North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-07-01

as may be necessary, be appropriated
for the repairs of the walls, cisterns,
and building of gutetrs.
Sec. 3. That the further sum of six
thousand dollars, OF so much thereof
as may be necessary, be appropriated
for the construction of a resivoir on
the hill above the prison, the procur-
ing the necessary connections, and the
purchase and erection of a steam
pump and its appendages, of the kind
in use at the Hospital for the Insane,
and when such water-works shall be
completed, the warden is authorized
to arrange with the contractors for the
use thereof for their purposes; but so
as not to interfere with the necessary
use thereof by the State.
Sec. 4. All the above appropriations
shall be expended under the direction
of the warden by and with the advice
of the Census Board or a majority of
them, after a personal inspection of
the premises by them, for which extra
service the Census Board shall receive
their necessary expenses while per-
forming that duty. In the perform
ance of the work, SO many convicts as
a be safely and with advantage,
shall be employed, and the said war;
den may employ for that purpose adj
ditiOnal day guards.
Sec. 5. The several sums shall only
be drawn upon the order of the war
den, accompanied by an estimate of
work done or material furnished, and
said order shall be approved by the
Governor; Provided, That a sum not
exceeding three thousand dollars may
be drawn by the warden in advance of
such estimates for the purchase of ma
terials when the best interests of the
State seem to require it; And further
provided, That should there be q
surplus left over the cost of any one
of the items above specified said sur
plus may be used for the completion
of any one of the other items named.
Sec. 6. That there is appropriated,
out of the State treasury, the sum of
fifteen thousand dollars, to be known
as a contingent fund and used by the
warden of the Penitentiary, under the
direction and by the permission of the
Census Board, for the purpose of COM
pleting and carrying out the works,
objects, and provisions of this act, and
this sum is appropriated only for the
purpose of preventing delay, and a
consequent loss to the State on account
of any deficiency in the sums appro-
priated to carry out the provisions
and objects of this act. Provided.
That NJ part Of said sum of SIS, 900
shall be used until after the sums here
inbefore appropriated are exhausted;
and then only on the approval of the
Census Board, Endorsed on the war
denis order on the Auditor of State by
the president of said board. So much
of the contingent fund hereby appro-
priated by this bill shall be expened
in furnishing to each convict light at
81 that he may be enabled to
read and write: Provided, that moth
ing in this section contained shall be
SO construed as to prevent the warden
from temporarily withdrawing such
light as a punishment for violating the
of the prison, but such withhold
ing shall never be extended beyond
days for any Otfense.
Sec. Z. This act, being deemed by
the General Assembly, of immediate
Importance shall take effect and be i'm
from and after its publication
in the Daily Iowa State Register and
Iowa Evening Statesman, newspa-
pers published at Des Moines.
Approved April 7, 1868.
l hereby certify that the foregoing
act took effect by publication as re-
in Section 7 thereof, on the
I'D day of April, A. d. 1868.
ED WRIGHT, Sec'y of State.