ARTICLE II.

This rule shall apply to all children who are virtually orphans by the calamities of the war.

ARTICLE III.

The same provision shall be extended to all orphan children of soldiers who are essentially identified with the citizenship of the State.

ARTICLE IV.

Soldiers' orphans over sixteen years of age shall be entitled to the advantages of the Home by applying themselves diligently to the various industries of the institution. Such as are unable to perform labor may be admitted, and shall be exempt from the above requirement.

SECTION IV.

GOVERNMENT OF THE HOME.

ARTICLE I.

The government of the Home shall be intrusted with the superintendent and matron, with the aid of the assistants under their directions.

ARTICLE II.

The government shall be mild but firm. Corporal punishment shall be resorted to only in extreme cases; and when it does occur a record of it shall be made and presented to a meeting of the executive committee or trustees occurring next thereafter.

ARTICLE III.

When a child shall prove to be incorrigible, and no hope remains of conformity to good behavior and the rules of the institution, the superintendent and matron may, with the advice and consent of the

nearest resident trustee, expel said child from the institution, and report the same to the executive committee at the first meeting thereafter.

SECTION V.

INSTRUCTION.

ARTICLE I.

The standard of religious and moral instruction shall be the Holy Scriptures, a portion of which shall be read to the children once on each day at least, and the Supreme Being shall be acknowledged in solemn invocation, thanksgiving, and praise.

ARTICLE II.

Sabbath-school shall be held once each Sabbath, and the children shall attend public worship as often as practicable. The word of God shall be preached by ministers of the various denominations.

ARTICLE III.

The school for day instruction shall emulate the highest standard of public instruction in the State.

SECTION VI.

DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

ARTICLE I.

It shall be the duty of the officers of the Home to see that all the

laws governing the same are enforced and observed.

ARTICLE II.

Clause 1. The superintendent shall have the general supervision of the officers of the Home.

Clause 2. He shall keep a record of the name of each child, date of birth, the post-office address of the parent or guardian, the name of its father, the letter of his company, and number of his regiment, together with the manner and place of his death; or, if living, shall state his disability.

Clause 3. He shall have the care and oversight of the grounds and buildings, and all the property, and shall report the condition of the same at each regular meeting of the Board of Trustees.

Clause 4. He shall keep a minute and accurate account of the disbursement of the funds of the institution, and shall furnish vouchers for the same.

Clause 5. He shall make a statement, verified by his oath, at the expiration of each month, of the average number of children in attendance at the Home, and of all receipts and expenditures for said month, and transmit the same to the president of the Board of Trustees, and shall supervise the industry of the boys.

ARTICLE III.

The matron shall have the supervision of all the indoor work and arrangements, the sewing-room, laundry, kitchen and dining-hall. She shall control the order and management of the cottages, and shall supervise the industry of the girls.

ARTICLE IV.

The physician shall have charge of the sick, and his suggestions and directions regarding the sanitary condition of the Home shall be carried out by the superintendent, so far as practicable. He shall report quarterly to the meetings of the Executive Committee.

SECTION VII.

SURETIES OF OFFICERS.

ARTICLE I.

The treasurer of the board of trustees shall give security in the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be approved by the Board.

ARTICLE II.

The superintendent of the Home at Davenport shall give bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars. The superintendent at Cedar Falls shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars; and the superintendent of the Home at Glenwood in the sum of one thousand dollars.

SECTION VIII.

ADMISSION OF CHILDREN.

ARTICLE I.

Clause 1. All applications for admission shall be in writing, and signed by the person making the same, and shall state the name, date and place of birth of the child, name of the father, letter of his company, and number of his regiment, the time and place of his death, and shall be approved by one of the Trustees.

Clause 2. It shall be the duty of the Trustees, before approving the application, to ascertain the truth of the statements contained therein, either by affidavit or statements of reliable persons known to the Trustees, and also what means, if any, are possessed by, or are under the control of the child, or its mother, and if satisfied such child or its mother has sufficient means to support it, the application shall be refused.

ARTICLE II.

Any child in either of the Homes may, with the consent of the parents or guardians of such child, be adopted by any citizen of the State. No articles of adoption shall be of any force or validity unless approved by the Board, and no child professed to be adopted shall be removed from the Home until articles of adoption are so approved. Any child so adopted shall be returned to the Home from which it was taken, upon the order of the Board of Trustees, which order shall be made whenever the board are satisfied such child is not properly trained, educated, and provided for, and shall be entered on the min. utes of the Board, and shall cancel all the articles of adoption.

ARTICLE III.

It shall be the duty of the executive committee of each Home, at each regular meeting thereof, to inquire and ascertain what children, if any, at the Home are of proper age, or who have sufficient means to provide for themselves, or whose mothers have sufficient means and are competent to take care of them, and to discharge all such children, and to report their action to the Board.