The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-02-27

the board, shah be laid on the table un-
til subsequent meeting Of the board.
SEc.ss. at the first meating Of said
board Of commissioners, the board shall
elect one Secretary to the board, who
shall keep true and correct Journal Of
the proceedings of the board, at each
and every meeting all votes shall be
entered on the Journal, and the names
Of the members of the board voting for
or against oil questions, shah be enter
ed on the journal The journal of the
proceedings ofthc board, on each DAY,
shall be signed BY the President, and
attested by the Secretary The board
may assign such other duties to the Sec
Rotary, compatible with his office, as
they may deem proper; and they may
adopt such rules for the government of
the proceedings of the board, during the
meetings thereof. as may be deemed
advisable, and are not Incompatible
with the provisions Of this act.
SEc. o.. AT the said first meeting of
the board, the members thereof shall
elect ono of their number Treasurer of
the fund appropriated by Congress for
the erection Of the Capitol buildings;
and they shall elect another member OF
their board Treasurer of the fund APP
propriated by Congress, for the erection
of a Territorial! prison; and they shall
elect another member Of their board the
building commissioner, for the erection
Of the Capitol building, who was elected
in the district where the Capitol is stu
atcd; and another member of their board
shall be elected building commissioner,
for the erection of the said Territorial
prison, who was elected in the district
where said prison is located.
SEC TO- At the first meeting of said
board, the necessary steps shall be ia
ken, and measures adopted, to procure
suitable sites upon which to erect said
Capitol buildings, in the town Of ST.
Paul; and the said Territorial prison in
the town of Saltwater; and for the COM
mcncement and early completion of said
public buildings. And the said board
may adjourn from time to time, as they
may deem necessary.
SEC. ii. All the contracts and other
acts Of any building commissioner, shall
be under the supervision and control Of
said board; and no contract shall be en-
tered into for material or labor, for the
erection Of said public buildings, until
approved by the said board or major
ity thereof, nor until the said board shall
have first given notice, by publication
in one or more newspapers printed in
the Territory, for three successive
weeks, inviting proposals for the per-
Torrance of the labor and furnishing of
necessary materials, for the fultiilment
of the contracts SO proposed, and the
bond which will be required for their
lulhllment; and in all cases, contracts
shall be given by the board to the low
est and best responsible bidder, who
will give the security required.
SEC. IL. No money shall be- paid by
any Treasurer, for any purpose, unless
on draft ordered by the board, and
signed by the President, and attested by
the Secretary of the board and the
board shall ia no case, sanction the pay
ment Of any money, unless satisfied that
the labor has been performed or the
material has been furnished for which
any such payment is contemplated.
SEC. IS 7, shall be the duty of each
ofthe building commissioners to enter
nto and superintend the performance of
all contracts for labor and material,
which may have been authorized by the
board, for the erection of his proper
building, to see that the terms Of each
contract are fulfilled, and to do and per-
form such other duties pertaining to his
building as the board shall direct Pro-
rided, That no member Of the board
shall be interested, directly or Indirect
ly, in any contract Of any kind connec-
tive with the erection of any public
building, during their continuance in Of
fee, under the penalty of five hundred
dollars, to be collected by the Secretary
ofthc Territory or the official bond of
the person so offending
SEC. ii. 1t shall be the duty of the
persons elected Treasures, as herein
before prescribed, at any time after
qualifying, as hereinafter specified,
when directed so to do by the board, to
demand and receive from the proper Of
ficer ofthe United States Treasury, any
and all the moneys that now are or
hereafter may be appropriated, for the
erection of any public buildings, the
fund for building whereof they are
Treasurers; and to keep the same in
safety, being ut all times prepared to
pay the drafts Of the board ia the same
funds received from the United States
Provided, That the board may author
ize the application for the whole or a
part of the moneys appropriated for the
erection of pablo buildings in the Ter
ritory of Minnesota, at any time after
the qualification Of The proper Treasur-
ers, as the said board may deem exps-
dent.
SEC. Is. Each ofthe treasurers cleo
ted as provided in the ninth section of
this act, shall execute bond TO the Sec
rotary of the Territory, in the penal sum
Of thirty thousand dollars, with ten or
more good and sufficient sureties, to be
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