Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-10
LAWS OF IOWA.
PUBLISHED Ely AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER 20.

AN ACT to enlarge the Iowa Institution
for the Education of the Blind, and t.
change the name of the same, and fol
the improvement of the grounds. the
purchase of musical instruments and a
printing press for the use Of the
Blind.
SECTION 1. BE 1t enacted by the Gen
eraI assembly Of the State of Io,oa, That
the Iowa Institution for the Education
of the Blind, shall hereafter be known
by the name of the Iowa College for tho
Blind.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated
the sum of fifteen hundred dollars fol-
the purchase of musical Instruments
one thousand dollars for the pur.
chase of printing press and type,
and paper for the use of the Blind,
aad one thousand dollars for the i'm
provement of the grounds belonging to
said institution.
Sec. 8. There is further appropri-
atcd the sum of seventy thousand dol
lars, to be expended in erecting wing
to the main building, according to the
plans and drawings now in the posses
sion of the Board of Trustees, as near as
practicable; Provided, That the cost and
expense of said wing shall not exceed
the sum of one hundred thousand dol
lars.
Sec. 4. The money hereby appropr;-
ated shall be expended under the d.
rection of the Board of Trustees Of said
institution, according to the provisions
of this act.
Sec. 5. Said Board is authorized to
employ laborers and mechanics, by the
day or month, upon said building, and
to purchase all material necessary to be
used in the construction of the same, or
to let by contract such portion or por-
tions Of the material to be furnished, or
labor to be performed, us shall seem to
them for the best interests of the State,
and for the early completion Of said
wing of said building, subject always to
the following restrictions: No contract
shall be made which will bind the State
for greater sum than is at this time
appropriated by law. and unexpended;
nor shall any contract for more than one
thousand dollars be made without adver-
Using for four consecutive weeks in two
published in the State.
stating when bids will be received and
opened, and the kind and amount of Ia
Dor and material wanted, and all such
shall be let to the lowest bid
der, provided he offers satisfactory bond
for the performance of the contract
But the Board may reserve the right to
reject all bids offered. All contracts
for whatever sum shall be in writing,
signed by the contractor and by the
president of the Board, and shall be kept
on file by the Trustees.
Sec. 9. In case any contractor shall
fail through inability or negligence to
perform his part of any contract made
or to be made, relative to said building
the progress of the work there
on is likely to be seriously retarded,
said Board shall have authority to cancel
such contract and settle with such con-
tractor, propided such settlement can
be made without loss to the State.
SEC. Z. The Trustees shall, at the
close of each month, present to the Aud
itor of State certified exhibit of all
due for labor done or material
furnished during said month, and the
Auditor shall thercupon deliver to them
a warrant upon the State Treasurer for
the amount, and no warrant shall be is
sued except upon such exhibit.
Sec. 8. The Treasurer of said Board
Of Trustees shall be required to give
bonds in the sum of thirty thousand
dollars, for the use of the State Of Iowa,
to be approved by the census board and
fled in the Office of the Secretary OF
State, conditioned for the faithful per-
Torrance and the honest and faithful
of and accounting for all
which may come into his hands
under the provisions of this act.
/, SEC. 8. This act being deemed of
immediate importance by the General
Assembly, shall take effect and be in
force from and after it's publication in
The Iosoa State Registsr. published at
Des Moines, Iowa, and the Vinton Edgle,
published at vinton, Iowa.
Approved, April 9Th, 1879.
I hereby certify that the foregoing act
Vas published in the Daily Iowa 1tatsl
Rsoistsr, April 10th, and a tho VintonI
gseIA April 1874. w