Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-06-03
T No. ST.
April 28, 1852.

AN ACT to provide for the erection oftwo addit.
ional Lunatic Asylums.
SEC. /. Be it enacted by the General As.
sembly of the State of Ohio, That the Go.
vernon, By and with the advice and consent
of the senate, is hereby authorized and re-
quired 10 appoin. six Trustees, no two Of
whom shall be residents of the same county,
or adjoining counties, whose duty il shall be
to select aud purchase, or receive by gifl or
donation, two lots of land, at such points as
their opinion will best subserve the public in.
,eresl, suitable for the erection thereon Of
TWO Asylums for the insane; the unincumb-
cred tile to said lots to be secured to the
State of Ohio; Provided, neither Of said A.
sylums shall be located within five miles Of
my city containing fifty thousand inhabitants
nor within one mile Of any other incorpora-
ted city, town or village.
Sec. 2. That in making such selections,
The Trustees shall lake into consideration
any donation thai may be proposed towards
The establishment and erection of such insti-
tulions. Each one Of said loss of land SO
selected shall contain not less than fifty nor
more than one hundred acres. Said Trus-
tees, after securing the land, shall forthwith
proceed 10 make arrangements for building,
on each lot suitable buildings for the cure
and treatment of al leas. one hundred patients
and TO enable them TO proceed without dif.
fculty or embarrassment, they are hereby
authorized 10 contract according to the pro-
visions of the following section of this acl)
for necessary materials, appoint suitable per-
sons to attend The erection Of The same, and
to perform such other duties as may be nee.
essary to carry out the objects herein con-
Iempated.
Sec. 8. That said Trustees OF said Asy-
lum shall submit 10 some competent archi-
lect, q statement of the dimensions, arrange
men, and plan ofeach Of SAID hsylums, and
Of all buildings and other Improvements nec-
essary 10 the perfect utility Of said AsyIums
and also statement of the several kinds and
descriptions of materials which shall be used
in the several paris Of said Improvements, as
the said Improvements shall have been a
greed upon by said Trustees; and shall pro-
cure 10 be executed by said architect, such
drafts, descriptions, plans, estimates and pro
files, of all such proposed buildings and i'm
provements orgrourds, as will enable esti
mates 10 be made therelrom, OF the cost o.
paris Of said work aud materials; and sale
Trustees shall al least four weeks before iht
time for receiving bids as herein provided fo
T place copies Of such drafts, descriptions
} plans, estimates and pro6les, in the office o
, tho Saopatoey IF Stot ond aleO nnblich eail
descriptions in four newspapers OF genera
, circulation throughout the State, stating
} therein The parts in which the said work anc
materials will be let, and the terms. AnC
said Truees, after said notice, shallle, tn,
said work and materials to the loves, bdde
+ who shall execute bond, with two suffic
lent securities, conditioned for the lailhlu
performance OF his contract; bul the entir
COS, 10 the Stale Of each Of said Asylums, in