The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1852-06-02
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lorlnWlln proceed 10 make arrangements
for building, on each lot, suitable buildings
for the cure and treatment Of at least one
hundred patients; and 10 enable them 10
proceed without difficulty or embarrsss.
ment, they are hereby authorized 10 con.
tract according TO the provisions Of tho
following section Of this act for the neees-
sary materials, appoint suitable persons 10
attend the erection Of the same, aud to
perform such other duties as may be neces.
sary TO carry ou, the objects herein con-
templated.'
Sec. 3. That said Trustees of said
Asylum shall submit to some competent
architect, statement Of the dimensions,
arrangement, and plan Of each Of said Asy-
lums, and of all buildings and other im-
provements necessary TO The perfect utility
Of said Asylums, and also statement Of
the several kinds and descriptions Of ma
terials which shall be used in the several
parts of said Improvements, as The said
improvements, shall have been agreed up
on by said Trusteesj and shall procure to
be executed by said architect, such drafts,
descriptions, plans, estimates, and pro6les,
of all such proposed buildings and i'm
provcments Of grounds, as will enable es-
Inmates TO be made iherefrom, Of the cost
of all parts TO said work and materials; and
said Trustees shall, at least four weeks be-
fore the time for receiving bids as herein
provided for, place copies of such drafts,
descriptions, plans, estimates and prOfles,
in the Office Of the Secretary of State, and
also publish said descriptions liz four news
papers of general circulation throughous
the state, stating therein the parts in which
the said work and materials will be let
and the terms. And said trustees, after
said notice. shall let the said work and ma
terials TO the lowest bidder, who shall ex-
ecUte bond, with two good and sufficient
securities, conditioned for the faithful per-
formance Of his contract; but the entire
cost to the stale of each of said Asylums,
including all necessary buildings, grounds
and Improvements, shall not exceed in The
aggregate, when perfectly completed, sew.
enly thousand dollars; and no contract
shall be made for beginning any part Of
said work, nor shall any work be begun,
until arrangements shall be made insuring
their completion, at an aggregate not ex-
ceeding the sum aforesaid.
Sec. 4. Said Trustees, before entering
upon the duties of their office, shall take
and subscribe an oath or affirmation, before
some competent authority, faithfully TO dis
charge all the duties required Of them by
this act they shall each be entitled TO re-
ceiye three dollars for each day necessari.
ly employed by them in selecting sites,
contracting for The erection of buildings,
and providing temporary arrangement for
the accommodation of patients, as provid-
ed for in section six Of this act, and the
expenses necessarily incurred in the dis
charge of the duties assigned them, TO be
paid out of any moneys in the State
Treasury not otherwise appropriated;
their accounts 10 be audited and allowed
by the Auditor of State.
Sec. s.. Said Trustees shall be requir-
ed to make fair and full report of all
their proceedings, Including the plans Of
the buildings adopted by, them,) TO the
present Genera! Assembly, if in session;
and if not, then TO the next General As.
sembly. iNa
Sec 6. That said Trustees may, If in
their opinion the suffering condition Of the
insane require it, cause temporary arrange
ments 10 be made for their accommodation
and treatment, until the permanent build
ings provided for in this act shall be COM
pleled; the same, as well as the institution
herein contemplated, to be under the con-
troll of said Trustees, and subject 10 the
rules and regulations provided for in the
several acts for The government Of The Ohio
Lunatic Asylum, and the care of idiots and
insane.
Sec. 7. That n, the meeting of the
next General Assembly, the Governor
$ shall nominate, and by and with the sd-
f vice and consent ot The Senate, appoint
six persons as successors to the Trustees
D herein named, who shall manage and d.
rect the concerns of the Asylum, in man.
;, ner as provided for in the several acts for
r the government of the Ohio Lunalic Asy-
e lum, and the care Of idiots and insane -
l.. and of those first appointed under this sec.
ton, two shall serve for one year, two foI
/, two years, and two for three years.
e Sec. 8. Sad Trustees, 10 be appointed
/. as provided for in the first section of hi,
Il acl, shall hold their office for the term ol
;. two years, or until their SUCCESSORS are ap.
pointed; and in case vacancy shall oc'
cur by death, resignation, or Otherwise
the Governor shall fill such vacancy by
appointment, un,il the next General As
sembly, or until his successor shall be ap.
pointed, as herein provided for.
Sec. Q. That said Trustees, and theil
successors in Office, shall have power "a
l. take and hold in trust for the use and bene
lil of said Asylums. any grant or devise o
6. land, and any donation or bequeSt Of mo
At ney, or other personal property, 10 be ap
d piled to the maintenance and support Of in
ID sane persons, in, or 10 the general use .
10 the Asylums.
ls Sec. 10. That the sum Of one hun
y dred and forty thousand dollars, is hereb,
e. appropriated Tor the purchase of the afore
d, mentioned lots of land, and the erection o
ST the buildings thereon, as contemplated b,
Or this act, fifty thousand dollars 10 be pait
or in the year 1852, and the remaining NINETY
id thousand as the work progresses, afler III
o; year 1859, out of any moneys in The Stat
be Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 10 b
II. drawn on the order Of a majority Of N