The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-06-06
: CHAPTER Oh y
An act to amend sections three, six, ten,
twelve and forty -four, of chapter one
! hundred and nine, of the acts of the 18th
s General Assembly. - 80 -

An act TO amend sections three, six, ten,
twelve and forty four, of chapter one
: hundred and nine, of the acts of the 18th
General Assembly. sal1T - a.i - Is
SECTION 1. BE it enacted by the Gener-
al Assembly OF the State of Iowa. that
the third section of chapter one hundred
and nine OF the acts of the Thirteenth GEN
eral Assembly of Iowa, be amended, by
striking out the words, "and approved by
the superintendent" and inserting the
words, ''and approved by the board = and
that the sixth section of the same act be
amended by striking out all after the word
however" in the twelfth line, down to
the word "they," in the sixteenth line, and
insert the following THAT the same
person shall not hold the Office ofsuperin-
tenient and steward !" and by striking out
the word provided, where it occurs the
second time in said section, and all the
words which follow it in the same lection.
And that section ten of the same act be
amended by adding otter the word Hos
pital, in the sixteenth line of said section,
"but no part of the money so drawn e for
current expenses shall be used in making
improvements" And the same act be
amended by striking nut section twelve,
Gin ihSSi tilS Aolloni Il AC otCW-
ard, under the direction OF the trustees,
shall make all purchases tor the Hospital
where and In such manner as they can be
made on the best terms, keep the accounts,
pay all employees, and hdve a personal SUI
perintendence ofthe farm. He shall take
duplicate vouchers for all purchases made,
and for all wages paid by him, which he
shall submit to the trustees at each of their
quarterly meetings, for their examination
and approval. Such settlement of ac-
counts shall be made by the board of trus.
tees In open session, and shall not be en-
trusted to 8 committee. The trustees shall,
after examining and approving such vouch-
ers, file one of them with the Auditor of
State. The books and papers of the stew
ard and treasurer shall be open at all times
to the inspection of any one of the trus-
tees, State officers, or members of the Gen
eral Assembly" And the same act be
further amended by striking out section
forty. four, and insert the following 1.-THE
trustees shall from time TO time fix the sum
ODE paid per week for the board and care
of the patients, which shall not exceed the
sum of three dollars and seventyrfive cents
per weef, and the weekly sum so fixed shall
be the sum said Hospital shall be entitled
to demand for keeping any patient, and the
certificate of the superintendent attested
by the seal of the Hospital, shall be evil
dence in all places of the amount due as
fixed" as4s...s-
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty ofthe board
of trustees of the Hospital at Independence
to give notice by mail of the time when the
Hospital will be ready for the reception of
patients, to all the clerks of the circuit
courts of the State" araags3 a.taaE
Sec. 3. This act being deemed of i'm
mediate importance, shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publ
cation in the Daily Iowa State Register and
Leader, newspapers published at Des
Moines. Iowa. ~. .s 49,. ...... ....s 81.
Approved April 25, 1872 4s .s.a g.. as
hereby certify that the foregoing act
was published in the Daily Iowa State
Register May /, and in the State Leader
May 3,1S72. IF ,saasa..Ea -. e. "a sFa
"a .fana.. asH So ED WRIGHT,
.saI .a4suu. ana Secretary of State.