Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-08-24

her Of children for any month tEe
whole number of different children shall
not be included, but only the averag,
number for the entire month.
! SEC. IL. That IL it shall be found
! necessary to the successful operation
and support of the Iowa Soldiers Or.
phans' Home, for the year 1867, and till
! the tax provided for by this Act is re-
allied to anticipate any portion thereof,
then it shall be competent for the Pres
ident to draw his order or orders, coun-
tersigned by the Secretary, upon the
Auditor for such sums as shall be by
the Board found necessary, not exceed
ing in the aggregate twenty-five tholls-
and dollars; and upon the approval of
such orders by the Census Board en-
dorsed thereon, it shall be the duty of
the Auditor to draw his warrant upon
the Treasurer for such sums, payable
ont of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, which sums,
shall be returned to the Treasury out of
the funds provided to he raised by this
Act.
SEC. IL. Said Board shall make a
full and minute report of all the dis
bursements OF the Home, and 0fits con-
dition, financial and otherwise, to each
regular session of the General Assem-
bly,.
SEC. IS. That the assessor of each
ward and township i'm this State, before
the first Monday in June, A. ID. 1866,
aud when he is making the assessment
in each year thereafter, for the term of
cwo years, shall take an enumeration OF
all the children of deceased soldiers
who were in the military service of the
Government OF the United States, from
his ward or township, naming the com
pany, regiment, battery, battalion, or
organization to which the deceased sob
diers belonged, and make accurate re-
turn to the Board of Supervisors of his
county, designating the name, age and
sex of all the children belonging to the
family Of the deceased, for which the
Assessor hall receive the same conn pen
sation as for other services.
SEC. IA. 1t shall be the duty of Il. c
Board OF Supervisors to revise said emu
meration list of orphans from time to
time, by adding thereto or striking
therefrom, as they may deem proper.
SEC. 10. 1t shall be the duty of the
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to
furnish to the Assessors of the several
townships in his county such blanks IS
may be necessary for taking the atore-
said enumeration.
SEC. is. The Board of Supervisors of
the several counties shall have control
of the county orphan funds, ami shall
use the same for the maintenance and
education of the orphans aforesaid in
such manner and in such sums as the
eXigcncies OF the case may demand, and
for no other purpose.
SEC. II. The Board of Supervisors
may levy a tax not to exceed Onc-haIt
mill Oh the dollar, in any one year, on
all the taxable property in their county,
provided that there are any such or.
phans in their county needing such aid,
and shall apply said fund in manner as
hereinbefOrc directed. $751;
SEC. Is. II the children of the de-
ceased soldiers aforesaid have no natu.
raj or other guardian, or are neglected,
the Board of Supervisors may appoint
some suitable person in the township,
whose duty it shall he to see that said
children are cared for according to the
spirit and intent of this Act.
SEC. 10. The funds raised uYdcr the
provisions of Section IL, shall be called
the "Soldicrs' County Orphan Fund.-
and shall be levied, collected, and paid
out in the same manner us other county
funds.
SEC. 20. The provisions regarding
this county tax shall not be so constru-
cd as to prevent the orphans, or any
number thereof, from their respective
counties, to attend any Orphans Home
in this State.
SEC. 8. This Act being deemed by
the General Assembly of immediate i'm
pOrtance shall be in force from and after
its passage and publication i'm the Daily
State Register and Iowa Homestead
newspapers published in Des Moines.
Approved March 3lst, 1866.
! hereby certify that the foregoing
Act was published in the Daily State
Register April Ind, 1866, and in the
Iowa Homestead April 2md, 1866.
JAMES WRIGHT,
-.# Secretary of State.