The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-07-30
LAWS OF IOWA,
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER az

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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT to Permanently Locate, and
Provide for the Erection of an addi-
tionai InstituticE Ar the Insane.
s1. Be It enacted by the General As
enaby Of the State Of Iowa. That
there shall be and is hereby permsnant-
~ established at Independence, Buc-
hanan, county, Iowa, an additional in.
stitution for the support and cure Of the
X]fssNaAd6s 6we..2
county, Maturin L. Fisher of Clayton
county, and Albert Clarke of Buchanan
county, are hereby appointed board of
commissioners to select location, and
to superentend the erection Of suitable
buildings for the use or said tnsSitution,
and IN case Of vacancy in said commits
sion by death or otherwise, the sanre
aaSesnos sssis he dsl1 1f3TT''1Yt of the
s3 That said board shall select the
most eligible and desirable location of
not less than three hundred and twenty
acres, and it must not in any event, 6e
more than two miles distant from said
city of Independence, which said lands
shall be obtained free of charge to the
State, and said boar, shall take deed
of conveyance OF tn same In fee simple
to the State of Iow4 And cause the same
to be properly rect = in the office Of
recorder of deeds the county of Bu-
chanan.
liest day practical ~ rocure plans and
n Po All itNrS o,aA oAiR sarinnS f,y flHao
buildings necessarg ~ ID proper for said
institution, the ex l@r of which build
ing shall be stone, the stone to be pro-
cured within the Late, but the plan
determined on by ID1 board shall be
such as will adtllip Aof future enlarge
ment SO rs to pre- = the symmetry
and be, when ultimately completed, of
capacity equal to the present building
Mt Mt. Pleasant; |rided. chat the
erection only of shch portion of such
building shall be undertaken by said
board. under the provisions of this act
as may be completed and ma ready
for e, occupancy by appropriation here
q 5. So soon as said board shall have
they shall advertise IT four weeks in
one paper in each oAyhe following pla-
ces, viz: Independents, Dubuque, Dav-
enport, aud Des NJ 1ines, for sealed pro-
posals for contracts tX erect the build
ings hereby author 1 according to the
plan and specifications determined on,
and are hereby empowered to contract
with the lowest responsible bidder, who
will build and complete the same by the
first of December. 1870, and who shall
give adequate security for the perform
ance OF his contract. No contract shall
be entered into by said board which shall
in i,,r..n any yy,. eviSsss sssssi.sn ssendi ,hi.
act.
6. Before entering upon his duties,
each commissioner shall make and sign
All oath, and execute q bond in the pc
nal sum Of ten thousand dollars for the
use of the State of iowa, to ne approved
by the census board, and filed in the
office Of the Secretary of State, condi-
tional for the faithful performance Of
his duties, and the honest and faithful
disbAffftro a.sa y sks snsa., .9I.E iyr Ait n
under tlia pspSis}sats fa thiA itct.T3
Z. Said baAut shall ellaver full power
to appoint, and discharge at their dis
cretion, Il Superintendent. whose duty it
shall be to superintend the work on said
building, SwLu G1d' SHk4lAeisient
shall receive as his ohfy Compensation,
such sum as said board may fix.
8. There is hereby appropriated out
Of any money in the State treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the sum OF one
hundred and twenty five Thousand d J.
lars, or so much thereof as may be nec-
essary for the purposes contemplated in
this act.
& 8. The accounts Of expenditures re-
lating t4the CONSTRUCTION Of said build.
ings SHAH be efapproved by the boa,yia u
commissioners. and certified by the Su
perintendent, and then paid by Audit
Or's warrants in the usual manner,
the payment is due, and the c0n,mis-
ii ners are authorized to yadyanee and
pay on coiftfaets bef6h the SAINT" are
completely performed, not exceeding
seventy-five per cent on estimate of ma
terial delivered or labvr performed.
10. OF the sum hereby appropriated
not more than the sum of twenty five
thousand dollars shall be drawn. from
the treasury in the year 1868.
3 Ii. The members of the Board shall
each receive five dollars per day while
actually employed in the discharge of
their duties, and their actual travelling
e''EEs7G2 ! 81 7G2.e.pN,& ae1Jan,, i'm NJ
in force from and after its publication
in the Io,oa State Register and Io,cd
Etening Statesman, newspapers pub
lished at Des. Moines, Iowa.
Approved April &. lS6S -u.
i hereb0 Op11fy thak th0 lSp6Aoing
Act took effect by publication, rs requir
ed in Section II, thereof, on the 20.s day
yef April A. D. 1868.
W ED WRIGHT, Sec'y of State.
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