Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-06-05
CHAPTER l07.


AN ACT to Provide for the Erection
of Buildings for Deaf aud Dumb
Asylum.
SECTION BE IL enacted by the
General assembly of TIC State of Iopd.
That the grounds selected near Coun-
Gil Bluff, and donated to the State by
the citizens thereof. and accepted by
Thomas Officer, Caleb Baldwin, and
DIR. X. Honn, commissioners appoint
ed by an act of the General Assembly
of tho State of Iowa, approved April
3, 1866, to wit: the south east quar-
ter of the north east quarter of sec
tioa seven and the south west quarter
of the north west quarter of section
eight, all in township number seven
ty-four north of range number forty
three, west of the fifth principal
meridian, in the district of land sub
ject to sale ut Council Bluffs, Iowa,
for site for deaf and dumb asylum,
--be and the same Is hereby approved,
and said asylum Is permanently
located thereon; Provided, ho,Ceper,
That said commissioners shall obtnln
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 made
a portion of the site for said asylum.
Sec. 2. The plans, drawings, and
specifications for said asylum adopted
by the commissioners aforesaid, for
the buildings of said institution, SO
far as relates to the main building,
Ia tfsr ~, l,t l<.t
same are hereby approved; Prouieied,
as authorizing the erection of more
than the above portion of such build
ing.
Sec. 3. That Thomas Officer, ca
lcb Baldwin and DIR. Il. HOnn, are
hereby continued as commissioners,
and with the Governor Of tile State
who shall be ex-officio a commission
er, shall have full power to receive
aud disburse all moneys that may be
hereafter appropriated for the erection
of buildings for said asylum. and the
Improvement of fairgrounds thereof,
with power to appoint and discharge,
ut their discretion, n superintendent,
whose duty 1t shall be to superintend
the work on said buildings as pre-
vided In said specifications. In case
OF vacancy OF said board of COM
missioners, caused by death, resigna-
tion, or otherwise, the same shall be
filled by an appointment by the Gov.
ernor. gSll
Sec. A. That before said commits
sioners shall draw any money from
the treasury OF the State, for the pur-
pose Of erecting the buildings for said
asylum, they shall severally, except
the Governor, give bond with sure
ty In the penal sum of one hundred
thousand dollars, to be approved by
and payable to the Treasurer of the
State OF Iowa, conditioned for the
faithful performance of their duties,
and the honest and faithful dtyburse-
ment or and accounting for all
moneys which may have come into
their hands under the provisions ol
i this act
Sec. s. That the superintendent
herein provided for shall receive a.
his only compensation for superin.
tending the work on said deaf and
dumb asylum, such sum as the said
commissioners shall fix.
Sec. o. That there is hereby mp
lpropriated out Of any money In tht
State Treasury not otherwise appro
priated, the sum of one hundred and
Twenty-Five thousand dollars, for tilt
purpose Of erecting the buildings o
said deaf and dumb asylum, the sam,
To be paid upon the draft upon tn,
Auditor Of State by said commission
. ers for the erection of said buildings
Sec. y. That no draft shall b
made or money paid from the treas
, ury, except upon estimate made up
: on work done and materials furnishet
! for the erection OF said buildings
and In making estimates, no estimat
! shall be made or allowed upon ma
j teriaIs not actually upon the ground
: upon which said asylum building
/ are to be erected and built. =
Sec. 8. Thnt all drafts or order
| drawn by said commissioners upoi
i. the Auditor OF State shall be audite
; and paid m other claims; Provided
J That no order or draft drawn up0
: the auditor by said cominissioneri
except the first one, shall be audite
. and paid until said commissioner
: shall have filed their vouchers wit
: the Auditor Of State, for all money
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