Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-06-03

Guiding all necessary buildings, grounds and
Improvements. shall not exceed in the ag-
Igregate, when perfectly completed; seventy
thousand dollars; andno contracs shall be
made for beginning any part Of said work,
nor shall any work be begun, until arrange
ments shall be made insuring their compile
tipn, at an aggregate not exceeding the sum
aforesaid. -
SEC. 4. Said Trustees, before. enletering
upon the duties Of their office, shsll take and
subscribe an oath or affirmation, before some
Component authority, faithfully TO discharge
all the duties required Of them by This act;
they shall each be entitled 10 receive three
dollars for each day necessarily employed
by Them in selecting sites, contracting for
the erection Of buildings, and providing tenn.
porary arrangement for,ihe accommodation
Of patients as provided forain section six Of
this act, and the expenses necessarily in
Cured in the discharge Of the duties assign
ed 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 Stale.
SEC S. Said Trustees shall be required 10
make fair and full repor. Of all their pro-
ceedngs. (including the plans Of the build
ings adopted by Them, 10 the present Cen
eral Assembly, ifin session; and ifnot. then
10 the next General Assembly.
SEC. 6. Tha, said Trustees may, If in
their opinion the suffering condition Of the
insane require it, cause temporary arrange
ment 10 be made Tor their accommodation
and treatment until the permanen, buildings
provided for in this act shall be completed ;
the same, as we'll as the institution herein
contemplated 10 be under the control of said
Trustees, and subject 10 the rules and regu.
la,ions provided for in the several acts fol
the government of the Ohio Lunalic Asylum
and the care ofidiots and insane.
Sec. 7. That at the meeting Of The nexl
General Assembly, the Governor shall nom
mate, and by and with the advice and con.
sent of the Senate, appoint six persons as
SUCCESSORS 10 the Trustees herein named
who shall manage and direct the concerns ol
Of the Asylum, in manner as provided for in
the several acts for the government Of the
Ohio Luna,ic Asylum, and the care of idiols
and insane;" and Of those frs. appointed un.
der this section, TWO shall serve for one year
two for two years. and two for three years
Sec. 8. Said Trustees, 10 be appointed as
provided for in the first section of this ac.
shall hold their office for the term of Two
years, or until their successors are appointed
and in case vacancy shall occur by death,
resignation, or otherwise, the Governor shall
fill such vacancy by appointment, until the
next General Assembly, or until his success.
sor sha. be appointed, as herein provided
SEC 9. That said Trustees, and theil
successors in office, shall have power tc
take and hold in trust for the use and bensf
of said Asylums, any grant or devise ofland
and any donation or bequest of money, OF
olher personal property, TO be applied to the
maintenance and support Of insane persons
in, or TO the general use Of the Asylums.
SEC. 10. That the sum of one hundred
and forty thousand dollars, is hereby appro
prialed for the purchase of the aforemen
toned lots of land. and the erection oCtht
buildings thereon, as contemplated by thi
act, fifty thousand dollars TO be paid in tn,
year 1862, and the remaining ninety thou
sand as the work progresses, after the yea
1852, out of any moneys the State Treasur,
no, otherwise appropriated. to be drawn oil
the order of q majority Of the Board Of Trus
tees; Provided, tha. no moneys shall b.
drawn from the treasury faster than the pro
gress of The work may require.
JAMES c. JOHNSON,
Speaker Of the House of Reps.
WILLIAM MEDILL.
Fl President of the Senate.
April 80, 1859.