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 under age, or out of the state or county, the same proceedings in all respects shall be had as in the case before mentioned, of the assessment and condemnation of the lands required for the said canal, or the works appurtenant thereto.

Section 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every person actually engaged in labouring on any canal authorized by law, shall be exempt from doing militia duty in this state, except in cases of insurrection or invasion, during the time when he is so actually engaged; and the certificates of the contractor who shall employ such men, so liable to perform militia duty, in the performance of their contracts shall be prima facia evidence of such engagement.

Section 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of three hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid by the state treasurer, in such sums as shall be required for the execution of the work, which sums shall from time to time be paid into the hands of the treasurer of the board