CHAPTER 102.

AN ACT to amend Chapter 172 of the Acts of the Ninth General Assembly, passed April 8th, 1862, entitled "An Act to amend and consolidate an Act passed by the Board of Education December 24th, 1859, entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide a System of Common Schools," and the amendments thereto."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That Section thirty-one of said Sub-districts Chapter be amended by the addition thereto of the fol- may levy special tax. lowing, to-wit: Provided, That if the electors of one or more sub-districts, at their last annual meeting, shall have voted to hold a school exceeding the time required by law, and exceeding the time provided for by the estimate aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Board to estimate the cost of such excess, and cause the same to be certified as aforesaid; in which case it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors to levy such excess upon the property of the sub-district voting therefor, and which shall be collected and paid over as foresaid.

SEC. 2. That Section thirty-four of said Chapter be Directors not amended by the addition thereto of the following, to- to receive wit: Nor shall the members of the Board, except its pay. Secretary and Treasurer, receive pay out of any school funds for services rendered under this Act.

Treasurer to

SEC. 3. That Section fifty-eight be amended by the addition thereto of the following, to-wit: He shall also keep school keep the amount of tax levied for school house purposes house tax separate in each sub-district, where such levy has been separate. made directly upon the property of the sub-district making the application, and shall pay over the same quarterly to the Township Treasurer, for the benefit of such sub-district.

SEC. 4. That Section seventy-three of said Chapter Duties and be stricken out, and the following inserted in lieu comp'nsation of Co. Sup't. thereof: Sec. 73. For the time necessarily spent in the discharge of his official duties, otherwise than in visiting schools, he shall receive the sum of two dollars per day, to be paid from the county revenue: Provided, He shall visit each school in his county at least once in each year, and shall be entitled to such compensation therefor as the Board of Supervisors may allow and provided, also, he shall file a sworn statement of the time he has been employed in the discharge of his official duties with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, before he shall be entitled to any compensation.

Take effect.

SEC. 5. This Act shall be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register, Iowa Homestead and the Iowa Instructor and School Journal.

Approved March 28th, 1864.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register April 6th, A. D. 1864, in the Iowa Homestead April 27th, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Instructor and School Journal April 1st, A. D. 1864.

JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

Documents

CHAPTER 103.

REGISTER OF STATE LAND OFFICE.

AN ACT further defining the duties and powers of the Register of the State Land Office, and providing for a Seal.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Office hours. of the State of Iowa, That the State Land Office shall be kept open for business during business hours, and shall have the personal supervision of the Register. The documents and records therein shall be subject to inspection, in the presence of the Register, by parties and records. having an interest therein, and certified copies thereof signed by said Register, with the seal of said office attached, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the facts to which they relate in all the Courts of this State, and on request they shall be furnished by the Register for a reasonable compensation.

Seal.

ent 4253.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to furnish the State Land Office with a suitable and appropriate Seal upon which shall be engraved the words, Seal of the State Land Office of Iowa.

SEC. 3. That said Register is hereby authorized and Correct Pat- required to correct the Patent No. 4253, issued by the State of Iowa for the N. W. 1 of S. E. 1 of Sec. 17, T. 75, R. 18 W., on the first day of July, 1858, and recorded on page 380 of Book G of the Records of Des Moines River Land Patents, by changing the name James E. Neal, wherever it occurs in said Patent, to Jairus E. Neal, the said Jairus E. Neal being the purchaser of said land, and whose Christian name was erroneously written in said Patent as James. And said Register shall make a marginal note on said Pat

ent, giving the date of of correction, and referring_to this Act, and shall also in like manner correct the Record where said Patent is recorded. When thus corrected said Patent shall have all the force and effect as

ent 11391.

if made out originally correct. SEC. 4. Said Register shall also correct Patent No. Correct Pat11391, executed by the State on the 25th of February, 1861, for the N. W. of Section No. 16, T. 75, R. 23 W., and recorded on page 209 of vol. 11 of the Records of Patents for school lands, by changing the name of the patentee wherever it occurs in said Patent, from William Toper to William Loper, the name of said patentee having been erroneously written Toper instead of Loper in said Patent. Said Register shall also correct the Record and Tract Book if necessary, and make the marginal notes required in the preceding section. When thus corrected said Patent shall have all the force and effect as if made out originally correct.

records.

SEC. 5. In all cases where corrections are made as Correct tract provided for in the third and fourth sections of this books and Act, the Register shall also correct the Tract Books and Records of said office relating thereto.

SEC. 6. That Section 101 of the Revision of 1860, Repealed. also Chapter 56 of the Acts of the Ninth General Assembly, approved March 22d, 1862, and all other Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Approved March 28th, 1864.

CHAPTER 104.

APPROPRIATION-GENERAL.

AN ACT making appropriations for the per diem of the members and officers of the Tenth General Assembly, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the following sums of money be and the same are hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purpose hereinafter designated.

