Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-05-15
CHAPTER GO.

aN ASi w aHenu cnaptcr w, QI the
Eleventh General Assembly and
4 to provide for the Iowa Soldiers
Orphans Homes. ~ ~
SEC. 1. Be IL enacted by the Gem
crdt Assembiy Of The ,Sydte of Iotrgt,
That for, the support of the sc, erai
Orphans Homes there Is hereby ap-
propriated, out of any money in the
State Treasury, not otherwise appro-
priated, the sum Of ten dollars per
month for each orphan actually sup
ported, counting the average num-
ber sustained in the several homes
for the month, and upon the preseti-
tation to the Auditor of State each
month OF a sworn statement of the
average number Of orphan children,
supported by the Institution for, the
preceding month, 10 shall be the
duty of the Auditor to draw his war
rant upon the Treasurer of State In
favor Of the Treasurer of the board of
trustees of tho Iowa Soldiers Or
phails' Home, for the sum hereiribe-
fore provided. ktf.
SEC. 2. For making Improvements
and repairs upon the buildings and
grounds of the Orphans Home at
anu loG IGBtuCIHG
ture therein, there Is hereby appro
priated the sum Of twelve thousand
dollars or 50 much thereof as may be
necessary. .c
sFc. 8. For erecting and furnisli-
ing buildings and improving build
ings and grounds at Cedar Falls for
the Orphans Home there located,
there Is hereby appropriated the sum
of twenty-five Thousand dollars, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary
upon condition that at least twenty
acres of land suitable therefor, shall
be decided to the State, i'm fee simple,
without expense to the State.
SEC. 4. For the erection and fur.
nishing of buildings and i'm prove
ment of buildings and grounds of the
Orphans Home, located at GlenwoOd,
there Is hereby appropriated the sum
of fifteen thousand dollars, or 40
much thereof as may be necessary,
upon con1itionitlIat the sixteen acres
of land upon which the said Home
is now situated, shall be decided to
the Statein fee simple, without ex-
pense tossthc State.
SEC. B. The money appropriated
by the preceding sections shall be
drawn from the State Treasury upon
the Auditors warrants, issued upon
the orders of the president ofthe
board of trustees, attcsted by the sec
retary of the board, only as, it shall
he needed for the purposes for which
the same is appropriated. and tire
sums appropriated for erecting build
ing shmll not be drawn faster, nor IL,
greater sums than shall be needed 30
provide the buildings necessary for
the comfort of these those1 desiring
admission to the homes aud entitled
thereto and the amounts drawn
shall be expended for the purposes
designated under the direction OF the
board of trustees. -
SEC. 9. In the enumeration Of per-
SONS between the ages of five and
twenty-one years Us provided by sec
ton al and 30 of chapter 172Iof the
acts~of the Ninth General Assembly
the orphans at the several homes
shall I'M no case be enunleratcd i'm the
school district in which such homes
are located, except in cases where the
MOTHER guardian,g oil. other person
having the legal charge or control ol
such child, other tiiaii the officers oil
the Home shall reside In such dis
trict. - N
sEc. 7. Any child In eitherSfsthe
Orphans' Homes may, with the con-
sent of tie parent or guardian of such
child, be adopted by any citizen oi
this State, but no article OF adoptidsl
shall be Of any force or validity until
approved by the board Of trustees,
nor shall any child SO adopted be re-
moved from the Home, until articles
of adoption are SO approved. Tile
board Of trustees shall have power,
and 1t shall be their duty 10 discharge
from the Homes, oil, children who
are of proper age, or have sufficient
means to provide FOR themselves, or
whose inothers have sufficient means
and are competent to take care oi
them. Any Ichifsi adopted from eth
er of the Homes, shall be returned to
the Home rem which ~ was tax en
upon the order Of the board Of trus-
tees, and the Board shall make such
orders Whenever, they are satisfied
provided for by t310Tcrson by whom
1t was adopted. Such order shall be
entered on the minutes OF the pro-
c.edings Ofthe bcRrd al tfustees. sud
shall discharge and cancel the articles
of adoption.
SEC. 8. Tho eighth, tenth, and
eleventh sections OF chapter. Ninety
two OF the acts of the Eieventh Cen
eral Assembly arey hereby repealed,
a1Id I'll other laws or parts ofi acts I'M
consistent with tibis net are SO modi-
fed as to conform herewith.
SEC. B.. This net, eingsdeefned oi
immediate Importance. shall take ef-
fectapd b. In force, from and after
~ qualifications in the Daily State
Register and LoUd- ,Euening States
man, Bewspapers puhllshetfat Des
1loines, Iowa. M s.'.s ss.Sz 1890
Approved April ID, 1868.
hereby certify that the foregoing
Act tO6k effect fy yz1nbllcat10h, as re-
qusred BY section b thereof, on the
5th day OF April, A. D., 1868.
y y ED WRIGHT,
Sec'y of State.
4gHREss cHAprEK 20. ~ y N
AN ACT to amend an Act liking the
time Of holding court In the Coun-
ty Of Hardin aud State of iowa.
approved March 9th, 1858.
SEC. J.. BE * enacted 6v the GEN
That the first section Of the Ant nix :