CHAPTER 78. Control. Sale. Contract forfeited. Treasurer SALINE LANDS AND FUNDS. AN ACT authorizing the Trustees of the State University to sell the Saline Lands and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the Saline Lands and funds appropriated to the Iowa State University by an Act of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act appropriating the Saline Lands and Funds to the State University of Iowa," passed April 2d, 1860, be and they are hereby placed under the control and management of the Board of Trustees of said University, as fully as if the same were a part of the grant of lands known as the University Lands. Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal, restrict, or in any manner change or modify the provisions and requirements of Section 1956 of Chapter 84 of the Revision of 1860, which is hereby continued in force. SEC. 2. Said lands may be sold by the Board of Trustees of said Institution, under the same restrictions and in the same manner as if the same were a part of the University Lands, and the proceeds thereof may be invested in the manner provided for the investment of the University Funds. SEC. 3. In case of failure to pay according to the terms of the contract, for any tract of Saline Land heretofore or hereafter sold, said Board of Trustees shall have power to declare such contract forfeited, and to resell said land, or they may proceed to enforce such contract, and collect by suit the amount due thereon. SEC. 4. The Treasurer of the University shall keep keep account. an account of all transactions relative to the sale of the Saline Lands, the same as required in Section 1937 of the Revision relative to University Lands. Funds, &c., paid over. SEC. 5. That it is hereby made the duty of any of ficer or person having charge or possession of any funds arising from the sale of Saline Lands and any officer or person having charge or possession of any note, contract, or other security given for and on account of the purchase of any tract of Saline Land to hand the same over immediately to the Treasurer of the State University, and if the same be not paid or handed over immediately as herein required, said Treasurer is hereby au thorized to recover the same in the proper action, in his Action to reown name, for the use of said University. SEC. 6. The Treasurer of said Board of Trustees shall, on or before the fifteenth day of May next, and every six months thereafter, report to the Register of the State Land Office, all sales of Saline and University Lands, setting forth the tracts sold, date and terms of each sale, name of purchaser, and price sold for per acre. Cover. Report of SEC. 7. That upon the presentation to the Register Patent. of the State Land Office of a certificate of the Board of Trustees, setting forth the name of the purchaser, the tract or tracts purchased, the date and terms of sale, and that the whole amount of the purchase money has been paid, and by whom, said purchaser or his assignee shall be entitled to receive a patent from the Governor for the land purchased. Patents made SEC. 8. All patents heretofore issued for Saline Lands, by the Governor, upon certificates of final pay- legal. ment issued by the Treasurer of said University, and by the Clerk of the District Court of Lucas county, are hereby legalized and declared valid to all intents and purposes, as fully and completely as if said certificates had been issued by an officer expressly authorized by law to issue the same. SEC. 9. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to Former sales interfere with or render invalid any sales of the Saline-construct'n Land made under the provisions of Article 4, Chapter 84, of the Revision of 1860, or of Chapter 83, of the Session laws of the Ninth General Assembly. SEC. 10. The Trustees of said University shall, Resident ag't within sixty days after the taking effect of this Act, appoint a resident agent in each county where there are unpaid notes or contracts for the sale of any of said Saline Lands, whose duty it shall be to receive all or any part of the principal or interest on said notes or contracts, whether the same be due or not, and when all of said purchase money is paid to said agent, the Treasurer shall report the same as provided in Section 6 of this Act. SEC. 11. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 12. This Act being deemed by the General Assembly of immediate importance, shall be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published at Des Moines. Approved March 25th, 1864. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register April 13th, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Homestead April 13th, A. D. 1864. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. Exempt from taxation. CHAPTER 79. BIBLE SOCIETIES. AN ACT to amend Section 711 of the Revision of 1860, in relation to exemption of property from taxation. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That in addition to the property now exempt from taxation by Section seven hundred and eleven of the Revision of 1860, there shall also be exempt from taxation, all real and personal property, situated in this State, belonging to any Bible Society or auxiliary of such Society, where such property is received, owned or held, solely for benevolent purposes, and is devoted solely to such purposes. Provided, that Conditions. all deeds or other writings by which such real property is passed to and held by any such Society, shall first be duly filed for record in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the county wherein such real estate is situated, before the property therein described, shall be omitted from the assessment now required by law. Approved March 25th, 1864. Repeals Ch. 11, Ex. Sess. 1861. CHAPTER 80. RELIEF OF VOLUNTEERS. AN ACT to repeal Chapter 11 of the Extra Session of the Eighth SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That Chapter 11 of the Acts of the Extra Session of the Eighth General Assembly, 1861, entitled, "An Act for the relief of Volunteers who have been or may be mustered into the service of the United States Government," be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. This Act shall not in any manner affect the Rights not af validity of rights heretofore acquired under the Act fected. hereby repealed, and all existing claims of officers and privates who have been or are now in the military service of the United States or of this State, shall remain unprejudiced. Approved March 25th, 1864. CHAPTER 81. CLAIMS OF SOLDIERS. AN ACT to provide for the payment of the just claims of certain officers and soldiers of Iowa Regiments for military service. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the Assistant Adjutant Payment. General of this State, acting as Paymaster General, shall pay to officers and soldiers of regiments raised by this State, for the service of the United States, such sums for services rendered, between the dates of going into quarters and muster into the service of the United States, when such services are not paid for by the Certificate. United States, as the Adjutant General of the State may certify such officers and soldiers are entitled to. Provided, That said Adjutant General shall in all Circumstancases state the circumstances of such service and the ces. commands of such officers. SEC. 2. This Act being deemed by the General Assembly of immediate importance, shall be in force from and after its publication in the Daily State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published in Des Moines City, Iowa. Approved March 25th, 1864. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Daily. State Register April 7th, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Homestead April 13th, A. D. 1864. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. Clark. CHAPTER 82. RELIEF OF CITIZENS OF KEOKUK CO., AND J. LARDNER. AN ACT for the relief of certain citizens of Keokuk County, and to provide for the claim of John Lardner. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Claim of J. T. of the State of Iowa, That the Auditor of State be directed to audit and allow the claim of Jonathan T. Clark, of Keokuk county, for the sum of two hundred and ninety-five dollars and fifty cents, for subsistence furnished volunteer militia and others engaged in suppressing the insurrection in Keokuk county, under the direction and by the authority of Hon. Samuel J. Kirkwood, Governor of the State of Iowa. Claim of Lowe and Claim of An SEC. 2. And that the Auditor of State be directed to audit and allow the claim of Lowe & Smith, of Keokuk county, Iowa, for the sum of two hundred and four dollars, for subsistence, as aforesaid. SEC. 3. And that the Auditor of State be directed drew Gann. to audit and allow the claim of Andrew Gann, for the sum of twenty dollars and thirty cents, for subsistence, as aforesaid. Claim of H. SEC. 4. And that the Auditor of State be directed to audit and allow the claim of Henry Kinzer, for the sum of ten dollars, for subsistence, as above stated; and to John Lardner, of Muscatine, the sum of fifty dollars, Claim of Jno. for drilling the non-commissioned officers of the Thirty Fifth Regiment, by direction of Governor Kirkwood. Lardner. Payment. SEC. 5. The Auditor of State shall draw his warrant on the Treasurer of State, in favor of each of the above named parties, for the above named amounts, and the Treasurer of State shall pay said warrants out of the War and Defense Fund. SEC. 6. This Act being deemed by the General Assembly of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Homestead. Approved March 26th, 1864. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register April 13th, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Homestead April 13th, A. D. 1864. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. |