Appropriat'd

Sec'y Board

SEC. 2. For the salaries of the Secretary of the Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Education.. Instruction for the term of two years, ending Decem

Clerk to be
Librarian.

Per diem-H.

R.

Per diem-
Senate.

Lt. Governor.

Lt. Governor.

Speaker.

Speaker.

Fireman.

P. M.

ber 31st, A. D. 1865, the sum of twenty-six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and for the payment of a clerk in said office for the term of two years ending as aforesaid, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, or so much as may be necessary, provided said clerk shall act as State Librarian.

SEC. 3. For the payment of the per diem of the members and officers of the House of Representatives, the sum of twenty-six thousand two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as their certificates may entitle them

to.

SEC. 4. For the payment of the per diem of the members and officers of the Senate, the sum of fourteen thousand four hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as their certificates mav entitle them to.

SEC. 5. To Lieutenant Governor Needham, per diem attending at the opening of the present session, five days at $6, $30.00.

SEC. 6. To Lieutenant Governor Eastman, for seventy-nine days' services as President of the Senate, at $6 per day, $474.00.

SEC. 7. To Jacob Butler, Speaker of the House of Representatives, seventy-nine days at $3 per day, $237.00.

SEC. 8. TO R. S. Finkbine, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives, six days at $3 per day, $18.00.

SEC. 9. To Simon Doran for seventy-nine days services as fireman and janitor of committee rooms, at $4,00 per day, $316.00.

SEC. 10. To A. P. Burhus, for sixty days services as Postmaster at $3 per day, $180.00.

SEC. 11. To Theodore Guelich, for fifty-nine days Ass't P. M. services as Assistant Postmaster, at $3 per day, $177. Also for twenty days services as Postmaster, at $4 per day, $80.00.

Mail carriers.

Chaplains H.
R.

Chaplains
Senate.

SEC. 12. To I. Van Horton, for fifty-nine days services for carrying the mail and for bridge toll, at $2.55 per day, $150.45.

To John Hunter, for two days services for carrying mail, $4.00.

To Murray, for carrying mail seventeen days, $34.00. SEC. 13. For the payment of the Chaplains of the House of Representatives, to be divided among themselves, the sum of two hundred and thirty-seven dollars.

SEC. 14. For the payment of the Chaplains of the Senate, to be divided among themselves, the sum of twe hundred and thirty-seven dollars.

SEC. 15. For the payment of the postage of the Postage. Tenth General Assembly, the sum of six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

SEO. 16. For the payment of the postage of the Postage. Tenth General Assembly, on matter to be forwarded after the adjournment, under the direction of the Secretary of State, and for other expenses not otherwise provided for, the sum of four hundred dollars, or so much thereof as shall be necessary.

SEC. 17. To J. M. Davis, for seventy-nine days ser- Clerk in ware vices as keeper of the warehouse, at $3 per day, house. $237.00.

SEC. 18. To Dan A. Poorman, for making diagrams For diagrams of the Senate and House of Representatives Chambers,

sixteen dollars, ($16.00.)

SEC. 19. To Theo. Guelich, for translating the Translating Governor's Biennial Message, and the Governor's In- Message into augural Message into German, $25 each, $50.

German.

SEC. 20. To J. D. Davis, for erecting flagstaff on For flag staff. State House, $40.00.

SEC. 21. To Goodwin & Purdy, for two calendar For clocks. clocks, and repairing, $95.50.

SEC. 22. To D. P. Stubbs, R. S. Finkbine and J. Com. to visit H. Brown, for expenses incurred as a Legislative com- Penit'ntiary. mittee to visit and report upon the condition of the

State Penitentiary at Fort Madison, $57.00 each,

$171.00.

SEC. 23. To J. W. Dixon, E. H. Stiles and D. A. Com. to visit Hurst, for expenses incurred as a Legislative committee Insane Asyto visit and report upon the condition of the Asylum lum. for the Insane at Mt. Pleasant, $43.50 each, $130.50.

SEC. 24. To J. B. Young, R. Sears, and A. B. F. Com. to visit Hildreth for expenses incurred as a Legislative commit-s. U. and D. tee to visit and report upon the condition of the State and D. AsyUniversity and Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, at lum. Iowa City, $39 each, $117.00.

SEC. 25. To B. F. Gue, Charles Paulk and John Com. to visit Russell, for expeses incurred as a Legislative commit- Agr'i College tee to visit and report upon the condition of the Agri- and Farm. cultural College and Farm, at Story county, $12 each,

$36.00.

SEC. 26. To J. Bausman, for error in amount_al- Bausman. lowed at the Ninth General Assembly, for the Des Moines Times, newspaper, $205.00.

tem.

SEC. 27. To J. H. Sanders, as Clerk, pro tem. du- Clerk pro ring the organization of the House of Representatives, two days, at $6, $12.00.