Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-05-22
CHAPTER 81.

AN ACT to Permanently Locate, and to Pro-
vide for the Erection of an additional In
sttution for the Insane.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State of Iowa, That there
ed at Independence Buchanan county, Iowa,
an additional institution for the support and
cure of the insane.
Sec. 2 That I Morgan Of Webster ceun-
ty, Maturin l. Fisher of Clayton county, and
Albert Clarke of Buchanan county are here
by appointed board of commits sioners to Sc
lect q location, and to superintend the erec-
ton of suitable buildings for the use of said
institution, and in case Of vacancy in said
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 dis
tant from said city Of Independence, which
said lands shall be obtained free Of charge to
the State, and said board shall take deed of
conveyance Of the same in fee simple to the
State Of Iowa, and cause the same to be prop
erly recorded in the Office Of recorder of deeds
Of the county of Buchanan county.
Sec 4. Said board shall also, at the earli-
est day practicable, procure plans. drawings,
and specifications, for the buildings necessary
and proper for said institution, the exterior
Of which buildings shall be stone, the stone
to be procured within the State, but the plan
determined on by the board shall be such as
will admit OF future enlargement SO as to pre>
serve the symmetry and be, when ultimately
completed, Of capacity equal to the present
building at Mt. Pleasant; PROVIDED that 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 occupancy, by the approx
priation herein made.
Sec D. So soon as said board shall have
obtained an approved plan Of building, they
shall advertise for four weeks in one aper in
each Of the following places, viz: indepcn-
dence, Dubuque, Davenport and Des Moines,
for sealed proposals for contracts to erect the
buildings hereby authorized, 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 day of Decem,
Der, 1870, and who shall give adequate secu.
rity for the performance of his contract. No
contract shall be entered into by said board.
which shall IN any event involve greater ex.
penditure than the sum appropriated by this
act.
Sec g. 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 use Of the State
of Iowa, to be approved by the census board
and filed in the Office of the Secretary Of State
conditioned for tie faithful performance of his
duties, and the honest and faithful disburse-
nent OF and accounting for all moneys which
may come into his hands under the provisions
| of this act.
Sec Z. Said board shall have full power 10
appoint, and discharge at their discretion. q
superintendent, whose duty it shall be 10 sn,
perintend the work on said building wb;c,
said superintendent shall receive as his onl,
compensation, such sum as said board ma,
fix.
Sec 9. There is hereby appropriated. on
OF any money in the State treasury not other
wise appropriated, The sum of one hundre
and twenty five thousand dollars, or so muc
thereof as may be necessary for the purpose
contemplated in this act. -
Sec q The amounts Of expenditures relat
ing to the construction of said buildings shall
be approved by the board Of commissioner,
and certified to by the superintendent, an,
then paid by Auditors warrants in the usua
manner, drawn in favor of the party to whom
the payment 10 due, and the commissioner
are authorized to advance and pay on con
tracts before the same are completely per
formed, not exceeding seventy five per cen
on estimates of material delivered, or labo
performed. ~
Sec 10. or the sum hereby appropriated
not more than the sum of twenty five thou
sand dollars shall be drawn from the treasur,
in the year 1863 @
Sec IL. The members Of the board shall
each receive five dollars per day while actu
ly employed in the discharge Of their duties
and their actual travelling expenses. II
Sec. ~ This Act, being deemed by tn
General Assembly of immediate importance
shall take effect and be in force from and Of
ter it's publication in the Daily State Registe
and Iowa Evening Statesman, newspaper
published at Des Moines, Iowa.
Approved April 9th, 1868
l hereby certify that the foregoing Ac
took effect by publication, as required in Sec
| ton 70 thereof, on the Goth day Of April, "A. |
1868. -
ED WRIGHT, Sec'y Of State.