the publication of the same in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published at Des Moines. Approved March 24th, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register, March 27th, 1866, and in the Iowa Homestead, April 4th, 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. Preamble. CHAPTER 50. LEGALIZING THE SURVEY AND. PLAT OF LEWIS, CASS COUNTY. AN ACT to legalize the Acts of the Board of Supervisors of Cass county, in relation to the survey and plat of the town of Lewis in said county. WHEREAS, The original plat of the town of Lewis in Cass county, has been lost or destroyed, and no record thereof made upon any of the books of record in said county; and, WHEREAS, The Board of Supervisors of said county, have caused a new survey and plat of said town to be made, and have approved the same; and, WHEREAS, Said new survey and plat have been recorded in the proper records of said county; therefore SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Acts of Board of the State of Iowa, That the Act of the Board of Supervisors Supervisors of Cass county in this State, in causing the legalized. survey and plat of the town of Lewis in said county to be made, as approved by said Board on the 30th day of January, 1866, and as recorded in book "F," on pages 369, 370, 371 and 372, of the records of said county, be, and the same are hereby legalized. be used in evidence. SEC. 2. The plat and survey of said town of Lewis Plat substitu- legalized by the first Section of this Act, shall be ted for may substituted for, and in the place of the lost or destroyed plat and survey of said town, as mentioned in the preamble of this Act, and such substituted plat and survey, or a certified copy thereof may be used and received in evidence in place of all former surveys and plats of said town of Lewis. SEC. 3. This Act being deemed, by the General Publication. Assembly, of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in full force from and after its publication in the Weekly Iowa State Register, published at Des I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 51. LEGALIZING CERTAIN CONVEYANCES. AN ACT legalizing conveyance of Real Estate to "The St. Charles WHEREAS, Doubts have arisen as to the validity of the title to certain real estate purchased by "The St. Preamble. Charles Cemetery Association," for cemetery purposes, owing to the conveyance having been made before the Articles of Incorporation of said Association were filed in the Office of the Secretary of State; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That all conveyances of Real Conveyances Estate made to "The St. Charles Cemetery Associa- declared tion," for cemetery purposes, after the execution of binding. the Articles of Incorporation of said association, be, and the same are hereby declared legal and binding, to the same extent as if the said articles had been filed in the office of the Secretary of State at the date of such conveyance. Approved March 24th, 1866. CHAPTER 52. PROVIDING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE WITH REVISION 1860. AN ACT to provide Justices of the Peace with a copy of the Revision of 1860. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Clerk District of the State of Iowa, That it shall be the duty of the Court to fur- Clerk of the District Court of each organized county in nish Justices the State, to furnish each Justice of the Peace in his Revision of county, who may not be already supplied therewith, a 1860. Proviso. Clerk draw upon Sec. of State. copy of the Revision of 1860, and to take the receipt of the Justice therefor; and such receipt shall be a sufficient voucher for the Clerk in his settlement with the Auditor of State; Provided, said distribution can be made without causing a re-print of the Revision. SEC. 2. Should the number of copies of the Revision in the possession of any Clerk, at the time of the taking effect of this Act, be insufficient to supply the Justices of his county, he is hereby authorized to draw upon the Secretary of State for the requisite number, who shall, as soon as practicable, transmit to said Clerk the required number, and shall certify to the Auditor of State the number of copies so transmitted; and the Auditor shall charge such Clerk therewith, and subsecharge Clerk. quently credit him with such as may be disposed of, as provided in the first section of this Act. Auditor to Justices fail in certain cases. Liable to fine SEC. 3. If any Justice of the Peace so receiving a ing to deliver copy of the Revision, shall fail to transmit to his sucover Revision Cessor in office, or in case of his removal from the township, or the resignation of his office, to deliver to the Clerk of the District Court, such copy, together with all other Statutes received by him by virtue of his of $10-how office, he shall be liable to a fine of ten dollars, to be collected of him or his sureties, by an action in the name of the State, upon information of the Clerk or the successor of such Justice; and such fine- shall be Such fine paid into the County Treasury by the Clerk, and how account-accounted for by him to the Auditor of State in the same manner as money received by him on sale of the Revision. collected. ed for. In case of SEC. 4. In case of the death of a Justice before the death, said expiration cf his term of office, the said books shall be books dispos- placed in the hands of the Clerk of the District Court, ed of-how. and be by him turned over to the successor of such Justice when elected and qualified. Approved March 24th, 1866. CHAPTER 53. PROVIDING JUSTICES WITH DOCKETS. AN ACT providing dockets for Justices of the Peace. pervisors to SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors of each county, to furnish to each Board of SuJustice of the Peace, of their county, a well bound furnish J. P. blank record book of not less than four quires, with with blank index, suitable for a docket, upon the certificate of such record book. Justice that the same is necessary for the business of his office. When. SEC. 2. The said, dockets so furnished, shall be paid How paid for for out of the county fund, on the order of the Board of Supervisors. Approved March 24th, 1866. CHAPTER 54. RELIEF OF MAJOR DAVID J. WAGGONER. AN ACT for the relief of Major David J. Wagoner. WHEREAS, Upon solicitations made and inducements held out by the Executive and other citizens of this Preamble. State, Major David J. Waggoner, of Fulton county, Illinois, undertook the capture of Joseph M. Brice, who, with one John J. Crans, had, about the 1st of January, 1865, murdered, in Taylor county, Iowa, James Mullen, a respectable citizen of this State; and WHEREAS, After several weeks of zealous effort, at great risk, and the expense of about $600, he succeeded in arresting the said Brice, at Okaman, in the State of Minnesota, on the 30th of May, 1865, and proceeded to deliver him to the officers of the State for trial, for which he has not been remunerated; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, There be, and is hereby, appropriated $1,000 approout of the general revenue of the State, the sum of one priated. thousand dollars, to compensate the said David J. Waggoner for his services and the money by him expended in apprehending and securing for trial the said Joseph Auditor to draw war M. Brice, and the Auditor of State is hereby authorized to issue his warrant in favor of said David J. Waggoner rant therefor. for said sum. Publication. SEC. 2. This Act being deemed of immediate importance shall take effect, and be in force, from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published at Des Moines. Approved March 24th, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa Preamble. Fitz Henry Warren authorized to CHAPTER 55. THE BACK PAY OF THE FIRST IOWA CAVALRY. AN ACT to secure the back pay due the 1st Iowa Cavalry. WHEREAS, A large proportion of the men and officers of the 1st Iowa Cavalry are justly entitled to pay from the Government of the United States for their services from the date of enlistment to the date of their muster into the service of the United States, but have never received the same, therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That Fitz Henry Warren, former Colonel of said regiment, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to proceed to Washington go to Wash- City, in the District of Columbia, as soon after the ad'journment of the present General Assembly as practicable, and to take such steps as may, in his opinion, be necessary to secure the payment from the General Government, of such sums as may be found due to the members of said regiment. ington, when, duties. $400 appro what pur pose. SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any priated, for money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this Act, and the Auditor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasury in favor of Fitz Henry Warren, for the amount of the expenses actually incurred by him in complying with the provisions herein made. Auditor to draw war. rant. |