Scope and Contents On 8 September 1883 the General Assembly passed an Act to appropriate money and to designate the governor as ex - officio commissioner for the erection of a state capitol building. The governor was to appoint five commissioners within thirty days of the passage of the Act, and they were to receive one thousand dollars per annum. The governor then would continue as ex - officio chairman of the commissioners.A second Act to appropriate funds for the grounds around the new Capitol...