State, is hereby authorized and empowered to construct a Railroad Bridge across the Mississippi River counect- Supervisors ing with the Eastern terminus of the Railroad of any to select the such Company, and abutting on the Iowa bank of said place. River at such place as shall be designated therefor by the Board of Supervisors of the county wherein said abutting is to be made, and extending toward any point of the opposite bank that may be selected by such Com pany. SEC. 2. That any Railroad Company or Bridge Missouri Company that now is or may hereafter become incorpo- River. rated in pursuance of the laws of this State, is hereby anthorized and empowered to construct a Railroad bridge across the Missouri River, connecting with the Western terminus of the Railroad of any such Company, and Board Superabutting on the Iowa bank of said river at such place visors to deas shall be designated therefor by the Board of Super- signate. visors of the county wherein said abutting is to be made, and extending toward any point on the opposite bank that may be selected by such Company. SEC. 3. No bridge shall be built under the provis- Not to be ions of this Act until the plan thereof shall first be sub- built until mitted to and approved by the said Board of Supervi- such approv'l sors. SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act so far as practi- Provisions cable or applicable, shall apply and be extended to any extended. Railroad Company, incorporated in pursuance of the laws of the State of Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, or the Territory of Nebraska, where such Railroad extends to the bank of either of said rivers opposite the State of Iowa. SEC. 5. Any such Railroad corporation or Bridge Companies to Company shall have authority to issue its bonds or ob- issue bonds. ligations for an amount not exceeding the cost of any such bridge, and of its Railroad in the State of Iowa, and to secure the payment thereof by a mortgage on the same; and shall also have authority to issue certifi- May mortcates of common and preferred stock, the preferred gage. stock to be issued only on condition that the holders of four fifths of the common stock give their written con- Condition. sent thereto. SEC. 6. Any such Railroad or Bridge Companies Roads and are hereby authorized, with the consent of said Board foot-paths. of Supervisors, to construct the said bridges with suitable roads and footways for teams and foot passengers, with permission to charge toll for the same at rates to Toll. be approved by said Board of Supervisors. SEC. 7. Any of said Gompanies are hereby author- Ferry. Director elec ted. Citizen. ized to establish a ferry across either of said rivers at or near the terminus of said Roads, to be used solely for the use of said Companies for Railroad freight and passengers until said bridges are constructed and ready for use. SEC. 8. Each Company acting under the provisions of this Act, shall elect at least one Director of such Company, who shall be a citizen of and reside in the State of Iowa. SEC. 9. Each Foreign Railroad Company acting under the provisions of this Act, shall be liable to be sued in any Court of competent jurisdiction in this State, May be sued. and the service of the original notice on the resident Director provided in Section 8 of this Act shall be sufficient to give the Court jurisdiction of such Company. Construction. Not to ob SEC. 10 Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to repeal or modify any law now in force relating to Railroads or Bridges. SEC. 11. No bridge erected under and by virtue of struct naviga. this Act or any law of this State shall be so located or constructed as unnecessarily to impede, injure or obstruct the navigation of either of said rivers. tion. Take effect. SEC. 12. This Act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect upon its publication in the fowa Homestead, and Iowa State Register, papers pub lished in Des Moines. Approved April 5th, 1864. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register April 27th, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Homestead April 27th, A. D. 1864. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. Sec❜y State prepare manuscript. CHAPTER 131. DISTRIBUTION OF THE LAWS OF THE TENTH GENERAL AN ACT to provide for the publication and distribution of the laws of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Iowa. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby required to prepare a manuscript copy of all the Laws, Joint Resolutions and Memorials passed at the Tenth Regular Session of the General Assembly Chapters. of the State of Iowa, arranged in Chapters, and num- Sup't printing bered in the order of their approval, with marginal and binding. notes and a full and complete index, and deliver the same to the State Printer, and superintend the printing and binding of the same. Index. SEC. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the State 20,000. Printer to print twenty thousand copies of said laws, and have the same completed within fifty days from the 50 days. time the manuscript is placed in his hands by the Secretary of State. