The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-08-25

AN ACT to enable counties to estab- |
lish and maintain public hospitals,
levy tax and issue bonds there
for, elect hospital trustees, main
tain training schools for nurses,
provide suitable means for the
care of tuberculous persons, and
to make possible the ultimate es-
Enlistment of an adequate supply
of hospitals with equal rights to
all and special privileges to none.
Be it enacted by the General Assemb
ly of the State of Iowa:
County hoSpital-hoW established.
ANY county may establish a pub
lie hospital in the following manner:
Whenever the board of supervisors
of any county shall be presented with
petition signed by two hundred
(200) resident freekolders of such
county, one hundred and fifty (15O)
of whom shall not be residents of
| the city, town or village where it is
proposed to locate such public hos
| pital, asking that an annual tax be-
| levied for the establishment and
maintenance of a public hospital at
| place in the county named therin,
| and shall specify in their petition the
| maximum amount of money pro-
| posed to be expended in purchasing
or building said hospital, such board
| of supervisors shall submit the ques-
| ton to the qualified electors OF the
county at the next general election
| to be held in the county or at a
special election called for that pur-
pose, first giving 80 days notice
thereof in one or more newspapers
published in the county, if any be
published therein and by posting such
notice, written or printed, in each
township of the county, which no
tice shall include the text of the Pc
| tition and state the amount OF tax
to be levied upon the assessed prop
erty of the said county which tax
shall not exceed two CD mills on the
dollar, for period of time not ex-
ceeding twenty (20) years and be
for the issue of county bonds to
provide funds for the purchase of a
site or sites and the erection thereon
of a public hospital, and hospital
buildings; and for the support of
same; which said election shall be
held at the usual places in such
county for electing county officers,
the vote to be canvassed in the same
manner as that for county officers.
Question submitted hospital
fund. The board of supervisors of
such county shall submit to the
qualified electors thereof, at regu-
lar or special election, the question
whether there shall be levied upon
the assessed property of such county
the purchase of real estate for hos
| nil fol bn Oh ,cfi o,,
Of hospital buildings. and for main
such purposes.
If the majority of the votes cast at
such election on the proposition so
| submitted shall be in favor 80.
mill tax for a bond issue for public
hospital and for maintenance Of
same, the board of supervisors shall
levy the tax so authorized, which
shall be collected in the same man
ner as other taxes are collected and
credited to the hospital fund" and
shall be paid out on the order of the
hospital trustees for the purposes
i, authorized by this act and for no
i. other purposes whatever.
Hospital trustees-appointme
> election-terms.-S a majority
of all the votes cast upon the queS-
ton be in favor of establishing such
J. county public hospital, the board OF
supervisors shall proceed at once to
! appoint CD trustees chosen from
, the citizens at large with reference
to their fitness to such Office, three
CD of whom may be women, all
!; residents of the county, not more
y! than four (4) of said trustees to be
4 residents Of the city, town, or village
j in which said hospital is to be To-
!. Gated who shall constitute board OF
> trustees for said public hospital. The
q said trustees shall hold their offices
until the next following general cleo
Z ton, when seven CD hospital trus-
: tees shall be elected and hold theil
8 offices, two CD for two (2) years
{. two CD for four (4) years, three
. CD for six 16) years, and who shall
. by lot determine their respective
terms. At each subsequent gen
4 eral election the offices of the trus
d tees whose terms of office are abou
:. to expire shall be filled by the nomi
= nation and election of hospital trus
g tees in the same manner as othe
. officers are elected, none of whom
oLoll pS pl oSllIil1S PliS oiSleAhS'
Hospital board - organization =
powers and duties.-The said trus
, tees shall within ten days after thei
} appointment or election qualify b.
. taking the oath of civil officers ant
: organize as board of hospital trus
8 tees by the election of one of thei
number as chairman, one as secre
:, tary, and by the election of such 9th
er officer as they deem necessar
II but no bond shall be required o
Z them. The county treasurer of tn
county in which such hospital is 10
! Gated shall be treasurer of the boar
4 of trustees. The treasurer shall re
! ceive and pay out all moneys unde
! the control of the said board, as OF
dered by it, but shall receive n
) compensation from such board N
Z trustee shall receive any compen
s sation for his services performed
Z but he may receive Reimbursement
& for any cash expenditures actuall
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