Chap. 246.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act
authorizing and directing the dire-tors of the Central Lunatic Asy-
lum to contract for the erection, near the city of Petersburg, of suita-
ble buildings for the accommodation of the colored insane of the
State.

Approved March 6, 1482

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly. That the direc-
tors of the Central Junatic asvlum be and they are hereby
empowered and directed, as soon as there is made or declared
to them a deed conveying to them, for the use of said asy-
lum, the said tract of land known as Hare's farm, or such
other tract of land at or near Petersburg, as the said board
of directors may select, and a plan for the buildings shall
have been agreed upon as herein provided, to contract for
the building thereon a commodious bouse, or houses, suitable
and necessary for the proper reception and accommodation
of persons of color of unsound mind, upon the terms herein-
after set forth, having previously given public notice, by
advertisement, in some newspaper published in the city of
Richmond, and the cities of Petersburg, Lynchburg, and
Norfolk; that they will receive proposals for the building
thereof, according to the plan and specifications adopted a as
hereinafter provided for, and sball take bonds, with sufficient
security, from such person or persons contracting for the
construction of said buildings, in the penal sum of twenty
thousand dollars, payable to themselves and their successors
in office, conditioned for the faithful performance of said con-
tract, under the immediate superintendence of said directors.

2. It shall be the duty of said directors of the Central
lunatic asylum, immediately after the passage of this act, to

rocure, {rom competent architects, plans or designs for the
puildings to be erected upon the said tract of land, and from
the plans proposed, to select and adopt such one as may seem
to them most desirable and proper, according to which the
said building shall be erected. But this section shall not be
construed as preventing the said directors from refusing any
or all plans suggested, or from adopting any plan heretofore
proposed for the said buildings. And tor the purpose of car-
rying out the provisions of this section, the said directors
are hereby authorized to expend out of any appropriation
made for the purpose of building the said houses, a sum not
to exceed two thousand dollars.
3. The contract for the erection of the buildings shali pro-
vide for the completion of the work in a good and workman-
like manner, according to the plan and specifications, on or
before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-
three, and for a forfeiture of the sum of five hundred dollars
for each month, or part of a month, after the first day of
January, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and until the
said houses shall be completed and turned over to the said
directors.

4. To enable said directors to carry out the provisions of
this act, they shall have full power, from time to time, to
order and direct their treasurer to draw upon the treasurer
of the commonwealth (which shall be audited by the auditor
of public accounts), for such sums of money as may be neces-
sary to defray the expenses of said building, or buildings,
which shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated: provided the whole expense shall
nut exceed one hundred thousand dollars.

5. As soon as practicable, after the completion of the said
buildings, the directors of the Central lunatic asylum shall
cause to be removed from the present asylum buildings, at
Howard's grove, to the said buildings upon the farm at or
near Petersburg, selected by them, as provided in the first
section of this act, the permanent asylum buildings, all of
the state’s property then upon the premises at Howard’s
grove necessary or proper to be removed, and all the persons
of unsound mind inmates ‘of said asylum. And after such
removal, the expense of maintaining the said asylum shall
be provided for, and paid in the same manner, that the ex-
penses of similar institutions in this commonwealth are pro-
vided for and paid. And the powers, duties, and responsibil-
ities of the directors of the Central lunatic asylum, thus per-
manently located upon the said site, shall continue and be
the same as now provided by law for the said directors, as
temporarily located at Howard’s grove.

6. This act shall be in force from its passage, and all acts
or parts of acts in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed.

Chap. 246.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act
authorizing and directing the dire-tors of the Central Lunatic Asy-
lum to contract for the erection, near the city of Petersburg, of suita-
ble buildings for the accommodation of the colored insane of the
State.

Approved March 6, 1482

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly. That the direc-
tors of the Central Junatic asvlum be and they are hereby
empowered and directed, as soon as there is made or declared
to them a deed conveying to them, for the use of said asy-
lum, the said tract of land known as Hare's farm, or such
other tract of land at or near Petersburg, as the said board
of directors may select, and a plan for the buildings shall
have been agreed upon as herein provided, to contract for
the building thereon a commodious bouse, or houses, suitable
and necessary for the proper reception and accommodation
of persons of color of unsound mind, upon the terms herein-
after set forth, having previously given public notice, by
advertisement, in some newspaper published in the city of
Richmond, and the cities of Petersburg, Lynchburg, and
Norfolk; that they will receive proposals for the building
thereof, according to the plan and specifications adopted a as
hereinafter provided for, and sball take bonds, with sufficient
security, from such person or persons contracting for the
construction of said buildings, in the penal sum of twenty
thousand dollars, payable to themselves and their successors
in office, conditioned for the faithful performance of said con-
tract, under the immediate superintendence of said directors.

2. It shall be the duty of said directors of the Central
lunatic asylum, immediately after the passage of this act, to

rocure, {rom competent architects, plans or designs for the
puildings to be erected upon the said tract of land, and from
the plans proposed, to select and adopt such one as may seem
to them most desirable and proper, according to which the
said building shall be erected. But this section shall not be
construed as preventing the said directors from refusing any
or all plans suggested, or from adopting any plan heretofore
proposed for the said buildings. And tor the purpose of car-
rying out the provisions of this section, the said directors
are hereby authorized to expend out of any appropriation
made for the purpose of building the said houses, a sum not
to exceed two thousand dollars.
3. The contract for the erection of the buildings shali pro-
vide for the completion of the work in a good and workman-
like manner, according to the plan and specifications, on or
before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-
three, and for a forfeiture of the sum of five hundred dollars
for each month, or part of a month, after the first day of
January, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and until the
said houses shall be completed and turned over to the said
directors.

4. To enable said directors to carry out the provisions of
this act, they shall have full power, from time to time, to
order and direct their treasurer to draw upon the treasurer
of the commonwealth (which shall be audited by the auditor
of public accounts), for such sums of money as may be neces-
sary to defray the expenses of said building, or buildings,
which shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated: provided the whole expense shall
nut exceed one hundred thousand dollars.

5. As soon as practicable, after the completion of the said
buildings, the directors of the Central lunatic asylum shall
cause to be removed from the present asylum buildings, at
Howard's grove, to the said buildings upon the farm at or
near Petersburg, selected by them, as provided in the first
section of this act, the permanent asylum buildings, all of
the state’s property then upon the premises at Howard’s
grove necessary or proper to be removed, and all the persons
of unsound mind inmates ‘of said asylum. And after such
removal, the expense of maintaining the said asylum shall
be provided for, and paid in the same manner, that the ex-
penses of similar institutions in this commonwealth are pro-
vided for and paid. And the powers, duties, and responsibil-
ities of the directors of the Central lunatic asylum, thus per-
manently located upon the said site, shall continue and be
the same as now provided by law for the said directors, as
temporarily located at Howard’s grove.

6. This act shall be in force from its passage, and all acts
or parts of acts in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed.