The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-07-21
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Relative 10 tie lnstitafim for he Blind.
AN ACT to provide for thu education and sup.
port Of th. Blind.
sEcrIcs l. Be IL enacted By tie General ..em-
tiy Of the State Of loca, That, TO meet the ordi-
nary expense3 Of the Institution for the education
OF the Blind, Including furniture, books maps,
muaie, musicdl instrunents; and the eompenan-
tion Of the principal, matron, teachers, and en-
ployees Of said institution there Is hereby appro
priated the sum Of I'VE thousand dollars per an
mum. or 30 m4ch tlrsreof As may be necssssry.
SIC. 2. ThP Principal Of the above Institution,
shall be entitAd to receive out Of the above none
appropriated, The sum Of seven hundred dollars
Per Annum.
SEC. 8. TfH Trustees shall pay such salary ..
10 their judgment is just, to the Matron and
Ieachers employed in said Institution, not in an '
case to exceedlthe sum Of Eve hundred dollars.
s.c 4. Tho Trustees shall appoint some one
OF the employees, steward, ~ sech compensation
- they may deem just, who, under their direc-
ton, shall purehase al supplies for the Institu-
ton.
SEC. 5. For the purpose Of meeting current ex
pensss, there hefeby appropriated out Of the
State Treasury forty dollars per quarter for each
pupil in said Institution.
sEc. g.. The Principal Of said Institution shall
report to the Governor, on or before the 18th day
Of December, preceding each regular session Of
the General Assembly. the number Of pupils in
attendance, with the name, age, sex, residence,
place Of nativity, and also the Of blindness
of each pupil. He shall also make report Of the
studies pursued, and trades taught in said initu-
tion, together with . complete statement Of the
expenditures, and also the number, kind and
value Of articles manufactured and sold.
SEC. Z. Whdn the pupils Of said In.tiiuton
arc not otbsrwiAe supplied with clothing, they
fnr shrA hw h. px,a t..~1 l.. .k-t
make out an sccount therefor, in each case,
against the Parsnt or guardian, II the pupil be :
minor and against the pupil, IL he OF she have so
parent or guardian, or has attained the age OF
majority, which account shall be certified 10 be
correct, and signsd by the Principal, and shall be
pr'~a Jacte evidence OF its correctness In the
courts, and such principal shall forthwith remit
sueh account 70 the Treasurer of the proper
county, who shall proceed to collect the same, by
suit, If necesaaxy in the name OF such Institution.
and pay the same into the State Treasury, and
said Principal shall, at the same time, remit
dpuicats OF such account to the Auditor Of State.
who shail remit the sAine 10 the account Of the
Asylam for the Blind, and charge it to the proper
county.
SECS. The Above appropriation. including
account Of clothing furnished pupils, shall be
drawn quarterly On the order Of the Trustees OF
the Institution, uade on the Auditor Of State
who shalidraw his warrant in the name Of such
Institution on tho Treasurer as ordered BY the
Trustees.
SECS That 80 much Of Chapter 81: Of the Act.
Of the IeLth General Assembly, approved March
lsth, 1864, n conf lets with this Act, be and the
same is hereby repealed
SIC. 10. ThisAct being deemed by the General
Assembly Of immediate Importance shall be in
force from and after its passage and publication
In the Daily State Register and fora Hon stead
newspapers publiihe in Des Moines
Approved March 22d, 1865.
hereby certify that the foregoing Act waspub.
lishsd In the Daily State Regi.fer the 25th day
OF March, 1855, and in the fosa Hoa.stead April
4th, 1865.
JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary Of State