2d District. 3d District. 4th District. 5th District. 6th District. 7th District. 8th District. 9th District. 10th District. 11th District. 12th District. Time of holding Court. In Clayton county. In Fayette county. SEC. 3. District No. 2.-The counties of Van Buren, Davis, Wapello, Monroe, Appanoose, Lucas and Wayne shall constitute the Second District. SEC. 4. District No. 3.-The counties of Clarke, Decatur, Union, Ringgold, Adams, Montgomery, Page, Mills, Fremont and Pottawattamie shall constitute the Third District. SEC. 5. District No. 4.-The counties of Harrison, Shelby, Monona, Crawford, Woodbury, Ida, Sac, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Plymouth, Clay, O'Brien, Sioux, Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Pocahontas, Calhoun, Humboldt, Emmett, Palo Alto, Kossuth, shall constitute the Fourth District. SEC. 6. District No 5.-The counties of Carroll, Audubon,_ Greene, Guthrie, Adair, Madison, Dallas, Warren, Polk and Cass shall constitute the Fifth District. SEC. 7. District No. 6.-The counties of Jasper, Marion, Poweshiek, Mahaska, Keokuk, Washington and Jefferson shall constitute the Sixth District. SEC. 8. District No. 7.-The counties of Muscatine, Scott. Clinton and Jackson shall constitute the Seventh District. SEC. 9. District No. 8.-The counties of Johnson, Tama, Iowa, Benton, Linn, Cedar and Jones shall constitute the Eighth District. SEC. 10. District No. 9.-The counties of Dubuque, Delaware, Buchanan, Black Hawk and Grundy shall constitute the Ninth District. SEC. 11. District No. 10.-The counties of Clayton, Allamakee, Fayette, Winnesheik, Howard and Chickasaw shall constitute the Tenth District. SEC. 12. District No. 11.-The counties of Marshall, Story, Boone, Webster, Hamilton, Hardin, Wright and Franklin shall constitute the Eleventh District. SEC. 13. District No. 12.-The counties of Mitchell, Floyd, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Worth, Winnebago and Hancock shall constitute the Twelfth District. SEC. 14. The District Court of the tenth, eleventh and 12th Judicial Districts shall be held at the times and places hereinafter designated. SEC. 15. 1st-In the tenth district, commencing in Clayton county, Iowa, on the third Monday of January and May, and on the second Monday of September of each year. 2d-In Fayette county, on the second Monday after the third Monday in May, and on the first Monday of December of each year. 3d-In Winneshiek county on the third Monday In Winneafter the third Monday in May, and on the second sheik county. Monday of December of each year. 4th-In Alamakee county on the fourth Monday In Alamakee after the third Monday in May, and on the third Mon- county. day of December of each year. 5th-In Howard county on the second Monday after In Howard the third Monday in January, and on the second Mon- county. day after the second Monday of September of each year. 6th-In Chickasaw county on the third Monday after In Chick'saw the third Monday in January, and on the third Monday county. after the second Monday in September of each year. SEC. 16. In the eleventh district, commencing at In Marshall Marshall in Marshall county, on the first Monday of county. April and September of each year. At Nevada in Story county on the first Monday after In Story Co. the first Monday in April and September of each year. At Boonsboro in Boone county on the second Mon- In Boone Co. day after the first Monday in April and September of each year. At Fort Dodge in Webster county on the third Mon- In Webster day after the first Monday in April and September of county. each year. In Hamilton At Webster City in Hamilton county on the fourth Monday after the first Monday in April and September county. in each year. At Eldora, in Hardin county, on the fifth Monday In Hardin after the first Monday in April and September of each county. year. In Wright county on the sixth Monday after the first In Wright Monday in April and September of each year. county. In Franklin county commencing on the seventh Mon-In Franklin day after the first Monday in April and September in county. each year, SEC. 17. In the Twelfth District commencing at In Bremer Waverly in Bremer county, on the second Monday in county. May and September of each year. At St. Charles in Floyd county on the first Monday In Floyd Co. after the second Monday in May and September of each year. In Mitchell county on the second Monday after the In Mitchell second Monday in May and September of each year. county. In Worth county on the third Monday after the sec- In Worth Co. ond Monday in May and September of each year. In Winnebago county on the Fourth Monday after In Wennebathe second Monday in May and September of each go county. year. In Hancock county. In Cerro Gordo county. In Butler Co. Dist. Judge and Att'y of 12th Dist. Term. Courts in 10th In Hancock county on the fifth Monday after the second Monday in May and September of each year. In Cerro Gordo county on the sixth Monday after the second Monday in May and September of each year. In Butler county on the seventh Monday after the second Monday of May and September of each year. SEC. 18. There shall be elected by the qualified voters of the Twelfth Judicial District at the regular election in 1864, and every four years thereafter, a District Judge and District Attorney, who shall receive the same compensation as other District Judges and District Attorneys; and the said Judge and Attorney shall enter upon the discharge of their duties on the first Monday in January, 1865, and shall hold their offices for four years until their successors are elected and qualified. SEC. 19. The District Courts shall be held in the 11th and 12th several counties of the Tenth and Eleventh Judicial Districts. Districts, as heretofore provided by law, and have full jurisdiction in all counties composing said District prior to the passage of this Act, until the first Monday in January, 1865, after which the jurisdiction of the Judges of the said tenth, eleventh and twelfth Judicial Districts shall extend to the said Districts as herein provided. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 28th, 1864. ing. CHAPTER 99. COUNTY COURTS. AN ACT to change the time of holding County Courts in April and August. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Time of hold- of the State of Iowa, That Section 261, of the Revision of 1860 be amended so as to read as follows: The County Court shall be considered in law as always open, but for the transaction of business requiring notice, the Judge shall hold regular sessions on the first Monday of each month. Approved March 28th, 1864. CHAPTER 100. COUNTY TREASURER'S RECEIPT FOR TAX. AN ACT to amend Section 777 of the Revision of 1860. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Receipts in of the State of Iowa, That Section 777 of the Revision duplicate. of 1860, be amended by the addition thereto of the following, to-wit: The County Treasurer shall also make out, sign and deliver to the purchaser of any real property, sold for taxes as aforesaid, duplicate receipts, for any taxes, interest and costs, paid by said purchaser, after the date of said purchase for any subsequent year or years; one of which receipts said purchaser shall present to the Clerk of the County Board of Su-Filed with pervisors, to be by him filed in his office, and a memo- Clerk. randum thereof entered on the register of sales, and if he neglect to file such duplicate receipt with the Clerk, before the redemption, such tax shall not be a lien upon the land, and the person paying such tax shall not be entitled to recover the same of the owner of such real estate. Approved March 28th, 1864. CHAPTER 101. JOURNALS OF HOUSE AND SENATE. AN ACT relating to the transcribing, indexing and distribution of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives. Journals. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Sec. and Cl'k of the State of Iowa, That the Secretary of the Senate to transcribe and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, are authorized and required to transcribe the Journals of their respective Houses, in books furnished for that purpose by the Secretary of State, and after having certified to the correctness of the same, to deliver them to the Secretary of State for preservation in his office. Sec. and Cl'k SEC. 2. The Secretary and Clerk shall superintend the printing and indexing of their respective Journals, to sup'rint'nd and it shall be the duty of each to deliver a carefully printing. prepared copy thereof to the State Printer, written up Delivered to in solid paragraphs as nearly as practicable, which copy State Printer. shall be delivered within two months from the day of adjournment of the Legislature, and upon a failure to deliver within the time above prescribed, they shall be entitled to receive only one-half of the compensation hereinafter provided. To be printed in 90 days. Secretary distribute. SEC. 3. As soon as the Journals are printed, (which shall be done within ninety days after they shall have been delivered to the State Printer,) it shall be the duty of the Secretary and Clerk to distribute the same as herein provided. The State Printer shall receive but half of the usual compensation for a failure on his part as above provided. SEC. 4. Each member of the Senate and House of and Clerk to Representatives shall be entitled to three copies of the Journal of the House of which he is a member, one copy of which shall be stitched and bound in half sheep, and one copy of the Journal of the other House, which How bound. shall be stitched and bound in half sheep; and three copies shall also be sent to each organized county in the State, directed to the Clerk of the District Court thereof, and one copy to each officer and reporter of the General Assembly; and the State Librarian shall preserve at least fifteen copies of each Journal in the Library. Who gets. Compensation. Take effect. SEC. 5. As a compensation for the services herein required, the Secretary and Clerk shall each receive six hundred dollars, to be paid out of the State Treasury, one-half of which shall be allowed and paid when the copy is furnised to the State Printer, and the transcribed Journal filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and the remainder when the Secretary and Clerk shall have certified under oath that they have distributed the Journals according to the provisions of this Act. SEC. 6. This Act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Daily State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved March 28th, 1864. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Daily State Register April 14th, A. D. 1864, and Iowa Homestead April 20th, 1864. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. |