Year: 1860

! pOlnleu may De removed Ut any Ime previous to


the expiration of his term, by the Board of Public
/ Works, for neglect OF duty or maifeasance in Of
| fee. All vacancies that shall occur IN either of
| the Offices aforesaid, occasoned either by death,
resignation, removal, otherwise, shall be filled
for the residue of the term, in the same manner
and by the same authority as hereinbefore provi-
ded for making appointments for full term; and
all such officers appointed and serving part on
/ ly of the term of Office, shall be paid rnteabv
due portion of the salary hereinafter provided and
no more.


SEC. 5. That to provide for the prompt pay
1 ment Of aborers, and for the purchase of mater
ials, and incidental expenses in the current re-
pairs of any of the Public Works of the State,
the resident engineer on any division may at the
commencement OF any month, or at any interme-
date convenient time therein, estimate the
amount as near as practicable, that will be needed
to pay for the repairs Of said quarter, exclusive
of the salary ofthe Superintendent and may issue
his certificate in favor of the Superintendent of
repairs said division, upon which certificate the
acting Commissioner may, II satisfied of the cor
rectness Of the estimate and of the expedency
of such proceeding, draw his check for the amount
) or any portion thereof, on the Auditor of State,
whose duty it shall be to issue his warrant ON the


State Treasurer for the amount specified in the


check, and to charge the same to the particular


work or improvement to which it properly belongs.
The Superintendentn in whose favor said advance


payments shall have been made, shall therefore


Immediately proceed to pay all Indebtedness


which hc may have incurred on behalf of the


State for repairs, materials or incidental expenses
upon the division undr his charge, and shall
thenceforth, during said current quarter, pay all


lahorers weekly, unless prevented by unusual


events happening on his division and rendering


strict compliance with this requirement inconven


lent for the time being, on which contingency he
; shall make euch payment at the earliest practical
/ anI tho amid eba


settle with the said resident engineer quarterly,
as usual heretofore and intermediately II required
by said engineer, MS the basis upon which to pred
, cate his estimate for the remaining part of the
current quarter, and no voucher shall be allowed
in the settlement of a Supefntendents account,


unless the money for which IL purpotts to be re-


ceipt shall have been actually paid and the rates


of the laboror materials shall be such as shall be


approved by the resident engineer Aforesaid


Should it so happen that surplus shall remain in


the hands ofany Superintendent ut the end of any


quarter, the same shall be carried forward to be


used in like manner the next succeeding quarter


but for the closing quarter of said SuperiDtendents


term of office, the said Engineer shall not include
In his estimate any amount for the last thirty
days Of said term and shall be careful to limit the
amount of his estimate for that quarter, or any
part thereof below the actual amount of the prob


able expenditures, so as to prevent any surplus
manning in the hands of any Superintendent ut
the close of his term of oflicc but it, notwithstan-
ding such plecauliOn, any balance should remain
in the hands of any such Superintendent Mt the
expiration Of his official term, the resident Engi.
neer Of his division shall have powerto charge the
same over to said Superintendent aud apply it to
the payment Of lis quarterly amount of salary
then due, and if any further balance remains in
his hands, the same shall he paid into the State
Treasury.


SEC. &. The said Board of Public Works is
hereby authorized to lease water ON nny of the
several reservoirs of the Public Works under such
rules and regulations as ornay be prescribed
by law for leasing water power on the Public
Works of the State And the said Board Is here
10y further authorized required to make, frofa
tine to time an examination of the leases OF water
power upon or connected with anv of the Public
Works Of tire State made by the lawful agents
, thereofin cases where the leases of water power
or any assignee thereof may require it, to adjust


and hx the amount of rent in arrears, or to be


paid by such lessee or assigns at such prices as


they may deem Just and equitable, and to cancel


existing leases with the consent of the lesees or


assigns, or when such leases have become for
/, tcited aud said Board shall deem the interest of
the State will be promoted thereby to shut off the
, water and prevent the use thereof under any such


leases when rents shall have been due thereon and


in the arrears for thirty days or more, or when


the lcssees refuse or neglect to put in or permit


to be put in such guages as are required III their


leases, and to continue to keep the water shut off


until such rent be paid such gauges be put in.


And it is hereby made the duty of tie President
of the Board Of Public Works to furnish the Au-


ditor of State from time to time nttcsted copies Of
all leases Tor water power which remain in force,
= and of all new leases made, and renewals or


modification OF those now in force, within thirty
; days after the making of such leases, renewal or
modification by said Board; AMI the said Presi-
! dent shall also within the time prescribed, fur


nlsh attested copies of such original lease, renew
: , al or modification to each of the collectors of
: = tolls upon whom the duty is imposed of collecting
h the rents therein provided for.


= SIC. T. Collectors of tolls shall, in addition to
;. such other duties us may, from time to time, be


required of them, collect water rents due the State
:, or TO become due MS the same shall accurc, aud
- make such return OF such collections and pay over
1 all moneys thus collected in the same manner and
= at the same time they are by law required to make


return of and pay the tolls by them collected


All moneys derived from tolls ON the canals, turn


pixies, or other improv of the State, as wei


as all moneys dcriy yed from leases of water power


or the sales of land held by the State for cana
purposes, or from any other purposes or from an,
other source appertaining to the interest or man
I agemcnt of the public works of the State, shall bt
paid into the treasury in the manner directed b,
E law.


SEC. g. All claims against the State arising il





repairs Of the canals, tumpikes, or other improve


ments under the care and supervision Of the boarc
OF public works or for amy other object connected
. with the public works aid authorized by law


shall be paid by the check of the acting commits
- sioncr the Auditor of State, whose duty IL shal
4 be to issue his warrant the State Treasurer fo
~ the amount specified in said check, and 20 charge
- the same to the particular work or improv emcn
"a for which the expenditure shall have been made
Il No check shalt be issued until after the consid
, Grafton upon which il is based shall have been &C
~ tuay rendered. except In the case of superntend
=. cnts of repairs provided in section five: an,
n every check shall be made in favor of the identca
a person to whom the amount is due, and shall Sc
materials, repairs, labor, superntendence other
- wiso, and to what object and at what point or di
= vision said materials, labor or superintendent
Il were applied. Every check shall set forth tn,
n specific appropriation which authorized its pay
Il ment, and shall he accompanied with q ccrtifcat,
q of the experimenting engineer, which shall nam,
I the person or persons 10 whom there is indebted
T. ness, and state the particular work ON which Il oc


cured and the location thereof, and whether h,
I, contract or otherwise, The check and certificate


thus issued, shall be registered in books, one to b.
y kept by the engineer, and one by the acting com
, missioner.


}. SEc. Q. That in all cases in which it may b.
O necessary for the board of public works, by them
selves or their legally authorized agent, to let con
II tracts for the performance of labor or the furnish
i ing OF materials and for the construction Of feed
;. ers dykes reservoirs locks dams and other work