The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-06-11

perintendent, whose duty it shall be
to superintend the work on said bull.
dings as provided in said specifica-
tons. In case ola vacancy of said
board of commissioners, caused by
death, resignation, or otherwise, the
same shall be filled and appointed by
the Governor,
Sec. 3. That before said commis>
sioners shall draw any money from
the treasury Of the State, for the pur-
pose Of erecting and building for said
asylum, they shall severally, except
the Governor, give bond with sure
ty in the penal sum of one hundred
thousand dollars, to be approved by
and payable to the Treasurer of the
State of Iowa, conditioned, for the
faithful performance Of their duties
and the honest and faithful disburse-
mont ofand accounting for any and
all moneys which may have come in.
to their hands undor the provision Of
this act.
Sec. s. That the Superintendent
herein provided for shall receive as
his only compensation for superin-
tending the work on said deaf and
dumb asylum, such sum as the said
commissioners may fix.
Sec. 6. That there is hereby ap-
propriated out Of any money in the
State Treasury not Otherwise appro-
priated, the sum of one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars, for the
purpose of erecting the buildings of
Of said deaf and dumb asylum, the
same to be paid upon the draft upon
the Auditor Of State by said commits
sioners for the erection Of said bull
dings.
Sec..7. That no draft shall be
made or money paid from the treas
ury, except upon the estimate made
upon the work done and materials
furnished for the erection Of said
buildings, and in making estimates,
no estimate shall be made or allowed
upon materials not actually upon the
grounds upon which said asylum
buildings are to be erected and built.
Sec. 8. That all drafts or orders
drawn by said commissioners upon
the Auditor of State shall be audit
ed and paid as other claims Provi-
ded, That no order or draft drawn
upon the auditor by said commits
sioners, except the first one, shall be
audited and paid until said commits
sioners shall have filed their vouch-
ers with the Auditor of State, for
all moneys received and disbursed by
them.
Sec. 9. That of the sum hereby
appropriated for the erection of bull
dings for said asylum not more than
fifty thousand dollars shall be drawn
from the treasury in the year one
Thousand eight hundred and sixty
eight.
Sec. 10. That said commissioners.
shall Immediately advertise for four
weeks in one newspaper in each Of
the following places, viz: Council
Bluffs, Des Moines, Dubuque, Daven-
port and Burlington, for sealed pro-.
posals for contracts to construct the
building hereby authorized, according
to the plans and specifications for
that portion of the buildings afore-
said and to contract with the low.
est responsible bidder who will build
the same, complete by the first day
of October, 1870, and who viii give
adequate security for the performance
of his contract; Provided, That no
contract, agreement, or plan shall be
adopted by the said commissioners
different from the plans hereby adopt
ed; nor shall any contract be enter
ed into by said Commissioners which
shall in any event involve any great
er expenditure than the sum BY this
act appropriated, and all contracts
involving expenditures greater than
is hereby authorized shall be void.
SEC. II. This act being deemed Of
immediate Importance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
it's publication in the Daily Bugle
and Daily Nonpareil newspapers
published in Council Bluffs, in this
State Provided, however that such
publication shall be made without ex-
pense to the State.
Approved April It'll, 1868.
STATE OF IOWA, !
Office Of Secretary of State,
Des Moines, May 8, '68.
I hereby certify the foregoing to
be a correct copy of the original roll
now on file in this office.
ED WRIGHT, Sec'y Of State.