same, who shall, within ten days after receiving such index, print the same and deliver to the state binder such copies in sheets as [are] required for binding; but this section shall not apply to this or any other revised code adopted by the general assembly. SEC. 102. The laws, journals, and all other printing in book Manner of printing. form shall be printed in long primer type, except the head-notes R. ¿¿ 159, 156. and indexes, which shall be in brevier type, the pages whereof shall contain not less than seventeen hundred and fifty ems of solid matter, and all rule and figure work shall be printed either in brevier or nonpareil type, as may be ordered by the officer ordering the work. Whenever a subject is commenced, whether it be the name of a member or otherwise, the subject matter shall follow in the same line, unless such line is filled by such word. The report of each motion or resolution shall be embraced in one paragraph, and where the yeas and nays are given, each division list shall be in one paragraph, with the names run in alphabetically, and the result given in the last line. state to provide SEC. 103. The secretary of state shall provide a "state paper Secretary of receipt book," and whenever he shall deliver to the state printer receipt book. paper for any kind of printing, a receipt therefor shall be entered R. 157. in said book, which receipt shall describe the kind and quality of paper so delivered. be certified. SEC. 104. Whenever any work is performed by the state prin- Paper used to ter, he shall certify, under oath, the amount of paper used in said R. & 155. work to the secretary of state, who, when satisfied that the same is correct, shall give a receipt to the state printer, which shall be a voucher therefor, and no work shall be paid for until such certificate shall be furnished. of reports to be R. 173, 2177, SEC. 105. The state printer shall have one thousand copies of When copies each report of the state officers printed and delivered to the state delivered to binder twenty days before the meeting of the general assembly; binder. and he shall deliver the sheets of all other work that requires bind- 2178. ing as soon as the same are printed and ready for folding; and shall take duplicate receipts therefor, one of which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. CHAPTER 7. OF THE STATE BINDER. elected. SECTION 106. The state binder shall be elected at each regu- When, and how lar session of the general assembly by a joint vote thereof, and R. 163. shall hold his office for two years from the time he enters upon the duties of such office. SEC. 107. The person elected shall enter upon the duties of when term besuch office on the first day of May in the year following that in gins, which he is elected. R. 164. SEC. 108. He shall keep his office at the seat of government, office: duties and bind the laws and journals, and perform the incidental bind- R. i68, 169, 173, 2178. Duty of secretary of state. R. 171. Auditor to issue warrant. R. 172. ing of the two houses of the general assembly, and such as may be required by the several state officers, in a neat, substantial, and workmanlike manner, and promptly perform such work so that the public business may not be delayed, and deliver the same to the secretary of state, taking his receipt therefor; and the reports of the state officers shall be so delivered before the first day of the session of the general assembly. SEC. 109. The secretary of state, upon the completion of any binding as aforesaid, shall examine whether it has been executed. according to law, and should it be thus executed, he shall give his receipt therefor, stating the same, together with the amount to which the binder is entitled for said work; and if not so executed, he may, nevertheless, receive the same and give his receipt therefor, noting said deficiency in said receipt. SEC. 110. The auditor of state, upon the production of the aforesaid receipt, shall issue his warrant on the state treasurer for the amount therein stated; and should there be a deficiency noted in said receipt, he is hereby required to order suit to be commenced immediately against the binder and his securities on his official bond, and report the, proceedings thereon in his next report to the governor. Who composes. Duties in relation to census. R. 2995. Census: how to Duty of assess or. R. 2 992. CHAPTER 8. OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. SECTION 111. The governor, auditor, secretary, and treasurer of state, or any three of them, shall constitute the executive council. SEC. 112. The executive council must prepare and cause to be printed suitable blank forms for the purpose of taking the census, which, together with such printed directions as will be calculated to secure uniformity in the returns, must be furnished to the respective county auditors, and by them to the township assessors, on or before the first Monday in January of the year in which the census is to be taken. SEC. 113. The township assessor of each township shall, at the time of assessing property in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and every ten years thereafter, take an enumeration of the inhabitants in his township. SEC. 114. Said assessor shall make a return on or before the first day June of such enumeration to the auditor of the county, who shall make and forward to the secretary of state on or before the first day of September in the current year, an abstract of said census return, showing: The total number of males; The total number of females; The number of persons entitled to vote; The number of militia; The number of foreigners not naturalized; The total number of children between five and twenty-one years of age; The number of families and the number of dwelling houses; An enumeration of agriculture, mining and manufacturing statistics, including the value of the products of the farm, herd, orchard, and dairy, each, and the value of manufactured articles, and of minerals sold, the year preceding the census; The number of miles of railways finished and unfinished; The number of colieges and universities, with the number of pupils therein. R. 2 994. state to pre SEC. 115. The executive council may require such other mat- Other matters ters to be ascertained and returned as they deem expedient. SEC. 116. The secretary of state shall file and preserve in his Secretary of office the abstracts received from the county auditors, and cause serve: publica an abstract thereof to be recorded in a book to be by him prepared for that purpose, and published in such manner as the executive council may direct. tion. assessor fails R. 2 997. SEC. 117. When any township assessor fails to make an ac- Remedy when curate return of the census as herein provided, the county auditor to return. may appoint some suitable person to take the census according to the provisions of this chapter, at as early a day as practicable; which shall be done at the expense of the county in which the service is performed. expense of SEC. 118. The executive council may require any auditor fail- Returns sont at ing to make returns as herein provided, to send up the returns as county. soon as practicable at the expense of the delinquent county. R. 99S. SEC. 119. The secretary of state shall keep a journal in which Journal kept. shall be entered all acts of the executive council. R. ¿999. state property: SEC. 120. The executive council shall have the charge, care, Custody of and custody of the property of the state, when