[166.]

AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR TO APPOINT A BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE ERECTION OF A STATE HOUSE, AND DEFINING THE DUTIES OF SAID BOARD.

Resolved by this Assembly: SECTION 1. That His Excellency the governor of this state be and hereby is authorized and directed to appoint, before the first day of August, 1873, a board of commissioners to consist of five members, in place of the board of commissioners now existing, whose duty it shall be to contract for, and cause to be constructed, a state house in Hartford, upon the site provided by said city for the use of the

state.

SEC. 2. That all the duties, powers and privileges (excepting the power to fill vacancies), heretofore vested in the former board of commissioners and not inconsistent with these resolutions, are hereby conferred upon the board of commissioners to be appointed by the governor as herein provided, and in case of any vacancy in said board, the governor may fill the same.

SEC. 3. Said new board of commissioners are hereby authorized to cause to be constructed a state house, according to such plans as they may think best for the interests of the state, and for that purpose they are authorized to make all such new contracts, and to change, abandon and take such action in all respects with reference to existing plans and contracts as they may think expedient.

SEC. 4. The president of said board is hereby authorized to draw his order upon the comptroller for the sum of not more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in addition to the amount already appropriated for the erection of said state house: provided, that said sum, with the amount appropriated by the city of Hartford, shall cover the whole cost of the erection of said state house.

Approved, July 11th, 1873.

[167.]

CONCERNING CAPITAL COMMISSION.

Resolved, That the present board of capital commissioners be and they hereby are requested and instructed to suspend work upon the capitol building until the new commission shall be appointed by the governor.

Approved, July 12th, 1873.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT,

OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE, Oct. 1st, 1873.

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I hereby certify, that I have compared the printed copies of the acts and resolutions in this pamphlet contained, with the engrossed bills deposited in this office, and find the same to be

correct.

M. H. SANGER,

Secretary of State.