The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-14

u ADITODTIITIOM
state Normal school BuiIding OF EN-
pOria, and providing for a Donation
thereto by the City of EmyOria and the
County OF Lyon.
Be 1T enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Kansas.
SECTION 1. That the sum of twenty-five
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is hereby appropriate
ed to it out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated for the fiscal
year ending June Both, 1890, to be used
under the direction of the board of reg
ents of the state normal school at EmpO-
ria, for the purpose of rebuilding the
buildings of the state normal school at
EmpOria, recently destroyed by fire:
PFOGided, That said sum of twenty five
thousand dollars shall be and the same
is hereby appropriated for the purpose
aforesaid, conditioned upon the payment
into the state treasury by the city of En-
pOria and Lyon county, or either said
city or county, of the further sum of
twenty thousand eight hundred dollars,
which amount together with the twenty
five thousand dollars hereby appropriat-
ed, forms the aggregate sum necessary to
rebuild said state normal school build
ings at EmpOria in accordance with the
plans and estimates presented by E. I.
Carr, architect, and thoroughly furnish
and equip, ready for school use, said
state normal school buildings at EmpO-
ria: Ind proceeded further, That no part
of said twenty-five thousand dollars here
by appropriated shall be drawn from the
state treasury until the sum of twenty
thousand eight hundred dollars due
from the said city of Emporia and Lyon
county, or either of said city or county,
has first been paid into the state treasury
and fully surrendered to the state of Kan
sas for disbursement under the provis-
ians of this act.
SEC. 2. The mayor and councilmen of
SAID city of EmpOria, and the board of
county commissioners of the county of
Lyon, or either of them, are hereby au-
thOriZed respectively to issue and sell at
not less than par the bonds of said city
and county respectively for their respec-
tive proportions of said twenty thous-
and and eight hundred dollars as
may be agreed upon between them.
Said bonds, when issued by the city
of EmpOria, shall be signed by the
mayor and clerk, and attested with the
seal of said city; and when issued by the
board of county commissioners of said
Lyon county to be signed by the chair
man of said board and clerk of said
county, and attested with the seal of said
COuub1 oAU running AOI q Pei IOO "a hOe
more than fifteen years and drawing a
rate of interest not exceeding seven per
cent. per annum, payable at such place
as may be designated in said bonds, and
said bonds shall have interest coupons
attached for the interest of each year to
be signed as such bonds. Which said
bonds so issued shall be registered, and
may be purchased by the commissioners
of the permanent school fund.
SEC. 8. The mayor and council of the
city of EmpOria and the board of county
commissioners of said Lyon county are
authorized and required respectively to
levy annually a tax sufficient to pay the
interest coupons of such bonds issued by
them respectively and to provide for q
sinking fund for the payment of said
bonds Issued by them respectively, when
said bonds respectively mature.
SEC. 4. The auditor is hereby au
| thOriZed to draw his warrants on the
treasurer of the state for the purpose anC
amount specified in this act, on presenta
ton to him of vouchers sworn to and &C
COMMANDED by itemized statements, anG
approved by the executive committee o.
the board of regents of the said state nor
NAL school at Emporia. and by them
authenticated as having been incurred IL
the work of rebuilding said state norma
school buildings at Emporia; and the
auditor of state, before issuing warrant
as aforesaid, shall first ascertain that thu
provisions of section one of this act have
been fully complied with.
SEC. 5. This act shall take effec
and be in force from and after its publ
cation in the daily Commonwealth,
Il Approved March 7, 1879.
l, James Smith, Secretary of the Stat
of Kansas, do hereby certify that tn
foregoing is true and correct copy o
the original enrolled bill on file in N!
Office. In testimony whereof l havI
hereunto subscribed my name and afifx
ed the great seal of the state. Done a
TopekA Kansas, this 7th day of 4aEchl
A. D. 1879. IL. S.