Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-09-21
''slind Asylans = T.is - mar d fsaad

anlind Asyluml. y This - nay b feaz
In Laasa ek 1855, D. 80
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ta Ioamae anaa aupaaimaend she asaaaie
ii @aa AAsa@am@ n ~ nsAs fzaa Aawm ak Viz
-, II Aaafpm aoaasy.
1ha 5sh sssaaaa IL Us aes apgeepTl
@sas ID 90 % shs ssessEsa cf t6s bmalf
~ 40 ent-kazses an sanGzisioa ahs
i Ikha Ssssasss of Bantea eeaney shanla ia
| nate 10 the Hsake fersy AeFes AZ Lard
! and soaleIbuta &ss ahonsand dolasgn %
wards Nme sesetzem &c the emfIdsag. Nm
the Eah seesiaa oe hhs aaa sxpFsaaly al
weesa tia epmmisaiemaRa nok 90 oonkss@
4 k0R tks sonsskmssion at tbs haildiRg an
Tout h0asea, nj q eo@s axessaing ths sun
| Of 60 --and sh6 0sh see&icu sls
pF0sidaa thsa the eaMmissaanszn shal
/ nOa aakhagiss aay mOasy b he aTzwl
from ths TrsasnxT sxssps Tor espssas
gSv&s aesgaJ5g ssseHsTs1.
| New, e will be saan thas Che 5sh zee
kiaa saassnpaaaas aaa inaiRaSaly xeauaEe
he commissioners % pEosaRs ths sseO
sion Of The bsilding hy eontrass. J. q
TrasT, oae Of she eonmissioneTss ra
sidas % Vimson, 500 Of course was In
kaxass@d In s@snEaae ths ax@okiOn ct .
mss&maa@aaA ~ aamsa 90 mamshae. -
sezamissiensRs mayax las he work b
ernExsoks 50 instFna&ea, and / an In,
foEmsd khaz eMs Uf tha commaiasi0naRs
who awns sa0ne quarry mAsx Viasoa,
has hsaA insaweassd IN fagnishlmg III
ssene assa In eoassxnesing she kasIdsng.
An axamimaaion es ths Amaiserss hooka
shows thas he sam "a @IS COO appro-
priatsd By tbs Stats Tor shs oonssRue-
tinn al tbs Asylnn bailding and oat-
houses, has bean drawn from the Ireaa~
urY and expended upoa sha buiidiRg,
besides khs sam al $3.50 paid 60 Tie
commissioners ter their services, and
tbs walls of sAs building ass yss anGn-
ishsd.
I have Ia my possession the ecpy Of 3
letter written by Elijah Sells, Secretary
Of sbasas Jan. ~, 1883, 10 some eisiEs8s
Of Vinaon, In relation 10 matters son-
nected with tbs srsetion Of chs Asylum
and the aeEion Of The commissioners. In
this letter Mr.. Sells expressly declares
ssThat the sosa Of shs aanaarncsien has
not been kept within the appropEisssen,
and thas the commissioners hare sakan
the responsibility Of violating the iaw,
and aeEed Ia hAd fAish.s' And ths cean.
plation al shis Asylam baildiag and the
ont honssss upon the plan adopted BY
the majority Of tbs commissioners, viii
demand another appropriation from the
Stase, and involve the additional expsn-
ditara oe @20, 900 or @25 900. The oosn-
missioasrs selected 30 looaAa the insti~
tuition have tTansesnded ths:r powers,
aud the people OF the State must be the
sufferers.
pxsrRrBDTaoz oF zHB SCHOOL rUKp.
4 I'm jan, 1857, Eha Gsaszal Assembly
passed . Law requiring ths Treasurer 70
appoTtion among the organised eounties
Of the State the anouns OF the Eve Per
cent Fund rsesiysd BY him from the
GeneEaI GoYegnmsa&, which remained
in his hands. ThiB AGA was approved By
the Governor, Jan. 2S, 1857, and may
be f0uad In Session Lava Of 1861, p.
s2A. aa
Alter The General Assembly which
nat in JAM, 1858, had convened, com~
plaints reached the sara Of It's mambsEa
thai shs Treasurer had Neglected 20 make
the spportioamsns ~ required by the
aet, and . special COMMITTEES vas sp-
pointed by the Senate to examine into
the aHairs Of Staks oEsesEs. The sommit.
tee appointed by the PrasidsUt se the
Senate % make this examination aon-
sisted Of Senator's Cook, Caolbaagh aud
Patterson one Republican and two
Democrats. This committee was ap-
pointed On the l5sh Of March, l85S----
Senate Journal, 1858, ?. 4S4.)
