Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-10
THE LAWS.
APPROPRIATION. FOR CAPITOL.

APPROPRIATION. FOR CAPITOL.
IS. b. No. 1911
An Act to Provide for the Erection and Con
s%truction OF the south Wing Of the Capitol;
Dollars of Bonds, and for the Advertisement
and Sale of the Lands Granted the State for
the Purpose of Erecting Public Buildings at
the Capital
WHEREAS, The Congress of the United
States by the Enabling Act" granted to
the State of North Dakota eighty;two thou
in legal subdivisions of not less than 100
acres, for the purpose Of erecting public
buildings at the capital of the State for
Legislative, executive and judicial pur-
poses;" and,
WHEREAS, OF said grant for said pur.
poses $4,000 acres have been selected in &C
cordance with the provisions of said act, in
the Fargo, Grand Forks and Devils Lake
land districts: and.
WHEREAS, The balance thereof is in pro-
cess of selection; ard,
WHEREAS, Said lands are available for
the purpose of the said grant, as soon as
selected and patented, there being no re-
the Constitution of the State upon the
power of disposal, for such price, at such
time and or such terms as the Legislature
may determines; and,
WHEREAS. The capitol erected in 1888 is
Only a portion of the building designated;
and whose erection was contemplated, and
which said building in its present incom-
Quate to meet the present wants of the
executive. legislative and administrative
departments of the State government. and
no provision has or can be made therein for
the judicial department; and,
WHEREAS, A fund can be provided from
the proceeds of the sale of a portion of said
grant of land sufficient to complete said
building and furnish suitable accommoda-
tons for all said departments; and,
WHEREAS, Said lands Will enhance in
value as the State increases in population
and the adjacent lands are cultivated and
improved, and it being in%eXpedlent to place
the same on the market for sale at this
time; therefore,
Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly
Of the State Of North Dakota:
SECTION /. The Governor, State Auditor
and State Treasurer are hereby authorized
n empowered to prepare for issue nego-
table bonds of the State of North Dakota
to the amount of $4,000 for purposes here
matter stated. Such bonds shall be in de-
nominations of $1,000, each payable to pur-
chaser or bearer, and payable in thirty
years from date of issue, and shall bear in
terest at q rate not to exceed ~ per cent.
on the first day Of January and July in
each year, with coupons attached for each
interest payment, said coupons to be paya-
Bile anywhere in the United States; said
bonds shall be executed under the Great
Seal of the State by the Governor and Treas.
urer, and shall be attested by the Secretary
Of State, and shall be negotiated by the
Treasurer.
SEc.2. The State Treasurer shall re-
eeiye sealed proposals for the purchase OF
said bonds and he shall give public notice
for four successive weeks in two or more
newspapers OF general circulation, one Of
which shall be published in the city of
said bonds shall be sold to the highest
bidder for cash at not less than their par
value.
SEC. 3. The State Board of Equalization
at the time other taxes are levied, shall
levy a sufficient tax annually to pay the
interest on said bonds, as the same shall
become due. until such time rs there shall
pons from the sale or lease of the lands
hereinbefore specified; and it shall be the
duty of the State Treasurer to reimburse
the State for all moneys so advanced as
soon as there shall be funds in the treasury
derived from the sale or lease OF the said
lands.
SEC. 4. When the interest be-
come due and whenever the said bonds
mature it shall be the duty of the State
Treasurer to pay the same on presentation
out of any funds in the Treasury applica.
bic thereto and to cancel the same when
paid.
SEE. 3. said bonds shall bear date
July LIST, 1893, and the proceeds of the sale
thereof shall be placed to the credit of a
fund to be designated "Capitol Building
FUND.- to be paid out only as hereinafter
provided. Whenever from any cause there
b not be sufficient funds available to
pay the interest accrued on said bonds, it
shall be the duty Of the Treasurer to pay
the interest out of any other unappro-
priated funds belonging to the State, and
there is hereby appropriated out of the
State General Fund a sum sufficient to
pay such interest on said bonds as may be-
come due before the funds and tax herein
provided for can be made available, and it
Shall be the duty OF the State Treasurer to
pay such interest promptly at the time it
falls due.
SEC. The sum of fifty thousand dol
lars so realized and received into the State
Treasury from the sale of the bonds as
hereinbefore provided, or so much thereof
as may, be necessary, is hereby appro-
priated for the purpose OF erecting, con-
of the Capitol Building at Bismarck, and
such funds shall be paid out by the State
Treasurer only upon warrants drawn by
the State Auditor upon such fund, and no
such warrant shall be issued by the State
Auditor except upon itemized and verified
vouchers duly approved by the Board of
Capitol Commissioners as herein provided
for.
SEC. Z. The Governor, State Auditor and
Secretary of State are hereby constituted a
Board Of Capitol Commissioners.
Sec AS soon as the money arising
from the sale OF said bonds shall be paid
into the Treasury, the Board of CAPITOL
COMMISSIONER shall proceed to erect, con.
struct and complete the said south wing to
said Capitol Building according to the
original plans and specifications as near
as may be, and they are hereby authorized
to employ an architect if deemed neces.
sary. The said board shall contract for
and purchase necessary material and shall
employ a sufficient number of skilled
workmen, and shall, so far as the same
can reasonably and proftably be done,
utilize the labor of the c0nvicts in the State
P~enitentiary, and tits hereby made the duty
OF the Warden of the said Penitentiary,
whenever requested by the said board to
place any or all cOnvicts Of proper char
acter and condition that he may have in
his charge. with proper guards and attend.
ants therefor, at the disposal of said board
to be used IN performing the labor re.
quired in erecting said structure or in the
manufacture nf nofor;ol IN hn ,ooJ