pany, or to any of its grantees, or any other persons to whom lands may be sold or patented under the provisions of this Act, for any failure of title to any of the lands so sold or patented.

SEC. 18. The time in which the first seventy-five Time extendmiles of the Keokuk, Fort Des Moines & Minnesota ed. Railroad from the town of Bentonsport up the valley of the Des Moines River, shall be completed, is hereby extended to the first day of May, 1865, after which the said Company is required to build and equip thirty-three miles of its road for each year for five years, and the remainder of the whole line within three years thereafter, or on the first day of May, 1874; and in case of a failure to so build and equip said road, the lands then remaining uncertified to said Company shall belong to this State, to be disposed of as provided by the Act of Congress of July 12th, 1862, and the laws of this State.

SEC. 19. The Commissioners herein before named Pay of Comshall each receive as compensation for services rendered missioners. in the discharge of their duties imposed by this Act, the sum of three dollars per day for the number of days engaged therein, and their necessary expenses; and the bills therefor shall be audited by the Register of the State Land Office, and paid by the Keokuk, Fort Des Moines & Minnesota Railroad Company. If either of said Commissioners shall neglect or refuse to discharge the duties imposed by this Act, the Governor shall appoint some competent person to act in his place.

Gov. appoint.

SEC. 20. The said Keokuk, Fort Des Moines and Sec'y of State Minnesota Railroad Company shall assent to and accept Accept in the provisions of this Act by a written instrument under writing. the seal of said corporation, with the signature of the proper officers, before any lands shall be patented to them by the Governor, as provided by this Act, which said acceptance shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and be by the Secretary recorded in the book by him kept for the recording of articles of association. Said Company accepting the provisions of this Act, shall at all times be subject to all the rules and regulations, and all the restrictions and conditions not inconsistent with this Act, provided in an Act passed March 3d, 1860, an Act passed March 22d, 1858, and an Act passed July 14th, 1856, by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa.

SEC. 21. This Act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after

Take effect.

its publication in the Iowa State Register and the Iowa Homestead, newspapers published in Des Moines. Approved March 28th, 1864.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register April 20th, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Homestead April 20th, A. D. 1864.

JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 109.

AGRICULTURE.

AN ACT to amend Sections 1704, 1707, 1708, 1741 and 1742 of the
Revision of 1860, in relation to Agricultural Fairs.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly State support of the State of Iowa, That the aid heretofore extended withdrawn. to County and District Agricultural Societies shall be withheld in each and every year in which the receipts of any of such Societies shall exceed the sum of five hundred dollars; provided, that donations and appropriations to aid in purchasing and fitting up Fair grounds, and the appropriations from the State shall in no case be construed to be part of the annual receipts

Regulations

of such societies.

SEC. 2. No person shall be permitted to sell any for Co. Fairs. intoxicating liquors of any kind or be engaged in any gambling or horse-racing either inside the enclosure where any County or District Agricultural Society Fair is being held, or within one hundred and sixty rods thereof during the time of holding such Fair, and any person found guilty of any of the offences herein enumerated shall be fined in any sum not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for every such offence.

Permits to

Grounds.

SEC. 3. It shall be lawful for the President of any sell on Fair District or County Agricultural Society to grant a written permit to such persons as he may deem necessary, to sell fruit, provisions and other necessaries, to such persons as may be in attendance at any such Fair, under such regulations and restrictions as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

Arrests.

SEC. 4. The President of any such Society shall be empowered to arrest or cause to be arrested any person or persons engaged in violating any of the provisions

contained in Sec. 2 of this Act and cause them forthwith to be taken before some Justice of the Peace, there to be dealt with as provided for in said Sec. 2 of this Act, and he may seize or cause to be seized all in- Seizures. toxicating liquors of any kind with the vessels containing the same and all tools or other implements used in any gambling, and may remove or cause to be removed all shows, swings, boothes, tents, carriages, wagons, Remove. vessels, boats, or any other nuisance that may obstruct or cause to be obstructed (by collecting persons around or otherwise) any thoroughfare leading to any entrance to the enclosure in which such Agricultural Fair is being held, and any person owning or occupying any of the causes of obstructions herein specified, who may refuse or fail to remove such obstructions or nuisance when ordered so to do by the President of such Society, shall be liable to a fine of not less than five and not more than twenty dollars for every such offence.

