The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-06-27
CHAPTER 43,

Relating to the Institution for the Blind
AN ACT to provide for the education and support o
the Blind.
Section l. Belt enacted by the Genera
assembly the State Of Iosco, That, te
meet the ordinary expenses of the Institu
ton for the education of the Blind, inclu
ding furniture, books, maps, music, music
al instruments, and the compensation o
the principal, matron, teachers, and en-
ployees Of said institution, there is hereby
appropriated the sum of five thousand do!
lars per annum or so much thereof as NAV
be necessary.
Sec. 2. The Principal of the above In.
stitution, shall be entitled to receive out OF
the above money appropriated, the sum oi
seven hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. 3. The Trustees shall paw such
salary, rs in their jud dgment, is Just, to the
Matron and Teachers employed in said in.
stitution, not in any case to exceed the
sum of five hundred dollars.
Sec. 4. The Trustees shall appoint some
one Of the employees, steward, at such
compensation as they may deem just, who,
under their direction, shall purchase ali
supplies for the Institution.
Sec. 5. For the purpose ofmeeting cur
rent expenses, there is hereby appropria-
ted, out Of the State Treasury, forty dol
lars per quarter, for each pupil in said In
stitution.
Sec. s. The Principal of said Institu-
tion shall report to the Governor, on OF
before the 9Th day of December, preced
ing each regular session of the General
! Assembly, the number of pupils in atten-
dance, with the name, age, sex, residence,
place of nativity, and also the cause OF
blindness Of each pupil. He shall also
make a report of the studies pursued and
trades taught in said institution, together
with complete statement of the ex pendi-
lures, and also the number, kind and val
ue of articles manufactured and sold.
Sec. 7. When the pupils of said Insti-
tuition arc not otherwise supplied with
clothing, they shall be furnished by the
Principal, who shall make out an ac count
therefor, in each case, against the parent
or guardian, if the pupil be minor, and
against the pupil, if he or she have no
parent or guardian, or has attained thea are
of majority, which account shall be certi-
fed to be correct and signed by the Princ-
pal, and shall be p,ima tacie evidence of
its correctness, in the courts, and such
AoItNltl ICullG SUCH slccOunC
to the Treasurer Of the proper county,
who shall proceed to collect the same, 10y
suit, Unnecessary, in the name of such In
stitution, and pay the same into the State
Treasury, and said Principal, shall at the
same time, remit duplicate of such account
to the Auditor of State, who shattered the
same to account Of the Asylum for the
Blind, and charge it to the proper county
See. s. The above appropriation inclu-
ding account of clothing furnished pupils,
shall be drawn quarterly on the order of
the Trustees of the institution, made on
the Auditor of State, who shall draw his
warrant in the name of such institution on
the Treasurer. as ordered by the Trustees.
Sec. 8. That so much of Chapter "a, of
the Acts Of the Tenth General Assembly,
approved March 10Th, 1864, as conflicts
with this Act, be and the same is hereby
repealed.