Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-07-07
CHAPTER 90.


CHAPTER 90.
An Act regarding Soldiers Orphans.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Gener-
al Assembly of the State of Iowa, That
if within four months from the end Of this
session Of the General Assembly, the
Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home" an iu-
corporation OF the name and style, shall
duly aud legally convey and transfer, and
duly deliver ali its property, real and per
sonal, including all its things in action, 10
board Of trustees, for them and their
successors, which board shall have been
appointed by this general assembly, and
whose name and style shall be the ''Board
Of Trustees of the Iowa Soldiers Orph-
ans Home,' then and upon that event,
and when the same shall be by said board
determined to have transpred, the see-
tons Of this act, numbered 2 to II 10.
elusive, shall be held to be of force and
validity, and not otheswise.
Sec. 2. The "Board of Trustees of the
Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home shall con-
sist OF one person from each congressional
district and one from the State at large,
who shall be appointed by the general
assembly for two years and until their
successors are elected and qualified
Sec. ). Said Board shall govern and
manage said Home, and shall have power
to enact laws and rules for the regulation
Of all its concerns, and power also to alter
the same, from time to time as shall seem
to them proper; and shall also have full
Eower to carry on and manage all the
affairs Of the said Home.
Sec. 4. The members of said board
shall each receive ,ke same mileage,
going to and returning therefrom, as
members of the General Assembly.
Sec >. Said trustees shall, before en-
tering upon the discharge of their duties,
take and subscribe an oath or affirmation
TO support the constitution Of the United
States and Of this State, and also faith
fully to discharge the duties required of
them by law and the by laws that may be
established.
Sec. 6. Their first meeting she'll he at
Davenport, at such time as shall be an
nounced to them by that member whose
name stands first in list Of members as
chosen by the assembly, and he shall
make such call when it shall be announc-
ed to him by the president Of the asso.
citation called the iowa Soldiers Orph-
ans Home that said association is ready
to conform to the provisions Of section
Of this act
Sec. :. Said board shall have all the
powers OF reception, transmission and
succession which belong to an incorpora-
ton, and shall choose president, treas
urer, and secretary from their own body,
and determine the bonds to be given.
Sec. The census board, when fixing
the rate of state tax to be levied each
year as required by section 743 of the
revision Of 1860, and chapter "a Of the
acts OF the extra session of the ninth gen
era' assembly, shall include in the rate 20
liked threc.eights of one mill on the dol
lar, tax tor the support, education and
maintenance of the Soldiers Orphans;
and the board Of supervisors Of the sew
eral counties shall levy the said tax as a
part OF the State TAX for each year, which
shall be collected and paid into the state
treasury as other state tax and whenever
any state tax shall be received at the
state treasury from county treasurers the
state treasurer shall apportion the same
between the revenue fund proper and the
Orphans Home fund provided for in this
act, 10 proportion to the rate Of tax levied
for each Of said funds, and shall receipt
Tor the same accordingly. And if it shall
appear to the census board IN 1867, or
any year thereafter, that the amount real
lied by the levy Of the tax aforesaid. for
the purposes aforesaid, is more than is
necessary for the purposes aforesaid, they
shall direct the levy of any such tax as
may be suflicieet therefor.
Sec y. The expenses Of the transmits
sion of orphans to the Home, and of the
board and management, shall be paid out
of the said Orphan fund.
Sec lO. That the money arising from
the tax provided for by this act, shall only
Dc drawn from the treasury for the pur--
pose OF deiraying the expenses incurred
in the support Of soldiers orphans, and at
no greater rate than eight and one third
dollars per month for each orphan actu-
ally supported in the iowa Soldiers Orph-
aus Home and upon the presentation to
the auditor each month of a sworn state
ment OF the number of orphan children
supported by the said institution for the
preceding month, and approved bv the
census board, it shall be the duty of the
auditor to draw his warrant upon the
treasurer Of the said board, for the sum
Of eight and onc-,hird dollars per month
For each Saa::!!3 provided, .ha. IL ss.;a,a.r
ing the number of children for any IN onth
the whole number Of different children
shall not be- included, but only the aver
age number for the entire month.
Sec. III. That il it should be found no.
cessary to the successful operation and