School Fund. said commissioners to foreclose a mortgage or mort- Com'r to purgages, they are hereby authorized to purchase the prop- chase when erty held by said mortgages in the name of the State to interest of for the use of the School fund. If they deem it best for the interest of the State and the School Fund, any lands or town property so purchased, shall be subject to sale by the county officers of the county in which it is located, under the provisions of chapter 148, sections eleven and twelve, of the Acts of 1862, approved April 8th, 1862, and said commissioners are hereby authorized to use so much of the money belonging to the School Fund as they may deem necessary for the purpose of paying off prior liens and mortgages, whenever they shall deem it necessary for the interest of the State and of the School Fund. SEC. 7. It is hereby made the duty of the District Dist. Att'y. Attorneys of the different Judicial Districts of this. State to aid and assist in carrying out the provisions of this Act, when required to do so by the aforesaid commissioners. SEC. 8. All moneys which shall come into the hands Money to be of the Commissioners by virtue of this Act shall be by paid School them paid over to the Treasurer of State, and by him placed to the credit of the permanent School Fund. Fund. SEC. 9. This Act being deemed of immediate im- Take effect. portance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Daily State Register and Iowa Statesman, papers published at Des Moines. Approved March 28th, 1864. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Daily State Register April 14th, 1864, and in the Daily Iowa Statesman April 16th, 1864. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 95. CHANGE NAME OF COUNTY. AN ACT authorizing Counties to change their names. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly One-fifth of of the State of Iowa, That whenever the Board of Su- voters. pervisors of any county shall at any regular session be presented with a petition signed by one-fifth of the legal voters of their county, praying for a change in Board shall the name of said county, the Supervisors shall submit the question to the people of their county at the next general election. submit. To be decid'd by vote. Take effect. SEO. 2. The Supervisors shall select the name to be voted upon as a substitute for the original name of their county, and the manner and effect of such submission to the people shall be as provided for in Chapter 22 of the Revision of 1860, for the submission of other questions. SEC. 3. This Act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect from and after its publication in the State Register and Iowa Homestead, papers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved March 28th, 1864. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the CHAPTER 96. DEPOSITIONS IN COUNTY COURTS. AN ACT to provide for taking depositions to be used in County SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Same rules as of the State of Iowa, That depositions of witnesses may Dist. Court. be taken and read in evidence, in all actions and proceedings in County Courts in which the testimony of witnesses is required, subject to the same rules that govern their admissibility in the District Court. Commission. In cases of appeal. SEC. 2. The commission for taking such deposition shall be issued by the County Judge under the seal of the County Court, to whom the deposition shall be returned, and be by him opened and filed in his office; and the provisions of law for taking depositions in the District Court, except as herein provided, and so far as practicable, shall govern in the taking of depositions in the County Court. SEO. 3. Depositions taken to be read in evidence in the County Court, shall in case of appeal, be transmitted to the District Court and may be used in that Court, subject however, to such objections as may have been raised in the County Court. SEC. 4. 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. 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 97. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORT FOR 1866. AN ACT relating to the Report of the Adjutant General for 1866. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly 5,000 copies. of the State of Iowa, That the State Printer be directed to print, and the State Binder to bind, in boards, five thousand copies of the Adjutant General's Report for Gen. AssemJanuary first, 1866, to be disposed of as the General bly 1866 to Assembly of 1866 may order. dispose of Approved March 28th, 1864. CHAPTER 98. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS. AN ACT providing for the formation of the Twelfth Judicial District, and fixing the times for holding Courts in the Tenth and Eleventh Judicial Districts, and providing for the election of a District Judge and District Attorney in the Twelfth Judicial District. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Division. of the State of Iowa, The State is hereby divided into twelve Districts for Judicial purposes. SEC. 2. District No. 1.-The counties of Lee, Henry, 1st District. Des Moines and Louisa shall constitute the First Dis 2d District. 3d District. 4th District. 5th District. 6th District. 7th District. 8th District. 9th District. 10th District. 11th District. 12th District. Time of holding Court. In Clayton county. In Fayette county. SEC. 3. District No. 2.-The counties of Van Buren, Davis, Wapello, Monroe, Appanoose, Lucas and Wayne shall constitute the Second District. SEC. 4. District No. 3.-The counties of Clarke, Decatur, Union, Ringgold, Adams, Montgomery, Page, Mills, Fremont and Pottawattamie shall constitute the Third District. SEC. 5. District No. 4.-The counties of Harrison, Shelby, Monona, Crawford, Woodbury, Ida, Sac, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Plymouth, Clay, O'Brien, Sioux, Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Pocahontas, Calhoun, Humboldt, Emmett, Palo Alto, Kossuth, shall constitute the Fourth District. SEC. 6. District No 5.-The counties of Carroll, Audubon, Greene, Guthrie, Adair, Madison, Dallas, Warren, Polk and Cass shall constitute the Fifth District. SEC. 1. District No. 6.-The counties of Jasper, Marion, Poweshiek, Mahaska, Keokuk, Washington and Jefferson shall constitute the Sixth District. SEC. 8. District No. 7.—The counties of Muscatine, Scott. Clinton and Jackson shall constitute the Seventh District. SEC. 9. District No. 8.-The counties of Johnson, Tama, Iowa, Benton, Linn, Cedar and Jones shall constitute the Eighth District. SEC. 10. District No. 9.-The counties of Dubuque, Delaware, Buchanan, Black Hawk and Grundy shall constitute the Ninth District. SEC. 11. District No. 10.-The counties of Clayton, Allamakee, Fayette, Winnesheik, Howard and Chickasaw shall constitute the Tenth District. SEC. 12. District No. 11.-The counties of Marshall, Story, Boone, Webster, Hamilton, Hardin, Wright and Franklin shall constitute the Eleventh District. SEC. 13. District No. 12.-The counties of Mitchell, Floyd, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Worth, Winnebago and Hancock shall constitute the Twelfth District. SEC. 14. The District Court of the tenth, eleventh and 12th Judicial Districts shall be held at the times and places hereinafter designated. SEC. 15. 1st-In the tenth district, commencing in Clayton county, Iowa, on the third Monday of January and May, and on the second Monday of September of each year. 2d In Fayette county, on the second Monday after the third Monday in May, and on the first Monday of December of each year. 3d-In Winneshiek county on the third Monday In Winneafter the third Monday in May, and on the second sheik county. Monday of December of each year. 4th-In Alamakee county on the fourth Monday In Alamakee after the third Monday in May, and on the third Mon- county. day of December of each year. 5th-In Howard county on the second Monday after In Howard the third Monday in January, and on the second Mon- county. day after the second Monday of September of each year. 6th-In Chickasaw county on the third Monday after In Chick'saw the third Monday in January, and on the third Monday county. after the second Monday in September of each year. SEC. 16. In the eleventh district, commencing at In Marshall Marshall in Marshall county, on the first Monday of county. April and September of each year. At Nevada in Story county on the first Monday after In Story Co. the first Monday in April and September of each year. At Boonsboro in Boone county on the second Mon- In Boone Co. day after the first Monday in April and September of each year. At Fort Dodge in Webster county on the third Mon- In Webster day after the first Monday in April and September of county. each year. In Hamilton At Webster City in Hamilton county on the fourth Monday after the first Monday in April and September county. in each year. At Eldora, in Hardin county, on the fifth Monday In Hardin after the first Monday in April and September of each county. year. In Wright county on the sixth Monday after the first In Wright Monday in April and September of each year. county. In Franklin county commencing on the seventh Mon- In Franklin day after the first Monday in April and September in county. each year, SEC. 17. In the Twelfth District commencing at In Bremer Waverly in Bremer county, on the second Monday in county. May and September of each year. At St. Charles in Floyd county on the first Monday In Floyd Co. after the second Monday in May and September of each year. In Mitchell county on the second Monday after the In Mitchell second Monday in May and September of each year. county. In Worth county on the third Monday after the sec- In Worth Co. ond Monday in May and September of each year. In Winnebago county on the Fourth Monday after In Wennebathe second Monday in May and September of each go county. year. |