The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-05-02
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Laws OF IOWA.
Published by A1tAsrity.
CHAPTER a.

CHAPTER "a.
AN ACT to Constitute the Principal member OF
the Board of Trustees, Enlarge and Furnish the
Buildings, and support the Institution for the
Education Of the Blind.
SEc. l. BE ii enacted By the Generat dsse'abty
Of the STATE Of Iocd That the princiPal Oh the IN
sttution for the education Of the blind, shall be
ero6icio member OF the board of trnstees but shall
hay. No vote on any question reiating 10 MS own
salary or Office as principal.
SEr. 2 The board oftrustees shall fix the CON-
nensation of all the officers and employees Of said
institution, at such rate as shall by them be deem
ed Just and equitable; prorided, that in no event
shall the total amount OF expenses Of the insti-
tuition exceed the total amount of appropriation
for the same.
SEC, 3. There is hereby appropriated the sum
of two thousand, four hundred dollars, for the
purchase OF bedsteads, beds, and bedding, carpets
and general furniture; thousand, FIVE hun
dred dollars for library, including relief maps and
astronomical apparatus; two Thousand five hun
drcd dollars Tor the purchase Of one organ and
two pianos seven hundred dollars for repairing
fences, cultivating grounds, orchards and shrub
tery two thousand dollars for painting, subdi-
vding rooms. and for general repairs; and the
further sum Of FIVE thousand dollars to furnish
proper heating apparatus for beating the build
ing one thousand FIVE hundred dollars for Gov
erng the present builng with FIRE proof slate roof
and one thousand five hundred dollars for the
erection of seranda on the west side Of the main
building.
SEC. 4 There is further appropriated the sum
of thirty thousand dollars TO erect wing Of stone
material to the main building according to the
original plan and drawings nearly practica-
bie and the further sum of three thousand dollars
for additional workshops,
SEC 5. The money hereby appropriated shall be
expended under the direction Of the board of trus-
tees, according the provisions Of this act; pro-
rtded that any balances of any appropriations
hereby made remaining after the object thereof
has been completed may be applied to any other
object necessary for the best interest Of the instu-
tion.
SEC. G. Said appropriation shall be drawn upon
the order Of the trustees, signed by the president
and secretary, upon estimates Of work actually
performed or material furnished, which estimate
shall be made by said board Of trustees, and
copy thereof in writing, signed by the secretary
Of the board, shall accompany said order, TO the
State Auditor prorided, that rum not exceed
ing two thousand dollars may be drawn in advance
Of such estimates, for the purchase Of material,
when the best interests Of the State seem to re-
quire it.
sRo i All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed
SEe. S. This act being deemed of immediate
Importance shall he in force from and after its
publication in the Daily State Register and fora
Ereaiag Statesman, newspapers Published at Des
Moines.
Approved April 9, 1888.
| hereby certify that the foregoing set took ef-
feet by publication required in Section there
Of on the z9th day Of April. A. d. 1865.
Ed WRIGHT, Sec'y Of State