with the plans, maps and reports, to be laid before the
General Assembly at its next session.
§ 14. The board shall cause such field notes, maps, plans, sections, elevations
&c, as they may deem necessary to the full elucidation of the plans of all rail
roads, turnpikes, State roads, canals, or rivers which the State may order
to be examined, on which the State may order improvements, or in which the
State may have any interest, to bo made out, and a copy of the part or parts
thereof that may be in, or adjacent to any county, to be by him forwarded to
the clerk of the court of said county,'for the use of the' court. One copy
shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and the originals shall
be kept, in the office of the chief engineer.
§ 15. It shall be lawful for the board of internal improvements, and each of
them, by their commissioner or the chief engineer or by their superintendent,
agents or engineers, employed by them, to enter upon and take possesion of,
and use, all, and singular, any lands, streams, and materials, of any and every
description, necessary for the prosecution and completion of the improvements
contemplated by this act, and to make all such canals, feeders, dams, locks,
drains, water-wiers, roads, turnpike or McAdamized roads, rail roads, and their
branches; to construct places of depot, bridges, walls, culverts, viaducts, and
all other works necessary to carry into effect the improvements authorised, or
that may be authorised by law for the use of the State, or in which the State
shall take any interest; but avoiding in all cases, unnecessry damage or injury
to the proprieters.
§ 16. In all cases where persons may feelthemselvesaggrievedorinjuredby
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Transcript 70 Laws of lie resided when the appointment Was accepted; by his absence from two successive meetings of the board, without giving said board information of some good cause; and by a refusal to take the oath, or to give the bonds required bylaw; in either of the above events, the board shall declare the seat of the incumbent vacant, and shall inform the Governor immediately thereof. § II. Each acting commissioner, before entering upon the duties of his office shall execute a bond to the Governor of this State, in a penalty of double the amount, entrusted to him as a commissioner with two substantial freeholders as sureties, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties, and for the faithful accounting for all moneys entrusted to him as such commissioner which may be renewed, whenever, and as often as he may be so required by the board, by a concurrent resolution of the two houses of the Legislature, or by the Governor; and a refusal of any commissioner to renew his bond when so required shall be deemed a breach of its condition. Such bond shall be approved by the Govnrnor, recorded in a book, to be kept for that, purpose by the secretary of the board, and filed in the office of the Secretary of State. § 12. The board shall have a general superintendence of the chief engineer and all other officers appointed under them, and shall cause said officers to perform the duties hereinafter directed to be executed by them, and on faliure of performing said duties, the board shall report the same to the Governor to be fcy him laid before the next General Assembly. § 13. It shall be the'first duty of the board after their organization to cause the principal rivers of this State, which shall be designated by law, to be examined ard surveyed with a view to the improvement of the navigation of said rivers, either by deepening the channel thereof, clearing the bed and shores of obstructions or by a proper system of slack-water navigation by means of locks and dams, and they shall cause their engineer to make out the requisite maps and estimates in such manner as to show the estimated or probable costs of each of the said works or improvements. They shall also cause a report of their proceedings together with the plans, maps and reports, to be laid before the General Assembly at its next session. § 14. The board shall cause such field notes, maps, plans, sections, elevations &c, as they may deem necessary to the full elucidation of the plans of all rail roads, turnpikes, State roads, canals, or rivers which the State may order to be examined, on which the State may order improvements, or in which the State may have any interest, to bo made out, and a copy of the part or parts thereof that may be in, or adjacent to any county, to be by him forwarded to the clerk of the court of said county,'for the use of the' court. One copy shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and the originals shall be kept, in the office of the chief engineer. § 15. It shall be lawful for the board of internal improvements, and each of them, by their commissioner or the chief engineer or by their superintendent, agents or engineers, employed by them, to enter upon and take possesion of, and use, all, and singular, any lands, streams, and materials, of any and every description, necessary for the prosecution and completion of the improvements contemplated by this act, and to make all such canals, feeders, dams, locks, drains, water-wiers, roads, turnpike or McAdamized roads, rail roads, and their branches; to construct places of depot, bridges, walls, culverts, viaducts, and all other works necessary to carry into effect the improvements authorised, or that may be authorised by law for the use of the State, or in which the State shall take any interest; but avoiding in all cases, unnecessry damage or injury to the proprieters. § 16. In all cases where persons may feelthemselvesaggrievedorinjuredby the location or construction of any of the works contemplated in this act, or by