Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-08
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thereof on the l4'h day Of February, A. d. lsos.
I'D. WRIGHT. Secretary Of State.
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An ACT to permanently locate, and TO provide
Tor the erection OF an additional Institution
for the insane
SEcriosl Bstt esaeted by Tie general .iss,ni-
BIZ Of the State u -otca, That there shall he
and is hereby permanently established al lnde.
rendence, Buchanan county, Iowa, an addition
al institution for the support and cure Of the
insane.
SIC. .. That T. Morgan, OF Webster
county. Martin l.. Fisher, OF Clayton county,
and Albert Clarke, of buchanan county, are here
by appointed a board OF commissioners TO Sc
zee. location. and 20 supcrntend the erection Of
suitable out-ruidngs for the use OF said instiiu-
ton, and in case of vacancy in said commission
by death or otherwise. the same shall be filled
by appointment by the Governor.
Sgc 5. That the said board shall select the
most eligible and desirable location OF not less
than three hundred and twenty acres, and it
must not insany event, be more than two miles
distant from said city OF Independence. which
said lands shall be obtained free of charge to
the 81 ate and said board shall take deed Of con
veyance Of the same in fee simple TO the State
OF Iowa. AMI cause the same to be properly re-
dnrded in the tice OF the Recorder of Deeds
OF the county OF Buchanan.
SIC. l. SAID board shall also, at tie carries (
day practicable, procure plans, drawings. and
sreCiitEatiOns, Tor the hnigllbGs necessary ana
proper for said Institution, the exterior of which
buildings shall be of stone. the stone TO be pro.
cured within the state, but the plan determined
on BY the board shall be such will admit Of
future enlargement so as to preserve the sym
metry and be, when Ultimately completed, Of ca
pacity equal TO the present building at Mt.
leasaut; provided, the erection only of such
portion Of such building shall be undertaken By
said board, under the provisions of this act, as
may be completed and made ready for occupacy.
by The appropriation herein MADE.
SIC s. SO soon such board shall have OBJ
tanned approved plan of building, they shall
advertise tor four weeks In one paper in each
Of the following place., viz: Independence,
Dubuque Davenport, and Des Moines, for seal
ed proposals for contracts TO erect the buildings
hereby authorized, according TO the plan IN d
specifications determined, and are hereby en-
powered to contract with the lowest responsible
bidder who will build and complete the same
BY the hrst day 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 any event in
volys greater expenditure than the sum ap.
propriated by this act
SEC. 8. Before entering upon his duties. each
commissioner shall make and sign an oath, and
execute bond in the penal sum OF ten thousand
dollars for the nse Of the State Of Iowa, TO be
approved BY the census board, and filed in the
Office Of the Secretary of State, conditioned for
the faithful: dsbuSsenent Of and accounting for
oil moneys which may come into his. hands under
the pro visions of this act..
Ssc I. Said board shall have full power to
appoint and discharge at their discretioa, q
suoerintendent, whose duty il shall be TO super
intend the work on said building, which said su-
perintendent shall receive % his only compenss
ton, such sum - said board may fx.
Sac. s. There 10 hereby appropriated out os
any money in the State treasury not othsrwis
appropriated the sum or one hundred and TWEEN
.fpa thns md dnI mr. an vrt, tknp 1Ar
may be necessary for the purpose contemplated
| in this act.
SEQ .. The accounts OF expenditures relat-
ing to the construction Of said buildings shall
be approved BY the board Of commissioners, and
certified 10 by the superintendent, and then paid
By the Auditors warrants in the usual manner.
drawn in favor Of the party to whom the pay.
ments 10 due, and the commissioners are author
lied 10 advance and pay on contracts before ths
same are completely performed. not exceeding
seventy five per cent on estimates Of ma,eria
| delivered, or labor performed.
SBc. 10. OF the sum hereby appropriated,
not more than the sum of tweBty five thousand
| dollars shall be drawn from the Treasury in the
year 1853
SIC. IL. The members or to board shall
each receive tive doilsrs per day while actually
employed IN the discharge of their duties, and
their actual travelling expenses.
| Ssc. ~. This Act being deemed BY the Gen.
| eral Assembly of immediate importance. shall
take effect and be IN force from ana alter lts
publication in the Daily State Register and the
Iowa Evening Statesman, newspapers published
| at Des Moines, Iowa.
Approved April 8, 1868.
thereby certify that the foregoing Act took Of
feet BY publication, a. required in Section thers
OF, on the 2uth day Of April, A. D.1s6s.
ED. WRIGHT, Sec'y OF State.
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An ACT to anthorias Independent School Dis
tricts to Borrow Money and Issue Bondl
therefor. for the purpose Of erecting and com.
pleting Scnool Houses, Legalixing bonds
heretofore issued, and making School Orders
draw Six per cent Interest in certain Cases.
SIC. I. Be u enacted BY the General Assem5Js
Of the State Of ioied. That indepsno ent school
districts shall have the power and authority "a
borrow money for the purpose Of erecting and
completing school houses, BY 1851 ing negotiable
bonds Of the independent district, 70 run any
period not exceeding ten years, drawing rate
| Of interest not TO exceed ten per centum per
annum. which iuterest may b paid ssmi-annu-
ally, which said indebted ness shall be binding
and obligatory on the independent district for
the use of which said loan shall have besn made;
Provided, no district shall permit greater out-
standing Indebtedness than an amount equal to
five per ceptum of the last assessed value of th
property of the disirics.
Sec. g. When any independent district has
procured the site for, and Is ready to erect or
has erected, and is DESTROYS Of completing its
school house, IL shall be lawful Ter The school
board OF such district to submit to the voters oil
their district, at the annual or special meeting,
the question of issuing bonds q coutemplated