Subsequently, resolution introduced
By Ssn&&os Trmhls charged ths eom-
mittee with the further duty of enquiE-
ing whether thess moneys belonging 30
the School Fund we're still In ths hands
OF The Treasurer, and il not, In whose
hands they were, and for what purpose.
Senate Journal, 1858, pages 52S-d.)
This committee Submitted thar report
to the Senate, Marsh 10Th, 1858, and it
will be found In Senate JoaFnal Of 1858,
pages 1851.
Thia report, signed BY oas Republican
and one Demaeras, shows that the total
smoant Of this fund seaivea By kha
State Treasurer was &22e yS57 i9. That
out Of shis he had leaned 20 the State,
jan. Isk, 1857, &s7 500 90. That he had
30 counties undag the Law Of
1857, 10 which hare referred, @L24s-
SS4 S6 and thas thsFe was thea bal
ancs in his hands in favor Of the School
Fund of &A6, ,672 33 and they further
report sfthak the State Treasurer lad d.
posite3 fmads belonging 10 kha State and
10 tbs Seh0og Fasmd with 6aaksTs IN dif-
fereat parsa Of the Stats and thai eight |
counties 10 whom Al superintendent Of
he School Fund bad BEEN made on the
sth Of March, 1857, and which were en-
Gitlsd so the sam Of &c, lss A8, had not
reCsived that sum.S THIS Reports then,
shows that the Treasurer of Ssaka had
taken she monsy belonging to shs State
and the money belonging 80 tbs School
Euad, whaoa be was required By the law
Of Janaaxy, 1857, so appoEsioa 20 the
several counties Of the State and leawad
q to or dspesissa u sSssh bankers In diF-
gersak parts ee The State and that for
fourteen mOnshs hs retained in his pos
session and under bis sontrol alnO %
&47 900, which he had By law bean d.
csetad 10 dissxibaes 10 ths several esnn-
lies.
sRcMxsAxT OF RgASMs
MIR. Sells, the pgsasuA sse9asaRy oe
Stetss has rseaivsd q tho Ssasa the sam
Of $50 for seaina, o. preksnding 10 ask
sa Govsxnos for sen days while GaYagn-
or 0rimes was absens from the Ssasa, as
II asserted, uaAking political spaephss.
And all sbs saFviaa Esnasred by hsg.
Sells in that eap&eisy, was rsmdsged in
his own oeScey and whils sngaged liz his
ordinary duties as Seoreaegy o3 Esats,
end whtls be was drawing hfs SALARY ~
Secretary.
xzM ggRAsraga avn xKR EaAR eR 900, ,0g)gl.
In 1858 che GaneFal AsssmAly OF this
State prpsidsd By Lac Ger he loan Of
300 600, and 1cr the payposs ok saset-
ing this loan thsy issasd boads of tbs
ssass 10 shs aanoans u @200, ,000, 81 viii
appsMs By ahs laws sf 1885, D. 4
These bomds ran for tea yaaxa end
draw snsaEeat &c TIE rate nk peR aamks
The ask pgovidad khak khase benas mighs
DO sod II nsssssaxy 10 raias shs moa8y.
kws kh&s ahaY ahaalA nos bs solA foK lsss
than sssig sa3@. Asaxtsn L. M0sxis. sha
Stale TrsAaaaax, waa maAs he agaa& og
NE Ss@ts b nsgpssaas shs lsan aad yaisa
shs m0asy en thass beads. Hs proessd
81 30 Msss Xaxk " ezise ne moasy, aaa
TasaFaaA a&&s@ ~ aIaaAo@ 20 u 9aw mAaAa
and gapazaeM sAaA be- haa agad Ahoss