23d District-Sec. 24. Madison county is the twenty-third district, and entitled to one Representative. 24th District-Sec. 25. Pottawattamie county is the twenty-fourth district, and entitled to one Representative.

25th District-Sec. 26. Muscatine county is the twenty-fifth district, and entitled to two Representatives. 26th District-Sec. 27. Johnson county is the twen ty-sixth district, and entitled to two Representatives. 27th District-Sec. 28. Iowa county is the twentyseventh district, and entitled to one Representative. 28th District-Sec. 29. Powesheik county is the twenty-eighth district, and entitled to one Representative.

29th District-Sec. 30. Jasper county is the twentyninth district, and entitled to one Representative.

30th District-Sec. 31. Polk county is the thirtieth district, and entitled to two Representatives.

31st District-Sec. 32. Dallas county is the thirtyfirst district, and entitled to one Representative.

32d District-Sec. 33. Scott county is the thirtysecond district, and entitled to three Representatives. 33d District-Sec. 34. Clinton county is the thirtythird district, and entitled to three Representatives. 34th District-Sec. 35. Jones county is the thirtyfourth district, and entitled to two Representatives. 35th District--Sec. 36. Cedar county is the thirtyfifth district, and entitled to two Representatives.

36th District-Sec. 37. Jackson county is the thirty-sixth district, and entitled to two Representatives. 37th District-Sec. 38. Linn county is the thirtyseventh district, and entitled to two Representatives. 38th District-Sec. 39. Benton county is the thirtyeighth district, and is entitled to one Representative. 39th District-Sec. 40. Tama county is the thirtyninth district, and entitled to one Representative.

40th District-Sec. 41. Marshall county is the fortieth district, and entitled to one Representative. 41st District-Sec. 42. Dubuque county is the fortyfirst district, and entitled to four Representatives.

42d District-Sec. 43. Delaware county is the fortysecond district, and entitled to one Representative. 43d District-Sec. 44. Buchanan county is the fortythird district and entitled to one Representative.

44th District-Sec. 45. Black Hawk county is the forty-fourth district, and entitled to one Representative.

45th District-Sec. 46. Hardin county is the fortyfifth district, and entitled to one Representative.

46th District-Sec. 47. Clayton county is the fortysixth district, and entitled to three Representatives.

47th District-Sec. 48. Fayette county is the fortyseventh district, and entitled to two Representatives. 48th District-Sec. 49. Bremer county is the fortyeighth district, and entitled to one Representative.

49th District-Sec. 50. Chickasaw county is the forty-ninth district, and entitled to one Representative.

50th District-Sec. 51. Alamakee county is the fiftieth district, and entitled to two Representatives. 51st District-Sec. 52. Winnesheik county is the fifty-first district, and entitled to two Representatives. 52d District-Sec. 53. Boone county is the fiftysecond district, and entitied to one Representative.

53d District-Sec. 54. Story county is the fiftythird district, and entitled to one Representative.

54th District-Sec. 55. Floyd county is the fiftyfourth district, and entitled to one Representative.

55th District-Sec. 56. Harrison and Shelby counties shall constitute the fifty-fifth district, and be entitled to one Representative.

56th District-Sec. 57. The counties of Mitchell and Howard shall constitute the fifty-sixth district, and be entitled to one Representative.

57th District-Sec. 58. The counties of Sioux, O'Brien, Buena Vista and Cherokee, with the unorganized counties of Lyon, and Osceola, shall constitute the fifty-seventh district, and be entitled to one Representative.

58th District-Sec. 59. The counties of Dickinson, Emmett, Clay, and Palo Alto shall constitute the fiftyeighth district, and be entitled to one Representative.

59th District-Sec. 60. The counties of Cerro Gordo, Worth, Winnebago, and Kossuth shall constitute the fifty-ninth district, and be entitled to one Representative.

60th District-Sec. 61. The counties of Woodbury, Ida, Sac, and Plymouth shall constitute the sixtieth district, and be entitled to one Representative.

61st District-Sec. 62. The counties of Wright, Hamilton, Franklin and Hancock shall constitute the sixty-first district, and be entitled to one Representative.

62d District-Sec. 63. The counties of Webster, Pocahontas, Calhoun and Humboldt shall constitute the

sixty-second district, and be entitled to one Representa tive.

63d District-Sec. 64. The counties of Monona, Crawford, and Carroll shall constitute the sixty-third district, and be entitled to one Representative.

64th District-Sec. 65. The counties of Green, Guthrie and Audubon, shall constitute the sixty-fourth district, and be entitled to one Representative.

65th District-Sec. 66. The counties of Ringgold and Taylor shall constitute the sixty-fifth district, and be entitled to one Representative.

66th District-Sec. 67. The counties of Adair, Cass, and Montgomery shall constitute the sixty-sixth district, and be entitled to one Representative.

67th District-Sec. 68. The counties of Butler and Grundy shall constitute the sixty-seventh district, and be entitled to one Representative.

