speedy trial before the proper tribunal, and that if found guilty of the crime of treason, that he suffer the penalty provided by law.

2. That the Secretary of State be and is hereby requested to forward a certified copy of the foregoing resolutions to our delegation in Congress, with the request that they present the same to the President of the United States.

NUMBER 16.

CALLING FOR a Report from Commissions appointed to collect moneys due to the Permanent School Fund.

WHEREAS, By an act of the 10th General Assembly (Chapter 94) entitled "An act to provide for the collection of money due to the Permanent School Fund of the State of Iowa; for the purchase of the Capitol building and for the release of certain school fund securities," the Census Board, together with the AttorneyGeneral of the State, were constituted a Board of Commissioners, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of said Act as therein set forth; therefore,

Resolved, That the said Commissioners are requested to fully inform the Senate at the earliest practicable period of all their proceedings under said Act, and also as to the present condition of the several matters upon which they were authorized or required to act according to the provisions of said Chapter 94.

NUMBER 17.

AUTHOIZING DISTRIBUTION OF S. C. REPORTS TO MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the Secretary of State be instructed to furnish the members of the present General Assembly and the President of the Senate with a copy of all the Reports of the Supreme Court of this State now on hand or which shall be published during the present term of office of the members of this General Assembly.

NUMBER 18.

DONATING CERTAIN ADJUTANT-GENERAL REPORTS TO THE CHAPLAINS.

Resolved, That similar copies of the Adjutant-General's Reports distributed among the members of this General Assembly, be given to each of the clergymen of this city who have officiated as Chaplains to this House, provided it can be done from copies on hand undistributed.

NUMBER 19.

EIGHTH IOWA VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

WHEREAS, The 8th Regiment of Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry is still retained in the service of the United States; and WHEREAS, His Excellency, Gov. Wm. M. Stone and AdjutantGeneral N. B. Baker, have urged upon the authorities at Washington, D. C., the request that the said regiment be mustered out of service; and

WHEREAS, The answer received is that the matter is in the hands of the Commanding Officer, Major-General Thomas; and WHEREAS, The families of these noble men are suffering from their protracted absence; therefore,

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That we most respectfully and earnestly request and urge MajorGeneral Thomas, Com'd'g Mil. Div. Miss., to cause to be mustered out of the service the said 8th Iowa Vet. Vol. Infantry at an early date.

Resolved, That the Secretary of State be requested to forward through the Secretary of War a copy of this resolution to Maj.Gen. Thomas.

NUMBER 20.

GIVING ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORTS TO EXAMINING SURGEONS.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That one copy of each Volume of the Adjutant-General's Reports

be furnished to each United States Examining Surgeon in this State, and the Secretary of State is directed to carry this resolution into effect: Provided it shall not require a reprint; and provided further, that in distributing said Reports, preference shall be given to those surgeons who are not already supplied by law.

NUMBER 21.

AMERICAN EMIGRANT COMPANY.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the Register of the State Land Office be, and is hereby, instructed to inform the counties in which contracts referring to swamp lands have been made with the American Emigrant Company, of the substance of the report of the Joint Committee appointed to investigate the alleged frauds and misrepresentations of that Company.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the Governor be, and is hereby, requested to inform the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, of the substance of the report of the Joint Committee appointed to investigate the alleged frauds and misrepresentations of the American Emigrant Company.

NUMBER 22.

R. R. BRIDGES ACROSS THE MISS. RIVER AT CLINTON.

WHEREAS, The Albany Bridge Company have built a Railroad bridge from the Illinois shore of the Mississippi river across the eastern channel of the same to Little Rock Island, and the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company haye connected the same with a Railroad bridge built by them across the western channel of the said river, at or near the city of Clinton, in Iowa, a part or section of which is a draw-bridge, so constructed as to admit of the passage of vessels, steamboats, and other river craft up and down the river, and

WHEREAS, These two Railroad bridges, with the connection. across Little Rock Island, are operated together as one to facilitate the transportation of the United States mail, passengers, merchan

dise, and products, between the States of Iowa and Illinois, affording safety and dispatch to the carrying of the same, without any delay or danger from ice or freshets, thereby greatly facilitating the requirements of commerce, and more particularly on account of the safe transmission of the mails of the United States; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Iowa, That our honorable Senators and Members of the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, at Washington, be and are hereby requested to obtain the early passage of a bill that shall declare and establish the said bridges and track across Little Rock Island a post or mail route, with same powers and restrictions as are given and required of other mail routes.

Resolved, That this Resolution be certified by the presiding officers of the two Houses, and Clerks of the same, and copies forwarded to each of our Senators and Representatives.

NUMBER 23.

ESCORT FOR COLONEL SAWYERS.

WHEREAS, We deem it to be true policy, as well as the duty of the Government to encourage and protect emigration to the gold fields of Idaho and Montana; and

Whereas, A wagon road has been opened by the Government from the Missouri River up the Niobrah [Niobrarah] Valley to Virginia City; and

Whereas, A large number of emigrants are preparing to pass over said route under the charge of Col. Sawyers, to the gold fields of Idaho and Montana, as soon as the season will permit; and

Whereas, In the opinion of the Legislature, the lives of many emigrants will be protected and the best interests of a large region of country subserved by furnishing a military escort to Col. Sawyers for said trip; therefore,

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the military authorities having control of this matter are respectfully requested and urged to furnish said escort at as early a day as the public good will permit, and that the Secretary of State be instructed to forward copies of this Resolution to Major Generals Sherman and Pope.

NUMBER 24.

THE DRAFT.

WHEREAS, During the months of August and September, 1864, the people of the State of Iowa were subjected to a draft to fill up the armies of the United States, the State having furnished her full quota, and being at that time entitled to an extra credit of about 12,000 men according to the usual one-year system of computation, as shown by the communication from the Governor of the 18th January last; and

Whereas, The honor of the State was impugned by this arbitrary proceeding, and a great injustice done to many worthy citizens, whereby severe pecuniary losses were incurred; be it, therefore,

Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representatives be requested to use all honorable means to effect the passage of a law calculated to redeem the noble record of our beloved young Iowa from this unwarrantable injustice, and to wipe out this stain upon her escutcheon, by placing all our drafted men, who either served in person or furnished an accepted substitute, upon the same footing as one year's volunteers.

NUMBER 25.

TRUSTEES OF THE INSANE ASYLUM.

A Joint Resolution passed both branches of the General Assembly, appointing the following named persons Trustees of the Hosptsal for the Insane, viz.:

Maturin L. Fisher, of Clayton county; John R. Needham, of Mahaska county; and Benjamin Crabb, of Washington county, for the full term, commencing July 4th, 1866.

Andrew W. McClure, of Henry county, to fill a vacancy ending July 4, 1870.

John R. Needham, of Mahaska county, to fill a vacancy ending July 4th, 1866.

NUMBER 26.

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TRUSTEES OF THE IOWA SOLDIERS' ORPHANS' HOME."

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa,