A. L. Bishop — llie State WorJcs of Fennsylvania. 277 



Section 17. That tliero shall be paid by the state treasurer, to the 

 commissioners of the internal improvement fnnd, during the current 

 year, and during each and every year from and after the first day of 

 December next, out of the receipts of duties on auctions, such sum Or 

 sums as may be necessary to pay the interest on the loans authorized 

 by this act. And the faith of the state is hereby pledged to estab- 

 lish a sufHcient revenue for making up any deficiency that may 

 hereafter take place in the funds appropriated for paying the said 

 interest. 



Section 18. That it shall be the duty of the commissioners of 

 the internal imi)rovement fund, to cause to be paid out of the 

 moneys borrowed in pursuance of the fifteenth section of this act, 

 such sum or sums as shall be necessary for the completion of the 

 two divisions of the Pennsvlvania canal already located, as well as 

 such other sum or sums as may be necessary for the prosecution of 

 the canals and public works authorized to be constructed by this act. 

 AwA all such sums shall be draAvn and accounted for according to 

 the provisions of an act entitled "An act to provide for the com- 

 mencement of a canal, to be constructed at the expense of the state, 

 and to be styled the Pennsylvania canal," passed the twenty-fifth 

 day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six; and 

 also an act entitled "An act authorizing a loan for the commence- 

 ment of the construction of the Pennsylvania canal and for other 

 purposes," passed the first day of April, one thousand eight hun- 

 dred and twenty-six. 



Section 19. That the state treasurer for the time being shall 

 be the treasurer of the internal improvement fund, and shall per- 

 form all the duties pertaining thereto, and all such moneys belong- 

 ing to the said fund, as the commissioners of said fund may deem 

 proper, shall be deposited in the Bank of Pennsylvania, subject to 

 their drafts. 



Section 20. That in case any contract for work on the canals 

 authorized by this act, shall be forfeited or abandoned by the con- 

 tractor or contractors, the acting canal commissioners may re-let 

 the same, without giving notice in the newspapers, as required by 

 the sixth section of the act passed the twenty-fifth day of February, 

 eighteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An act to provide for the 

 commencement of a canal, to be constructed at the expense of the 

 state, and to be styled the Pennsylvania canal." 



Appendix YI. — Financial Statement of the Public Worls. 



Statement of the cost, revenues and expenditures of the several 

 finished lines of Canals and Railroads of the State Works of Penn- 

 sylvania for each financial year, from their opening until disposed 

 of to an Incorporated Company.* 



* As to just what is meant in the following tables by '"Original Cost," "Cost" 

 and "Expenditures" refer to pages 228 and. 238-9. 

 Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. Xlll. 20 Nov., 1907. 



