The Conway log cabin., 1901-04-30
Now State Capitol Bill Approved.


 The new state capitol bill, as ap- proved by the governor, provides for the appointment by the governor of four commissioners to be confirmed by the general assembly. The ar chitect's fee is placed at per cent, and a superintendent and secretary is provided for. The bill provides Shat for the purpose of raising funds necessary to carry out the pro- visions of this act the sum of $l,- GOO, ,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is, hereby appropriated for the purpose of completing the new state capitol building, and in order to raise said sum tax of one half of one mill on each dollar of taxable property in the state is hereby levied; said tax of one-half of one mill to be levied and collected for the year 1901, and annually thereafter, as all other tax es are now levied and collected, un- til the said capitol building Is com pleted; and in addition to the money to be raised in this way the net pro- ceeds of all lands, except school lands, sold by the commissioner of state lands, and the fees of the com- missioner of state lands for two years, ending March 31, 1903, shall be used and applied toward the ap- propriation above made; and there shall also be applied toward the ap- propriation above made the sum of SSO,000, being the surplus of the general sinking fund being now col lected under section i3 of an act en- titled An act to fund the debt of Arkansas and for other purposes, approved May 8, 1899, over and above the amount which is required to pay the interest due for the pres ent year on the three per cent bonds of the state now outstanding, and over and above the amount required to redeem the outstanding per cent bonds of the state Said board shall also be authorized to use and con tract for using marble, as well as granite, brick, iron, steel and such material in the construction of said state capitol building as may be necessary to make the best. most du- rable and finished structure.
 "The expense of maintaining, feeding, clothing and guarding the convicts who may be worked on said building shall be paid by the board of state capitol commissioners out of the appropriation hereinbe- fore made, but nothing shall be paid in addition thereto for the labor of said convicts, and the penitentiary board shall furnish, on the requisi- ton of the state capitol commission. such number, grade and character of convicts as may at the time of said demand be confined in the state pen itentiary.
 ''When said state capitol shall have been completed the capitol commissioners shall then, and not before, lay off the state lands sit uated adjacent to the capitol block and exclusive of the same, into lots and blocks and advertise and sell the same at public sale to the highest bidder for cash, the proceeds thereof to be covered over to the state treas urer of the state of Arkansas, and shall be used and applied toward the appropriation above made, and when the said state capitol building shall have been completed and ready for occupancy said capitol commission CTS shall take possession of the pres ent old state capitol grounds and buildings and shall lay the same off into lots to the best advantage and, after advertising the time, place and terms of sale, shall sell the same to the highest bidder for cash, and said board are empowered and di- rected to make such disposition of the old capitol building, either at 1 public or private sale, as in their judgment seems best, and the pro- ceeds of said sale or sales shall be turned over to the state treasurer and the same shall be applied as a part of the appropriation heretofore made, provided that at any public sale said commissioners shall have the right to reject any and all bids, if in their judgment the amount bid is not the full value of the property offered for sale, and they may ad- iourn any sale from day to day or may adjourn any sale and readver- tise the same. And whenever any of said property has been sold the 1 governor of the state of Arkansas is directed to make deed of same, at | -.l t.. 4 |. f