Year: 1859

years, unless such road shall be sooner
completed, and until his successor shall
be appointed and qualified, unless
sooner removed by the Governor, in
which case another shall be appointed
in his stead and the Governor shall
have the unconditional power of re-
moval; aud all vacancies shall be filed


by appointment of the Governor The
Governor, the Secretary of State, the


Auditor General, State Treasurer, At


torney General and the Commissioner


of the State Land Office shall, as a


board, have power, and it shall be their


duty, whenever in their Judgment the


public interests shall require it, to sus-


pend the surveys or operations on any


of said routes, and to direct re-surveys


with view to the selection of more
fit and convenient localities for the


road; and to direct from time to time,


what works shall be commenced, sus-
pended or discontinued; and this pro-
vision shall be embodied in every con-
tract under this act.


Sec. 4. Immediately after being no.
titled of their appointment it shall be
the duty of the commissioners for each
of said roads to meet at the time and


place designated, as provided in Sec
ton three of this act, and take and
subscribe the oath of Office prescribed


by the constitution and laws of this
State, which oath of Office, together
with an official bond in the sum of FIVE
thousand dollars each, with good and
sufficient sureties, to be approved by
the said board, and conditioned for the
faithful performance of their duties
respectively, shall be filed in the office
of Secretary Of State, whereupon the


commissioners may enter upon their


duties as prescribed by this act.


Sec. 5. To secure the construction of


the roads aforesaid, there shall be and
is hereby appropriated of the money


hereafter to accrue from the sale of


swamp lands, an average amount per


mile on each of said roads, not exceed


ing the value of six hundred and forty


acres of said lands, at the minimum


price fixed by the laws Of this State ::


Prooidea, That no more than four hum


dred thousand acres of said swamp


lands shall be applied in the construc-


ton of all said roads, to be distributed


to them under the direction of said


Board and the Auditor General shall


note In his warrants drawn under this


act, to which of said roads it relates


and shall, as shall also the State Treas


urer, keep separate account with each


road, in such manner as to show the


amount expended upon each; Ind


prooided further, That any contractor


for the construction of any of said


roads, or any part thereof, may elect


to take lands in lieu of money in liqui-


dation of such contract, in which case


such election shall be stated in the con-


tract, and no more than an average of


six hundred and forty acres of said
lands shall be stipulated to be paid per


mile for any of said roads, and that


said lands so stipulated to be paid shall


not be selected or Withdrawn from


market until after the full completion


of all the work provided for in any


such contract, and the lands SO selected
|, to be taken shall be charged against
the proper road in the accounts of The
, State Treasurer and Auditor General
| And rrocided further, That any land!
r so taken shall be within the county il
, which the work to be paid for has beer
done, and in proportion to the length
, of line and cost of road in said county
Sec. 6. The money applicable to sai(
roads shall be annually apportionet
among the several roads in proportion
to the quantity of swamp lands in th'
counties through which the roads pas
: respectively. And it shall be the dut,
of the State Treasurer, on or befor,
the first day of July of each year, t.
make out statement of the amoun
= which is or may be applicable to sait
r roads during the twelve months mex
thereafter, with the amount apportione,
D to each of said roads, and to transmi
Y copy of such statement to one o
4 more of the commissioners of each @
}, said roads, which statement and appor
e tionment shall be based upon tn
: amount of money then in the treasur
$ applicable to said roads, and the est
mated receipts into the treasury fror
y the sale of swamp lands during th
e next succeeding six months; and n
d contract or contracts for work on an
II of said roads exceeding the amount S
y estimated as applicable to such roat
n shall be made until the next annual az
d portionment by the State Treasure
y unless such contract shall be payabl
; in land as in this act provided; bl
e contracts may be made for the COZ
g struction of the whole or any part
r any of said roads, payable in sal
e swamp lands, as by thisact prescribed
n Sec. I. Contracts shall not be let Il
'r work upon any of said roads, unit
;e thirty days public notice of the tin
h and place of letting shall have bee
,r given in some newspaper published
D, the county in which such letting is
'e take place, if a newspaper be publishe
d in such county, and also in a paper
l. Lansing, and two papers in the city +,
,e Detroit, and be posted up in at lea
e twenty of the most public places in I'll


county in which such letting is to tax
n place. Such contracts shall be let, an
! said roads completed, in consecuti,
e sections, and, in the Lower Peninsul
g shall commence at the southern or eas
- ern terminus of said roads. and in n