Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-10

| BILL
For al Act 10 Permanently Locate. and 10
| Provide for the Erection of an additions!
| Institution for The Insane.
SIC. l. Be il enacted BY the General As
semJ!y 81 the State Of Iopa, That there shall
be and is hereby permanently established at
Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa, an
additional institution for the support aud
care Of the Insane.
| Sgc, 2. That l.. G. Morgan, Of Webster
county, Maturin l.. Fisher, OF Clayton coun>
| ", and Albert Clarke, Of Buchanan county,
ore h.reby appointed Board Of Commiss>
toner's to select location and to supcrntend
the erection Of suitable buildings for the use
| Of said institution, and in case Of vacancy in
ssid commission by death or otherwise, the
same shall be filed BY appointment by the
Governor.
SEc. 3. 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, be more than
two miles distant from said city Of Indepen>
dence; which said lands shall be obtained
FREQ Of charge TO the State, and said Board
shall take deed Of conveyance Of the same
in fee>simple 10 the State Of Iowa, aud cause
the same TO be properly recorded in the Of.
fee Of recorder Of deeds Of the county Of Blu
chanan.
SIC 4. Said Board shall also al The ear.
liest day practicable, procure plans, draws
ings and specifications for the buildings nee.
cssary and proper for said Institution, the
exterior of which building to be Of stone, the
same to be procured in this State, but The
penn determined on by the Board shall be
such a. will admit Of future enlargement, so
a. 10 preserve the SYMMETRY, to be, when nj
timately completed. Of capacity equal TO the
present building at Mt. Pleasant. Hforided,
that the erection only Of such portion Of such
building shall be undertaken by the said
Board, under the provisions Of this act, as
may be completed and made ready for occa-
pancy BY the appropriation herein made.
SEC. 5. So soon rs said Board shall have
obtained IN improved plan Of building, they
shall advertise for four weeks in one paper
in each Of the following places, viz lnde-
pendence, Dubuque, Davenport and Des
Moines, for sealed proposals for contracts to
erect the buildings hereby authorized, ac>
cording to the plan and specifications de-
termined on, and are hereby empowered to
contract with the lowest responsible bidder,
who viii build and complete the same by she
LIST day Of December, 1870, and who shall
give adequate security for the performance
Of his contract No contrnct shall be enter.
ed into by said Board, which shall in any
event, involve greater expenditure than the
sum appropriated BY this act.
SEC. 6. Before entering upon his duties,
each commissioner shall make and sign an
oath and execute bond in the penal sum
r al Ill e. ~, &c
State Of lows, 70 be approved BY the Census
Board and fled in the Office Of the Secreta
~ Of State, conditioned for the faithful per-
formance Of his duties and the honest and
faithful disbursement Of aud accounting for
all moneys which may come into his hands
under the provisions Of this act.
SEC. Z. Said Board shall have full pow
er to appoint and discharge 1t their discre>
ton, superintendent, whose duty it shall be
to superintend the work on aaid building,
which said superintendent shall receive IS
his only compensation, such sum As said
Board may FIX.
SIC. 8. There Is hereby appropriated
out Of any mcney in The State Treasury mot
otherwise appropriated, the sum Of one hun.
drcd and twenty FIVE thousand dollars, or so
much thereof ~ may b necessary for the
purposes coatemplaisd II this Get.
SEC. 3. The accounts Of expenditures re.
latng to the constructions Of aid buildings
shall b approved BY the Board Of Commits
sioners, and certified to BY the superintend-
eat, and den paid BY auditors warrants in
the usual manner, drawn in favor Of the par
y to whom tie payment Is duo, and the
commissioners are authorised TO advance
and pay On contracts before the same are
completely performed. not exceeding seven>
y. five pr esat. - estimates Of naAesial de-
livered, or labor performed.
SEC. 10. OF the sum hereby appropriate