The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-06-09

shall hold their Office for tho term of
two years, and until thoir successors
are elected and qualified. Their du-
ties shall be such as are imposed up
on the other Commissioners and
they shall in all respects be subject
to the same requirements herein
made Of the other Commissioners,
except in the manner of their cleo
tions. f,.,3 ..s..
Sec. 2. Whenever it shall appear
to the Governor, and to majority
of the Census Board, that either Of
said Commissioners has been guilty
of any malfeasance in office to the
detriment of the State, it shall be
the duty of the Governor to remove
him from his Office by written order,
setting forth the reasons for such re.
moval, to be filed in tho Office of SEQ.
retary of State, and by him notified
to each member of said Board, and
in case ofany vacancy so created, or
accruing by reason Of death, removal
from the State, or resignation, it
shall be the duty of the Governor to
nominate and appoint another Com.
missioner in his place, who shall
hold his Office until the election of his
successor in the manner herein pro.
vided, and the Commissioners author.
lied by this act, except the Governor
shall each receive, as their only com
pensation, five dollars per day while
employed in the discharge Of their
duties, and their actual travelling
expenses. fs s.. tass-s
Sec. 8. That said Board shall, with
the assistance Of competent and
impartial superintendent, who shall
be On architect to be employed by
them, who shall be resident of this
State ifa suitable person can be OBJ
tanned, select and determine upon
one of the plans for capitol selected
by the Census Board pursuant to
the act passed by the last General
Assembly, approved April 8, 1868, or
upon some modification thereof, the
cost of which shall not exceed the
sum Of fone million five hundred thon-
sand dollars, and shall then proceed
with the work in the manner herein
provided, and subject to the limita.
tions following, namely
FSrst-No contract shall be made,
the amount of which shall bind the
State beyond the sums at the time
appropriated by law for such object.
Second-All contracts for material
and labor shall be in writing, and
shall be signed by the contractor and
by the President of the Board and
no contract to an amount exceeding
one thousand dollars shall bo made
without prior advertisement for thir-
ty days in at least four daily papers
in this state, setting forth the mate
rails and labor wanted, and tho time
at which bids will be received and
all contracts shall be awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder, and all
bills shall be filed in the Office Of the
Secretary Of State, together with
such bonds as the Commi ssioners
may require tor the due performance
OF the same.
1hird-In all cases where there
are bidders and materials from this
State, the preference shall be given
the quality and terms being equally
favorable, to the bidders and mate
rails within this State.
Fourth-The Board shall keep a
full and complete record Of oil their
orders, contracts and doings in the
premises, and shall have full power
to appoint and discharge at their dis,
cretion, o superintendent, whose duty
it shall be to superintend the work
on said building, which said superin.
tendent shall receive, as his only
compensation, such sum as said
Board may fix. Said board may ap.
point from their own number an
executive committee Of three, aud
may delegate to them authority to
do such things as the Board, at its
regular sessions may direct.
Ffth-All meetings of the Board
shall be at Des Moines, and shall be
held as often as once in three months
and more frequently if the same be
found necessary, and be assembled
on call of the President of the Board
Sec. 4. All payments shall be
made by warrants issued by the Au
ditor upon certificates Of the amount
due given by the superintendent and
countersigned by the President Of
tho Board, and shall be paid in the
name of the person to whom such
payment is originally due; and nc
payment shall be made except fol
servise then actually rendered OF
materials delivered.
| Sec. 5. The building herein pro
vided for shall be constructed of tn,
best materials, and shall be fre-proof
shall be heated and ventilated in tn,
most approved manner, shall con
tain suitable legislative halls, room
for the judiciary, for executive OF
fees, for the library, for tho commit
tees, for tho archive and collection
Of the State agricultural society, ant
for all purposes of the State Govern
mont; and shall be erected on tn
ground held by the State for tha
purpose, and tho work shall bo pros
ecuted without unnecessary delay
and there is hereby appropriated 70
this object tho sum Of one hundret
and fifty thousand dollars.
| Sec. 5. No money hereby appro
priated shall be paid out until tn
Census Board shall certify to tn
Treasurer of State that the resource
OF the treasury without inereasin,
the rates of taxation are sufficient t,
meet the proposed disbursement
after other appropriations are allow
cd.
/ Sec. Z. This Act shall take effec
and be in force, from and after ii
publication in the Daily State Reg,ste
and Des Noines Bulletin, news
papers published at Des Moine
| Iowa.
! Approved April IS, 1870.
! l, Ed Wright, Secretary of State
hereby certify that the toregoin
Act was published in the Daily Sta,
Register Apri! IA, and Des Moint
Daily Bulletin April Is, 1870.
Ed. WRIGHT, Secretary Of State