The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-05-19
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CHAPTER lh7.
AN ACT Providing for the Erection Of Building
for Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
SEC. ]. BE Il ,eNassed By the General Assemti
Of the State Of fosd That the grounds selectes
near Council Bluffs, and donated to the State b,
the ati4ens thsrsDf, andscesptei BY rhsAneFO
Ger, sC61ch b dwin. and DR.. ;. Hs11, tDllmss-
sionefs appoiAted by an 1T ~ Aha. 0sisIA Is
sembly of the State of lows, approved April 3
1866, to- wit: the south east quartefsof the north
east quarter of aection Ssyen, sa1atht south ives
quarter of the north vest quarter Of section eight
s in.fsvnship number seventy -four north Off R,
number forty three, west of the fifth principal me
ridian, in the district Of lands subject to sale al
Council Bluffs Iowa for site for deaf and duint
asYlun,--be and the same is hereby. approsed
md said asylum IL permsntly located thereon
Pforided hoscerer, That said commissioners shall
obtain perfect title without expense to the State Il
the north half Of the north half of the north wes
quarter OF the south west quarter dissection eight,
township serenity four, range forty three and tbs
same ia hereby made portion of the site for said
asylum.
SEC. 2. The plans, drawings, and speeiheations
for said asylum adopted by the commissioners
aforesaid fer nc building Of said Institution, Sc
far relates TO the main building, and one later
al Wing only be and the same are hereby apurpy.
ell, P,oriael, That this act shall not &c construed
rs authorizing the erection gilmore than the above
portion 81 such building.
SEQ, 3. That Thomas ofhcer, Caleb Baldwin and
DR.. f. Honn, are hereby continued as commits.
soners, and with the Governor Of the State who
shall be x-ofhco commissioner, shall have full
power to receive and disburse all moneys that
may be hereafter appropriated for the erection or
huiidin 8 for said asylum, and the improvement
ofthe grounds, thereof, with power to appoint and
discharge. at their discretion, superintendent,
whose duty it shall be to supsrintend the work on
said buildings as provided in said specifications.
In case Of . vacancy of said board of commission
efs caused by death, resignation otherwise, the
sames shall be oiled by an appointment ~ the 10Y
ernor,
See That before said commissioners shall
draw any money from the treasury of the State,
for the purpose Of erecting the buildings for said
asylum, they shall severally, except the Governor,
give bond with surety in the penal sum of one hun
dreithousand dollarsto heapproved byand payabl
to the Treasurer Of the State of Iowa, conditioned,
for the faithful performances Of their duties, and
tie honest and faithful disbursement OF ac-
counting for all moneys which may haye come in
TO their hands under the provisions of this act.
SEC. ). That the superintendent herein preYi-
dad for shall receive his only compensation for
experimenting the work said deaf and dumb
asylum, ouch sum ns the said commissioners shall
fix.
sec 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 VI erecting
the buildings OF said deaf and dumb asylum, the
same to be paid upon the draft upon the Auditor
of State by said commissioners for the erection Of
said buildings
sac. I. That no draft shall be made or money
paid from the treasury, except upon estiIaAtea
taede upon work done and materials furnished for
the erection Of said buildings, and In making es-
Inmates no estimate shall be made or allowed upon
materials not actually upon the grounds upon
which said asylum buildings are to be erected and
built
SEC. s, That all drafts or orders drawn by said
commits sioners upon the Auditor of State shall be
audited and paid other claims; Pror,ded, That
no order or draft dawn upon the auditor BY said
commissioner shall be audited and paid until said
the Auditor Of State, for all moneys received sng
4Isparsed by tJeIa.
Sc. 9. That Of the sum hereby appropriated for
the erection 0: bniiaings for said asylum not more
than fifty thousand dollars shall be drawp fem
the treasury in the year one thousand eight hun
artd and eigh.y-eighl.
ssr H. That said oorausis sionars shall mmc
diately advertise for four weeks in enc newspa-
per In each Of the following placef, viz: couseii
Bluffs Des Moines. Dubuque, Ds4enport and Bur
lington for scaled proposals, for1cn,raets TO con
struct the building hereby authorised, according
to the plans and specifications foTthat portion 81
the buildings aforesaid; and to contract with
the loves, responsible bidder who will build the
sarue, cotnriefe BY the FIRST day e oaober, 1917,
aD4 who viii give adequate sssurity ior tae pet
fpyrnance CT his contract: Pohided That no cen-
tract agreement or plan shall be adopted by the
said commissioners different from the plans here
b. adopted nor shall any contract be entered iaso
ii ssid commissioners which sasll in ana event
inyoiye any greater expenditure than The sum ny
this ac. appropriated and ali contracts invovngex
psnditnres greater than il hereby authorized shall
be Yoid
src. II. This &C; being deemed Of immediate
;mrartsrre shalt take effect and be in force from
aud after its publieation in The Da.is hagle ard
Da y ggapafeii, newspapers pgs,ishsd Z s ssn. .
eli Dlpga, # tits State; isottssfsa. foaes
sucA publication shall be made without frlnnse
10 the State.
Approved April !, 1863.
STATE OF IOWA;
i,Hioe Of ssaretAfy Of etata,
pcs MciEes May |, 1868. ~
/ hereby certify the foregoing to be correct
copy Of the original roll now On iie in his otlee'
En WRIGHT, See'y OF STATE.