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the State Binder to Binder. complete the binding of the laws within forty days from the time that the State Printer completes his part of the 40 days. work, and deliver the same to the Secretary of State: Provided, however, That the State Binder shall complete the binding of one-fourth of said twenty thousand within twenty days from the time he receives the same from the State Printer. SEC. 4. The Secretary of State shall distribute the Distribution laws aforesaid as follows: To the Librarian of each State to whom made. and Territory, two copies; to the Governor of each State and Territory, one copy; to the State University, Insane Asylum, Institution for the Education of the Blind, and Deaf and Dumb, and State Penitentiary, each one copy; to each State Officer, one copy; to the State Library, fifty copies; to the State Historical Society, eighty copies; to the State Agricultural Society, two copies; to the State Agricultural College, two copies; to each member and officer of the Tenth General Assembly, two copies; to each publisher of a newspaper or periodical in this State, one copy; (all the foregoing to be bound in "Sheep.") Fifteen thousand copies to be distributed to the several organized counties of this State, in the ratio of population, delivering to no county a less number than ten copies to each organized township in said county. The laws for the several counties shall be delivered to the Clerk of the Board of Super- Clerk. visors, and his receipt taken therefor, in duplicate, one of which shall be filed with the Auditor of State. Delivered to SEC. 5. The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall Distribution set apart a sufficient number of said laws to give to each by the Clerk. county officer one copy, and one copy to each member of the Board of Supervisors; one copy to each Township Trustee, one copy to each Township Clerk, one copy to each Justice of the Peace and Constable, one copy to each Township Assessor; and report to the Auditor of State the number remaining in their hands, Auditor. Report to Laws of 9th together with the number of copies of the laws of the Gen. Assem- Regular Session of the Ninth General Assembly, which shall be charged to the said Clerk by the Auditor. bly. Clerk and Account. Compensation of Sec'y State. SEC. 6. The Secretary of State, and the Clerk of the Sec'y to sell, Board of Supervisors of the several counties, are hereby authorized to sell the copies of said laws so remaining in their hands, at fifty cents per copy, and pay over the proceeds in the same manner as the proceeds of the sale of the Revision of 1860 are accounted for and paid over. SEC. 7. The Secretary of State shall be paid for preparing the manuscript, making the marginal notes and index, superintending the printing and binding, and for the distribution of the laws under the provisions of this Act, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, to be audited and warrants drawn on the Treasurer as follows: Five When paid. hundred dollars when the laws are bound, ready for distribution; five hundred dollars when the laws are distributed to at least fifty counties, and the remaining five hundred dollars when the distribution of said laws is complete. Take effect. SEC. 8. This Act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Daily State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 5th, 1864. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Daily State Register April 23, A. D. 1864, and the Iowa Homestead April 27, A. D. 1864. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. Ꮯ Ꮋ Ꭺ Ꮲ Ꭲ Ꭼ Ꭱ 18 2. ACCOUNT OF STATE WITH GRUNDY COUNTY. AN ACT to provide for correcting the account of the State with SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly $890,60 cred- of the State of Iowa, That the Auditor of State be and ited to Grun- hereby is directed to bring forward in his account curdy county. rent, and place to the credit of Grundy county, the sum of eight hundred and ninety dollars and sixty cents paid into the treasury by Thomas G. Copp for said county between January 6th, 1857, and August 13th, 1857, which amount shall be and hereby is made a credit to CHAPTER 133. SECURITY DEBTS DUE IOWA. AN ACT to provide for the better security and collection of debts due the State of Iowa or for the use or benefit of the State. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That in all cases in which any Dist. Att'y or person or persons are now or may hereafter become in- Att'y Gen'l. debted to the State of Iowa, or to any officer or agent of the State, for the use or benefit of the State, it shall be the duty of the proper District Attorney or for the Attorney General of the State to demand payment or security therefor, whenever, in the opinion of said District Attorney or Attorney General, the debt is not suf- Security giv ficiently secured and the State is in danger of losing the en. debt and any security given in compliance with said demand shall be deemed lawful and binding and upon sufficient consideration. SEC. 2. That in all suits now pending or hereafter Attachment instituted for money due to the State of Iowa or due may issue. to any State Agent or Officer, for the use of the State, it shall be lawful for an attachment to issue against the property or debts of the defendant or defendants not exempt from execution upon the filing of an affidavit by the District Attorney of the proper District or of the Attorney General of the State that he verily believes that a specific amount therein stated is justly due and that the defendant or defendants therein has refused to pay or secure the same and that unless an attachment is issued against the property of defendant or defendants that there is danger that the amount due will be ultimately lost to the State. Danger of losing. No bond. SEC. 3. That the attachment so issued shall be levied as in other cases of attachment against any debts or property of the defendant or defendants not exempt from execution, and no bond shall be required of the Sheriff. plaintiffs in such case and the Sheriff shall not be au |