State Printer, duties of. State Binder, duties of Distribution," how made. Clerk Board the same to the State Printer, and superintend the printing and binding of the same. SEC. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the State Printer to print twenty thousand copies of said Laws, and have the same completed within fifty days from the time the manuscript is placed in his hands by the Secretary of State. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the State Binder to complete the binding of the Laws within forty days from the time that the State Printer completes his part of the work, and deliver the same to the Secretary of State; Provided, however, that the State Binder shall complete the binding of one fourth of said twenty thousand within twenty days from the time he receives the same from the State Printer. SEC. 4. The Secretary of State shall distribute the laws aforesaid as follows: To the Librarian of each State and Territory, two copies; to the Governor of each State and Territory, one copy; to the State University, Insane Asylum, Institution for the education of the Blind, and Deaf and Dumb, and State Penitentiary, each one copy; to each State officer, one copy; to the State Library fifty copies; to the State Historical Society, eighty copies; to the State Agricultural Society, two copies; to the State Agricultural College, two copies; to each officer and member of the Eleventh General Assembly, two copies; to each publisher of a newspaper or periodical in this State, one copy; (all the foregoing to be bound in "sheep.") Fifteen thousand copies to be distributed to the several organized counties of this State, in the ratio of population, delivering to no county a less number than ten copies to each organized township in said county. The Laws for the several counties shall be delivered to the clerk of the Board of Supervisors, and his receipt taken therefor, in duplicate, one of which shall be filed with the Auditor of State. SEC. 5. The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Supervisors, shall set apart a sufficient number of said laws to give duties of. to each county officer, one copy; and one copy to each member of the Board of Supervisors; one copy to each township Trustee; one copy to each township Clerk; one copy to each Justice of the Peace and Constable, and one copy to each Township Assessor; and report to the Auditor of State the number remaining in their hands, together with the number of copies of laws of former sessions, SEC. 6. The Secretary of State, and the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the several counties are Who may hereby authorized to sell the copies of said laws so re- sell. maining in their hands, at fifty cents per copy, and pay over the proceeds, in the same manner as the proceeds of the sale of the Revision of 1860, are accounted for and paid over. SEC. 7. The Secretary of State shall be paid for Compensapreparing the manuscript, making the marginal notes, tion. and index, superintending the printing, and binding and for the distribution of the laws under the provisions of this Act, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, to be audited, and warrants drawn on the Treasurer, as follows: Five hundred dollars when the laws are When paid. bound ready for distribution; five hundred dollars when the laws are distributed to at least fifty counties, and the remaining five hundred dollars when the distribution of said laws is complete. SEC. 8. This Act, being deemed of immediate im- Publication. portance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Daily State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published at Des Moines. Approved April 2d, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Daily Register April 10th, 1866, and Iowa Homestead April 8th, 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 97. LEGALIZING CERTAIN ACTS CITY COUNCIL, INDIANOLA. AN ACT to legalize the levy of taxes by the City Council of Indianola for the year 1865. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the levy of taxes by the City Levy of taxes Council of the city of Indianola, for the year 1865, be legalized. and the same is hereby legalized and made as valid and binding as though the same had been made in strict conformity to law. SEC. 2. This Act being deemed of immediate im- Publication. portance, shall take effect and be in force from and after 1 its publication in the State Register and the Iowa Weekly Visitor, without expense to the State. Approved April 2d, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the State Register April 11th, 1866, and in the Iowa Weekly Visitor April -th, 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 98. PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION. A proposal to amend the Constitution of the State of Iowa. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Amendments Iowa, That the following amendments to the Constitution of the State of Iowa are hereby proposed: Sec. 1, Art. 2. Sec. 33, Art. 3 Sec. 34, Art. 3 Sec. 35, Art. 3 Sec. 1, Art. 6. Sec. 5, Art. 2. Commits treason. Absconds to avoid draft. 1st. Strike the word "white" from Section 1 of Article 2 thereof. 2d. Strike the word "white" from Section 33 of Article 3 thereof. 3d. Strike the word "white" from Section 34 of Article 3 thereof. 4th. Strike the word "white" from Section 35 of Article 3 thereof. 5th. Strike the word "white" from Section 1 of Article 6 thereof. the 6th. Add to Section 5 of Article 2, the following words: Nor shall any person who has committed or may hereafter commit the crime of treason against the United States, nor any person who has absconded for purpose of avoiding any military conscription or draft, ordered by the authority of the United States or this State, be entitled to the privilege of an elector, or qualified to hold any office under the constitution and laws of this State. In order that the provisions of this section may be effectually enforced, the Legislature Test oath may by law prescribe a suitable Oath to be taken under such limitations as it may deem proper, by persons offering to qualify for office or to vote, to the effect that they are not subject to the disabilities of this section. Approved April 2d, 1866. Shall not hold office nor vote. its nature. NOTE. This resolution being considered of importance was numbered with the laws in the order of its filing, and is accordingly chaptered and published as a law. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 99. SECOND VOLUME IOWA DIGEST. AN ACT for the purchase and distribution of copies of the Second duty of. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Sec. of State of the State of Iowa, It is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of State to subscribe for and receive, for the use of the State, the same number of copies of the Second Volume of the Iowa Digest, compiled by William G. Hammond, as he is, by law, required to subscribe for of the Reports of the Supreme Court. Upon Auditor to the presentation of the Secretary's receipt for said vol- draw his warume, the Auditor of State shall draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for the price thereof, at not to exceed six dollars and fifty cents per copy, payable to the author, or such persons as he may order. rant. $6.50 per copy. SEC. 2. The copies of the Digest, so purchased, shall How distribbe distributed as follows: One copy to each member of uted. the present General Assembly, to be sent to him by mail to his address, by the Secretary of State, and the balance in the same manner as copies of the Reports of the Supreme Court are now, or may hereafter be, directed to be distributed and disposed of. SEC. 3. This Act being deemed to be of immediate Publication. importance, shall take an effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Homestead. Approved April 2d, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register April 11th, 1866, in the Iowa Homestead April—, 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 100. HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. AN ACT to amend Article 2, of Chapter 59, of the Revision of 1860, relating to the appointment of Steward for the Hospital for the Insane. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the Board of Trustees of Board may of Steward. Treasurer. Powers and duties. Compensa tion. Per cent. the Hospital for the Insane may, in their discretion, abolish office dispense with the appointment of a Steward, and may appoint some person Treasurer, who shall give bond, possess all the powers and perform the duties prescribed in Section 1476 of the Revision of 1860, who shall receive such compensation as said Board shall fix, not exceeding one-half of one per cent. on all moneys received and paid out by him; and the Board shall in such case cause the remaining duties of Steward to be Other officers performed by the other officers, under such rules and Regulations regulations as said Board may adopt, not inconsistent SEC. 2. This Act being deemed of immediate importance, shall be in force from and after its publication in the Home Journal, at Mt. Pleasant, and the Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye, newspapers published in Mt. Pleasant and Burlington respectively. of Board. with law. Publication. Approved April 2d, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in_the Home Journal, April 1866, and the Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye, April, 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. Reference. Publication. CHAPTER 101. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. AN ACT to provide for due reference and publication of proposals to amend the Constitution of the State of Iowa. 1. That the Resolutions proposing to amend the Constitution of the State of Iowa, which have been passed at the present session of the General Assembly of the said State, are hereby referred to the Legislature to be chosen at the next general election. 2. The Secretary of State shall cause the same to be published for three months previous to the time of the next general election of members of the Legislature, in one newspaper in each Congressional District. Approved April 2d, 1866. |