no other pro- proving for, vision is made, and shali procure for the several offices of the state offices. governor, secretary of state, auditor and treasurer of state, register of state land office, superintendent of public instruction, attorney-general and state librarian, and clerk of the supreme court, fuel, lights, blank books, postage, furniture, and any other thing necessary to enable such officers to promptly and efficiently perform the duties of their several offices; the accounts for any expenditures under this section, including repairs of the state house and such other necessary and lawful expenses as are not otherwise provided for shall be audited upon the certificate of such council and the warrants drawn therefor paid by the treas urer of state. The executive council shall report to each regular session of the general assembly the amounts expended, and in general terms what for and how much for each office. [As amended by 16th G. A., ch. 142, § 8. The other sections of the act are temporary.] Executive council to advertise for stationery. R. 2261, 81, 2169. CHAPTER 9. OF DUTIES ASSIGNED TO TWO OR MORE OFFICERS JOINTLY; AND SECTION 121. The executive council shall make estimates of all the paper needed for the public printing, and of all the stationery necessary for the general assembly, the public offices, and the supreme court; and the auditor shall advertise for sealed proC. 51, 22 45, 60. posals of the quantity, quality, and kinds thereof which may be needed, in two newspapers at the seat of government, and in such other newspapers as they may deem expedient, requiring a delivery of the articles at least ninety days before the same will be wanted, and bids for the same shall be opened by said executive council, at such time as may be fixed by said advertisement; and they shall award the contracts for furnishing such stationery, paper, etc., to the lowest responsible bidders therefor, who shall give security, to be approved by them, for the performance of their contracts; and upon the delivery of the articles contracted for at the office of the secretary of state, in compliance with the terms of said contracts, and presenting receipts therefor, signed by the secretary to the auditor of state, he shall issue to the contractors his warrants on the treasurer for the amount due, which shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Secretary of state to take charge of paper. R. 2 2170. 12. SEC. 122. The secretary of state shall take charge of said articles, and furnish the public printer all the paper required for the various kinds of public printing in such quantities as may be 10G. A. ch. 22, needed for the prompt discharge of his duties; and he shall supply the governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, judges of the supreme court and clerk thereof, attorney-general, supreme court reporter, superintendent of public instruction, register of the state land office, general assembly and clerks or secretarics thereof, such quantities as may be required for the public use and necessary to enable them to perform their several duties as required by law, taking receipts of the proper officers therefor. Secretary of state to furnish stationery to [Fifteenth General Assembly, Chapter 1.] SEC. 1. It is hereby made the duty of the secretary of state to furnish to and supply the standing committees of the senate and committees of house of representatives, and any select or special committees that are or may be raised or appointed by the general assembly, or either branch thereof, with all the stationery necessary for the use of such committees. general assembly. Mode of drawing same. SEC. 2. In order to draw such stationery, the chairman of each of said committees shall from time to time, as he may deem necessary, make out his requisition on the secretary of state for the amount and kind deemed necessary, and upon presentation thereof, to said secretary, he shall deliver the same to said chairman and take a receipt therefor, which requisition and receipt shall be filed in the office of said secretary, and shall be a sufficient voucher to him for such stationery. R. 2172, 2173. SEC. 123. Where an appropriation shall be made as a contin- Contingent fund of any offigent fund for any office or officer, or for any other purpose to be cer: how acexpended for the state, the officer or person having charge of such counted for. fund shall keep an account therewith, showing when, to whom, and for what, any portion of said fund has been expended, and to take and preserve receipts for all amounts expended. tingent furd to R. 2174 2175, 2176. SEC. 124. Such officer or person shall, on or before the first day Report of corof November preceding each regular session of the general as- be made. sembly, report to the auditor of state, stating in detail in what manner such funds have been expended, and shall not be credited with any expenditure unless the same has been done in the manner contemplated by the law making the appropriation, nor unless he has preserved and filed with such auditor proper receipts and vouchers for each sum expended. All funds not properly accounted for may be recovered by the state from the person or officer charged therewith, with fifty per cent. damages on the same. The auditor shall, in his report to the governor, state the condition in detail of each of the appropriations referred to in this and the preceding section. [Sec. 125 repealed by 16th G. A., ch. 159, § 9; see that act inserted following § 132.J Officers to take R. 22180. SEC. 126. Every person appointed or elected a regent, trustee, an oath: forma manager, commissioner, or inspector, or a member of any board of. of regents, trustees, managers, commissioners, or inspectors, now or hereafter created or provided by law for the government, control, management, or inspection of any public building, improvement, or institution whatever, owned, controlled, or managed, in whole or in part, by or under the authority or direction of this state, shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties as such regent, trustee, manager, commissioner, or inspector, take and subscribe an oath, in substance and form as follows: "I, (here insert affiant's name) do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution of the United States, and of the state of Iowa; that I will honestly and faithfully discharge the duties of (here describe the nature of the office, trust, or position as regent, trustee, manager, commissioner, or inspector, as the case may be), according to the laws that now are, or that may hereafter be in force regulating said institution, and prescribing the duties of regents, trustees, managers, commissioners or inspectors thereof, (as the case may be); that I will, in all things, conform to the directions contained insaid law or laws, and that I will not, directly or indirectly, as such regent, trustee, manager, commissioner, or inspector, (as the case may be) make, or enter into, or consent to any contract or agreement, expressed or implied, whereby any greater sum of money shall be expended or agreed to be expended than is expressly authorized by law at the date of such contract or agree ment. SEC. 127. Any officer who shall be empowered to expend any public moneys, or to direct such expenditures, is hereby prohibited from making any contract for the erection of any building, or any other purpose, which shall contemplate any excess of expenditures, beyond the terms of the law under which said officer was appointed. |