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     an Act to provide for the appointment cf a 
     
     Board for tie general supervision of the 
     
     Public Werks and Highways  this Island. 
     
     ' [Passed April 19, lStL0.] 
     
    

    
     I E it enacted by the Administrator of the 
     
    

    
     Government, Council and Assembly, as 
     
     follows :— , ' 
     
    

    
     I. ' The Colonial Secretary of this Island and 
     
     the Commissioner of Public Lands, for the time 
     
     being, and three other persons to be appointed 
     
     by the present or other Administrator of the 
     
     Government, for the time being, in Council, 
     
     shall, under thenameof“’l‘he Board of Works,” 
     
     constitute a Board for the superintendence and 
     
     management of the Colonial Building, Govern- 
     
     ment House, Light Houses, Jails, ljuoys and 
     
     Beacons, Public Highways, Bridges, Wharves 
     
     and Breakwaters, and of all other Buildings, 
     
     Erect/ions and property now belonging to, or 
     
     which shall or may hereafter belong to the 
     
     Government" ot' this Island. 
     
    

    
     II. The Road Correspondent, for the time be- 
     
     ing, shall be the Secretary or Clerk to the said 
     
     'Board, and shall receive such salary in addition 
     
     to his present salary allowance, as the Board 
     
     shall assign'to him, not exceeding twenty-five 
     
     pounds per annum. 
     
    

    
     III.- The repairs, erection, performance and 
     
     completion of all'l‘ublic Buildings or Works, 
     
     and the purchase of Oil, and all othernecessary 
     
     supplies or materials for Lighthouses, Jails, or 
     
     other public purposes, shall, in all cases, be 
     
     offered for public Competition after having been 
     
     first duly advertiz’ed, and be done wherever 
     
     practicable,by public letting, tender or contract, 
     
     under the supervision of the Board of Works. 
     
    
   
   
    
     IV. The Board of Works shall meet in Char- 
     
     lottetown, on the first Tuesday in every month, 
     
     and oftener, when necessary, for the transaction 
     
     of the business of the department; and three 
     
     members shall constitute a quorum. 
     
    
   
   
    
     V. Each member of the Board shall receive 
     
     Twenty pounds yearly for his services, and six- 
     
     ence for every mile travelled to attend meet~ 
     
     ings of the Board, or necessarily trawlled in 
     
     the performance of his duties by travelling 
     
     The latter charge to be submitted and approved 
     
     of by the Administrator of the Government in 
     
    
   
   
    
     GAZETTE. 705 
     
    
   
   
    
     iCouncil. The salary of each member to be sub- 
     
     ;ject to a deduction of one pound thirteen shil- 
     
     lings and four-pence, for every time he shall 
     
     be absent lrom any monthly sitting of the 
     
     Board, without sufficient excuse. 
     
    
   
   
    
     VI. The Lieutenant GOVG‘RIIO‘B, or other Ad- 
     
     ministrator of the Government, for the time 
     
     ‘being, in Council, may appoint a general Super- 
     
     intendent or Surveyor of Public Works, Roads, 
     
     lBridges and V-Vharves, in each County in this 
     
     Island; and the Superintendent f'or Queen’s 
     
     County, shall receive a salary of one hundred 
     
     and titty pounds per annum, and each Superin- 
     
     tendent for King’s and Prince Counties, the sum 
     
     of one hundred and twenty pounds each,per 
     
     annum, including travelling: expenses, which 
     
     said salaries shall be paid by. warrant on the 
     
     public Treasury, drawn quarterly, in the usual 
     
     'manner. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     VII. The said three Superintendents shall 
     
     be under the order and direction of the Board 
     
     of Works ; and shall ea’eh'furnish at least once 
     
     in every quarter of the year, at such times or 
     
     oftener, as the Said Board shall require for their 
     
     information, a report of the ccnditio‘n of the 
     
     Public Works and buildings within their re‘ 
     
     spective counties, and offer suggestions for the 
     
     improvement of such works and buildings, which 
     
     report shall be-annua-lly» laidbefore each branch 
     
     of the Legislature, within. ten days after the 
     
     commencement of the session. ' - ‘ . 
     
    

    
     VIII. The" Commissioners, Overseers, and 
     
     other officers of Highways, appointed or to be 
     
     appointed under the several Statutes of this 
     
     Island, new or hereafter to be in force, in re- 
     
     lation to Highways, shall have the s‘ame'powers, 
     
     duties and emoluments j‘as heretofore, within 
     
     their respective (listriCts or precincts; neverthe— 
     
     less. they shall be under the general supervision 
     
     of the Board of Works, and obey all orders and 
     
     instructions which they may receive from said 
     
     Board, relating to their respective duties ; and 
     
     such Commissioners shall report annually, on 
     
     the thirty-first day of January in each year, to 
     
     the Board of Works, as to the state and condi- 
     
     tion of the Roads, Bridges and‘Wharves, with- 
     
     in their respective district-s. , 
     
    

    
     IX. The Board of Works shall have power 
     
     at any time, if they deem it advisable, to take 
     
     under their exclusive charge and management, 
     
     any particular part, piece or pieces of any public 
     
     Highways, or any particular Wharf, Bridge or 
     
     Public Work, in the said Island, and the ex~