The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-11-05
LAWS OF IOWA.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER lO7.

II. Be it enacted by the General As
senably Of the State Of Iowd, That
the grounds selected near Conncil Bluffs
and donated to the State by the citizens
thereof, and accepted by Thomas Officer
Caleb Baldwin, and DR.. f. Honn, COM
missioners appointed by an act Of the
General Assembly of the State of Iowa,
approved April 8, 1866, to-wit: the south
east quarter of the north east quarter Of
section seven and the south west quarter
of the north west quarter of section
eight, all in township number seventy
four north Of range number forty three,
west OF the principal, meridian, in the
district of lands subject to sale at Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Iowa for site for the deaf
and dumb asylum,-be aud the same is
hereby approved, and said asylum is
permanently located thereon; Provided,
howcuer, That, said commissioners shall
obtain perfect title without expense to
the State to the north half of the north
half of the north west quarter of the
south west quarter of section eight,
township seventy four, range forty three
and the same is hereby madea portion
of the site for said asylum.
2. The plans, dra wings, and speciti-
cations for said asylum adopted by the
commissioners aforesaid, for the build
ings of said institution, so far as relates
to the main building, and one lateral
wing only be and the same are hereby
approved. Provided, Ralat this act shall
not he construed as authorizing the cree
ton of more than the above portion of
such building.
: 3. That Thomas Officer, Caleb Bald
win, and DIR. +. Honn, are hereby con-
tinued as commissioners, and with the
Governor Of the State who shall be ex-
otficio commissioner, shall have full
power to receive and disburse all mon
cys that may be hereafter appropriated
for the erection of buildings for said asy-
lum, and the improvement of the
grounds thereof, with power to appoint
and discharge at their discretion, a su-
perintendcnt, whose duty it shall he to
superintend the work Oh said buildings
as provided in said specifications. In
case of vacancy of said board of COM
missioners, caused by death, resignation
or otherwise, the same shall be filled by
an appointment by the Governor.
3 T. That before said commissioners
shall draw any money from the treasury
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the buildings for said asylum, they shall
scveraly, except the Governor, give a
bond with securely in the penal sum OF
one hundred thousand dollars, to be APP
proved by and payable to the Treasurer
of the State of Iowa, conditioned, for
the faithful performance Of their duties,
and the honest and faithful disburse-
ment of and accounting for all moneys
which may have come mo their hands
under the provisions Of this act.
: 5. That the superintendent herein
provided for shall receive as his only
compensation for experimenting the
work on said deaf and dumb asylum,
such sum as the said commissioners
shall fix.
| Z 6. That there is hereby appropriated
out of any money in the State Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, the sum OF
one hundred and twenty five thousand
dollars, for the purpose Of erecting the
buildings ofsaid deaf and dumb asylum
and the same to be paid upon the draf,
upon the Auditor ofState by said com.
nssioners for the erection of said build
ings.
money paid from the treasury, except
upon estimate made upon work done
and materials furnished for the erection
of said buildings, and in making esti.
mates, no estimate shall be made or al
lowed upon materials not actually upon
the grounds upon which said asylum
buildings are to be erected and built.
q 8. That all drafts and orders drawn
by the commissioners upon the Auditor
of State shall be paid as other claims:-
PTOrilcd, That no order or draft drawn
upon the auditor by said commissioners
except the first one, shall be audited
and paid until said commissioners shal
have filed their vouchers with the Aud
itor Of State, for all moneys received
and disbursed by them.
z 8. That of the sum hereby appropri
ated for the erection Of said asylum no
more than fifty thousand dollars shall
be drawn from the treasury in the yea
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
eight.
10. That said commissioners shall
Immediately advertise for four week
in one newspaper in each Of the fol
lowing places, viz: Council Bluffs, .De
Moines, Dubuque, Davenport and Bur
lington, for sealed proposals for con
tracts to construct the building hereb,
authorized, according to the plans ant
specifications for that portion Of tn,
buildings aforesaid; and to contract Will
the lowest responsible bidder who will
build the same, complete, by the first da,
Of October 1870, and who will give ade
quate security for the performance o
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