Year: 1870

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al. Be it enacted by the General As
sen,Jly of the State of Io,ca, That there
is hereby established Board of Com
missioners, consisting of the Governor,
who shall be er-oticio President of the
Board, and six other commissioners who
shall be chosen 10y the Senate and House
of Representatives in joint convention,
and whose terms of Office shall continue
for two years from the date of their
election and until their successors shall
be elected and qualified, unless sooner
removed from office as hereinafter pro-
vided; which Board shall be charged
with the execution of the provisions of
this act, and each member of which,
excepting the Governor. shall give
bonds to the State in the sum of nfy
thousand dollars for the honest and
faithful performance of his duties as
such commissioner; and the majority of
said Board shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business; and said
bonds shall be deposited with, and KEEP:
by the Secretary of State. Each Com
missioner shall also keep and sign the
oath prescribed by section 2lsO of the
Revision of 1860, which shall be filed
with and kept by the Auditor of State
vided for in this Act, Gen. G. NJ. Dodge,
Of Pottawattamie county, and Hon.
James f. Wilson, of Jefferson county,
are hereby appointed Commissioners
from the State at large, who shall hold
their office for the term of two years,
and until their successors are elected
and qualified. Their duties shall be
such as are imposed upon the other
Commissioners, and they shall in all
respects be subject 20 the same require
ments here in made of the other Com
missioners, except in the manner Of
their election.


s2. Whenever it shall appear to the
Governor, and to a majority of the Cen
sus Board, that either Of said Commits
sioners has been guilty of any malfea
sance in Office to the detriment of the
State, it shall be the duty of the Govern
or to remove him from his office by
writer ORDER setting forth the reasons
for such removal, to be fled in the Office
of the Secretary of State, and by him
notified to each member of said Board,
and in case Of any vacancy so created,
or accruing by reason of death, removal
from the State, or resignation, it shall
be the duty of the Governor to nominate
and appoint another Commissioner in
his place, who shall hold his office until
the election of his successor in the man
ner herein provided, and the Commits
authorized by this act, except
the Governor, shall each receive, as
their only compensation, five dollars
per day while employed in the dis
charge of their duties, and their actual
travelling expenses.


a3 That said Board shall, with the
assistance of a competent and impartial
who shall be resident
of this State if suitable person can be
obtained, select and determine upon one
of the plans for a capitol selected by the
Census Board pursuant to the act passed
by the last General Assembly, approv-
ed Aprit 6, 1868. or upon some modi-
fication thereof, the cost of which shall
hundred thousand dollars, and shall
then proceed with the work in the
manner herein provided, and subject to
the limitations following namely:


FTst-No contract shall be made the
amount of which shall bind the State
beyond the sums at the time appropri-
ated by law for such object.


.Sccond-All contracts for material and
and labor shall be signed by the contra
ctor and by the President of the board;
and no contract to an amount exceeding
one thousand dollars shall be made with
out prior advertisement for 80 days in at
least four daily papers in this state, set
ting forth the materials and labor wanted
and the time at which bids will be re-
ceived and opened, and all contracts
shall be awared to the lowest responsible
r., anu iii UiuS SAlAli NC INV IA tAN
office OF the Secretary of State, together
with such bonds as the Commissioners
may require for the due performance OF
the same.


7hird-In all cases where there are
bidders and materials fromthis State, that
preference shall be given the quality, ,and
cost being equally favorable, to the bid
ers and materials within this State.


Eourth-The Board shall keep full and
complete record of all their orders, con
tracts and doings in the premises ant
shall have f1ll power.to'appoint and dis
charge at their discretion, a superinten


dent, whose duty it shall 5e to superln
| tend the work on said building, which


said superintendent shall receive, as hi


only compensation, such sum as sait


Board may fix. Said Board may appoin
| from their own number an executive


committee of three, and may DELEGATE


to them authority to do such things a


the Board, at its regular sessions ma.


direct.


FffM-All meetings of the board shall


be at Des Moinse, and shall be held a


often as once in three months, and NOR