Fine.

ety.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the number No. Reports of copies of the Annual Reports of the Iowa State Ag- of State Sociricultural Society to be published shall be limited to three thousand, all of which shall be bound in a manner Binding. and style uniform with those bound by the State for the years 1859 and 1860; provided said binding shall not cost more than thirty cents per copy.

SEC. 6. The Secretary of State shall distribute said Distribution. reports as follows; Ten copies to each member of the General Assembly, ten copies to the State Agricultural College, ten copies to the State University, ten copies to the State Library, four hundred copies to the State Agricultural Society, and the remainder to the County Agricultural Societies, and only to such Societies as have made reports to the Secretary of the State Agricultural Society as required in Section 1698 of the Re-Proportion. vision of 1860; provided, that the proportion to each County Society shall be regulated by the number of members reported to the State Agricultural Society. SEO. 7. All acts and parts of Acts contrary to the provisions herein contained, are hereby repealed. Approved March 28th, 1864.

CHAPTER 110.

SALE OF POISONS.

AN ACT to amend Section 4374 of Chapter 173 of the Revision of 1860.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Regulations. of the State of Iowa, That Section Four Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-Four of Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Three be amended by adding to the end thereof the following, "any person who may dispose of at retail any poisonous substance or liquid to any one for any purpose, is hereby required to enter in a book to be kept by such apothecary, druggist or other person so disposing, the name of the poison, when bought, by whom, and for what purpose; and if the person who calls for such poison is not personally known to the vendor, then such person shall be identified by some one known to the vendor, whose name shall also be entered in such book.

Penalty.

Any failure to comply with the requirements of this provision shall subject the party so failing to imprisonment in the county jail not more than thirty days or to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars." Approved March 29th, 1864.

Auditing
Board.

John N.Dew

ey sole member.

CHAPTER 111.

AUDITING BOARD.

AN ACT to amend Chapter 10 of the Acts of the Extra Session of the 8th General Assembly, in relation to the Auditing Board.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That Section one of Chap. 10 of the Acts of the extra session of the 8th General Assembly be and the same is so amended that the Board of Auditing Commissioners created by said Act shall, from and after the first day of May, A. D. 1864, consist of John N. Dewey, and so much of said section one aforesaid, as relates to the appointment of Isaac W. Griffith and S. R. Ingham and their successors, is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. All authority vested in said Board by Chap- Authority of ter 10 of the Acts of the extra session of the 8th Gen- said Board. Repeal. eral Assembly and all other Acts conferring powers on Powers vestsaid Board be and the same are hereby vested in John ed in John N. N. Dewey aforesaid. Dewey.

SEC. 3. This Act being deemed by the General As- Take effect. sembly of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Statesman, newpapers published at Des Moinees, Iowa.

Approved March 29th, 1864.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register April 20th, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Statesman April 27th, A. D. 1864.

JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 112.

MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.

AN ACT to legalize certain acts of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Fort Madison making an appropriation for the payment of bounties to volunteers, and to authorize the levy and collection of a special tax to meet such appropriation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the acts and doings of the Ft. Madison. Board of Mayor and Alderman of the town of Fort Madison on the 24th day of December, A. D. 1863, Appropriat'n. making an appropriation of six thousand four hundred dollars for the payment of bounties for enlistments Enlistments. in the military service of the United States, be and are Legalized. hereby legalized.

Collection.

SEC. 2. That said Board of Mayor and Aldermen Special tax. be and are hereby authorized to levy and collect a special tax to meet the said appropriation, which said tax shall be levied and collected at the time and in the manner taxes for ordinary purposes are levied and collected in and for the said town of Fort Madison, provided that the said Board of Mayor and Aldermen may One-half in levy and collect during the year 1864 a sufficient 1864. amount to meet one-half of said appropriation, and during the year 1865 a sufficient amount to meet the One-half in remainder of said appropriation.

SEC. 3. That the said Board of Mayor and Alder

1865.