Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-05-01


OF the Eleventh General Assembly, and to
Provide for tn g Iowa Soldiers Orphans
Homes.
SECTION ], Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State, Tha. for the support Of
the several Orphans Homes there is hereby
appropriated, out of any money in the State
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum
Of ten dollars per months for each Orphan &C .
tnally supported, counting the average NUM-
Der sustained in the several Homes for the
month, and upon the presentation To the Au-
dtor each month Of q sworn statement Of tho
average number Of Orphan children, supported
by the Institution for the preceding month,
itshall be the duty Of the Auditor to draw his
warrant upon the Treasurer Of State in favor
OF the Treasurer of the Board oil Trustees of
the Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home, for the sum
hereinbefore provided,
SEc.2, For making improvements and re-
pairs upon the buildings and grounds Of the
Orphans Home at Davenport and for replac-
ing furniture therein, there is hereby appro.
printed the sum Of twenty FIVE thousand dol
lars or 50 much thereof as may be necessary
SEC. 3. For erecting AMI furnishing build
ings and improving buildings and grounds at
Cedar Falls for the Orphans Home there loca-
ted, there il hereby appropriated the sum Of
twenty-five thousand dollars, or 30 much there
of as may be necessary, upon condition that
at least twenty acres Of land suitable there
for, shall be decided to the State, in fee simple
without expense to the State.
SEC. 4, For the erection and furnishing of
buildings and improvements Of buildings and
grounds Of the Orphans Home located at
Glenwood, there is hereby appropriated the
sum Of fifteen thousand, or so much thereof /.
may be necessary, upon condition that six
teen acres Of land upon which the said Homo
is now situated shall be decided to the State
fee simple, without expense to the State.
SEC. D. The money appropriated by the pres
.cedirg sections shall be drawn from the State
Ireasury upon the warrants, issued upon the
orders OF the president Of the Board OF Trus-
teess. attestad by the Secretary Of the Board
only as it shall be needed for the purposes
for which the same is appropriated, and sums
appropriated for erecting building shall not
DC drawn faster, nor in greater sums than
shali pc needed to provide tho buildings nee
sssary Tor the comfort of these Ethose1 desiring
admission to the homes md entitled thereto;
and the amounts drawn shall be expended for
the purpose designated under the direction Of
the Board of Trustees.
SEC 6. In the en- enumeration of persons be-
tween the ages Of FIVE and twenty-one years
as provided by sections Al anl so. oe Chapter
lf2 OF the Acts of the Ninth General Assembly
the orphans al the several homes shall in no
case ee enumerated in the school district in
which such homes are located. except in such
cases whore the mother, guardian, or other
persons having the legal charge or control Of
such Child, other than the officers of the
Home Shall reside in such district.
SEC. Z. Any child in either Of the Orphans
domes may, with the consent Of the parent or
guaraian of such child, be adopted by any cit
zen OF this State, but no article Of adoption
saali be Of any force or validis until APPROX
ca ny thc board of Trustees, nor shall any
chi.u SO adopted be removed rom the Home,
uhtii articles of adoption are approved. The
board Of Trustees shall have power, AMI it
snail be their duty to discharge from the
Homes, all children who are of proper age, or
have sufficient means to provide for themsel.
yes, or who's, mothers have suff ciant means
and are competent to take care of them. Any
child adopted from either of the Homes. shall
be returned to the Home from which it was ia
ken upon the order Of the Board Of Trustees.
and the board shall make such order, when
ever they are satisfied that such child is not
properly trained, educated, and provided for
hy the person by whom it was adopted Such
order shall be executed on the minutes of tho
proceedings of the board oftrustees, and shall
discharge and cancel the articles of adoption.
Sec. s. The eighth, tenth, and eleventh sec-
tons OF chapter ninety two of the acts of the
Eleventh General Assembly are hereby re-
pealed, and all other laws or parts of acts in
consistent with this act are SO modified as to
conform herewith
SECTION 9. This act being deemed by the
General Assembly Of immediate importance
shall take effect and be in force from and af-
ter its publication in the Iowa State Register
and Iowd Epenng Statesman, newspapers pub,
lished at Des Moines; Iowa.
Approved April I'd, 1868.
hereby certify that the foregoing Act took
effect by publication, as required in Section 8,
thereof, on the 9th, day Of April, A. D,
1868.
ED WRIGHT, Sec'y of State.