68th District-Sec. 68 [69]. The counties of Adams and Union shall constitute the sixty-eighth district, and be entitled to one Representative. Approved April 3d, 1866.

CHAPTER 141.

C. P. Brand

per acre.

CHARLES P. BRANDRIFF.

AN ACT to permit Charles P. Brandriff to purchase of this State, at $1.25 per acre, the W. of S. W. of Section No. 13, Township No. 79 north, Range No. 44, the same being part of the excess 500,000 grant.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly riff entitled to of the State of Iowa, That Charles P. Brandriff be, and purchase is hereby entitled to purchase of the State of Iowa the land at $1.25 W. S. W. 1 of Section No. 13, Township No. 79 north, Range No. 44, at the price of $1.25 per acre; the same to be paid for in like manner as provided by How paid for. law for the payment on school lands sold by the State; Limit of priv- Provided, That the said Charles P. Brandriff, or his legal representative, avails himself of the benefit of this Act within one year after its passage.

ilege.

Publication.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication according to law. Approved April 3d, 1866.

CHAPTER 142.

TOWNS AND CITIES MAY DISCONTINUE THEIR CORPORATIONS.

AN ACT to authorize incorporated cities, towns and villages to discontinue their corporations.

for discontinuance.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That whenever one-fourth of the How petition legal voters of any incorporated city, town, or village, in this State, shall petition the County Court of the county wherein such incorporation is situated, for the discontinuance of the same, it shall be the duty of each Judge give 30 Judge to cause to be published for at least thirty days, days' notice. a notice stating that the question of discontinuing such incorporation shall be submitted to the legal voters of the same at the next annual city or incorporated election, on the 1st Monday in March of any year.

SEC. 2. The form of the ballot shall be "For the Form of balincorporation" and "Against the incorporation."

lot.

SEC. 3. That if a two-thirds majority of all the legal Two-thirds votes cast for and against such proposition, shall be majority recast against it, then the same may be discontinued. quired. The vote provided for in this Act shall not be construed to discontinue any incorporation until the said incorporation shall have made ample provision for the payment of all its indebtedness, and for the faithful Tax may be performance of all its contracts and obligations, and levied. shall have levied the requisite tax therefor before the same shall be declared discontinued.

SEC. 4. The vote for this purpose shall be taken, Vote, how canvassed, and returned, in the same manner as other canvassed. municipal elections, and all expenses of the same paid by the said corporation so voting.

Judge.

SEC. 5. That the books, documents, records, papers Books, &c., to and corporate seal of any city, town, or village, so dis- be deposited continued, shall all be deposited with the County Judge with County of the county for safe keeping and reference in future, and all Court records of any Mayor or other officers shall be deposited with the nearest Justice of the township, who shall have authority to execute and complete all unfinished business standing on the same.

lished.

SEC. 6. That whenever the incorporation of any Notice of dis city, town, village, shall have been discontinued under continuance the pursuance of the Act, it shall be the duty of the to be pub. County Judge of the county wherein such incorporation was situated to publish such fact for thirty days in a county paper, if one is published in the county-if

not, by posting three notices for the same length of time, and also certify the fact to the Secretary of State. SEC. 7. That for the payment of the indebtedness For indebted- named in the 4th section of this Act, the corporation ness may isshall issue warrants in cases where there is no money sue warrants. in the Treasury, and the County Treasurer shall collect the tax provided for in said section as he collects. other taxes, and pay the said warrants, and any surplus of this fund shall be passed over to the temporary school fund of the district or districts where the same was levied.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect after its publica

Take effect. tion according to law.

Approved April 3d, 1866.

ed.

CHAPTER 143.

SCHOOL LAW AMENDED.

AN ACT to amend Chapter 172, of the Acts of the Ninth General
Assembly, passed April 8th, 1862, in relation to schools.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Acts amend of the State of Iowa, That the fifth sub-division of Section 7, of Chapter 172, of the Acts of the regular sesSec. 7, Chap; sion of the Ninth General Assembly, be and the same 172, amended is hereby amended by striking out therefrom the word five and inserting in its place the word ten.

SEC. 2. Sections 6 and 8, of said Chapter 172, are Secs. 6 and 8, hereby amended by striking out the word Monday, in Chapter 172, the second line of said sections, and inserting instead thereof the word Saturday.

amended.

Section 12,

amended.

SEC. 3. Section 12, of said Chapter 172, is hereby amended so as to read as follows, to-wit: In each subChapter 172, district there shall be taught one or more schools for the instruction of youth between the ages of five and twenty-one years, for at least twenty-four weeks of five school days each in each year, unless the County Superintendent shall be satisfied that there is good and Supt. account sufficient cause for failure so to do. Any person who was in the military service of the United States during his minority, shall be admitted into the schools in the for minor sol- sub-district in which he may reside, on the same terms on which youths between the ages of five and twentyone years are admitted.

for failure.

Provisions

diers.