In Hancock county.

In Cerro Gordo county.

In Butler Co.

Dist. Judge and Att'y of

12th Dist.

Term.

Courts in 10th

In Hancock county on the fifth Monday after the second Monday in May and September of each year.

In Cerro Gordo county on the sixth Monday after the second Monday in May and September of each

year.

In Butler county on the seventh Monday after the second Monday of May and September of each year.

SEC. 18. There shall be elected by the qualified voters of the Twelfth Judicial District at the regular election in 1864, and every four years thereafter, a District Judge and District Attorney, who shall receive the same compensation as other District Judges and District Attorneys; and the said Judge and Attorney shall enter upon the discharge of their duties on the first Monday in January, 1865, and shall hold their offices for four years until their successors are elected and qualified.

SEC. 19.

The District Courts shall be held in the 11th and 12th several counties of the Tenth and Eleventh Judicial Districts. Districts, as heretofore provided by law, and have full jurisdiction in all counties composing said District prior to the passage of this Act, until the first Monday in January, 1865, after which the jurisdiction of the Judges of the said tenth, eleventh and twelfth Judicial Districts shall extend to the said Districts as herein provided. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.

Approved March 28th, 1864.

CHAPTER 99.

ing.

COUNTY COURTS.

AN ACT to change the time of holding County Courts in April and August.

SECTION 1. Be it

enacted by the General Assembly Time of hold- of the State of Iowa, That Section 261, of the Revision of 1860 be amended so as to read as follows: The County Court shall be considered in law as always open, but for the transaction of business requiring notice, the Judge shall hold regular sessions on the first Monday of each month.

Approved March 28th, 1864.

CHAPTER 100.

COUNTY TREASURER'S RECEIPT FOR TAX.

AN ACT to amend Section 777 of the Revision of 1860.

Receipts in duplicate.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That Section 777 of the Revision of 1860, be amended by the addition thereto of the following, to-wit: The County Treasurer shall also make out, sign and deliver to the purchaser of any real property, sold for taxes as aforesaid, duplicate receipts, for any taxes, interest and costs, paid by said purchaser, after the date of said purchase for any subsequent year or years; one of which receipts said purchaser shall present to the Clerk of the County Board of Su- Filed with pervisors, to be by him filed in his office, and a memo- Clerk. randum thereof entered on the register of sales, and if he neglect to file such duplicate receipt with the Clerk, before the redemption, such tax shall not be a lien upon the land, and the person paying such tax shall not be entitled to recover the same of the owner of such real estate.

Approved March 28th, 1864.

CHAPTER 101.

JOURNALS OF HOUSE AND SENATE.

AN ACT relating to the transcribing, indexing and distribution of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives.

Journals.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Sec. and Cl'k of the State of Iowa, That the Secretary of the Senate to transcribe and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, are authorized and required to transcribe the Journals of their respective Houses, in books furnished for that purpose by the Secretary of State, and after having certified to the correctness of the same, to deliver them to the Secretary of State for preservation in his office.

SEC. 2. The Secretary and Clerk shall superintend Sec. and Cl'k the printing and indexing of their respective Journals, to sup'r and it shall be the duty of each to deliver a carefully printing. prepared copy thereof to the State Printer, written up

Delivered to in solid paragraphs as nearly as practicable, which copy State Printer. shall be delivered within two months from the day of adjournment of the Legislature, and upon a failure to deliver within the time above prescribed, they shall be entitled to receive only one-half of the compensation hereinafter provided.

To be printed in 90 days.

Secretary and Clerk to distribute.

SEC. 3. As soon as the Journals are printed, (which shall be done within ninety days after they shall have been delivered to the State Printer,) it shall be the duty of the Secretary and Clerk to distribute the same as herein provided. The State Printer shall receive but half of the usual compensation for a failure on his part as above provided.

SEC. 4. Each member of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be entitled to three copies of the Journal of the House of which he is a member, one copy of which shall be stitched and bound in half sheep, and one copy of the Journal of the other House, which How bound. shall be stitched and bound in half sheep; and three

Who gets.

Compensation.

Take effect.

copies shall also be sent to each organized county in the State, directed to the Clerk of the District Court thereof, and one copy to each officer and reporter of the General Assembly; and the State Librarian shall preserve at least fifteen copies of each Journal in the Library.

SEC. 5. As a compensation for the services herein required, the Secretary and Clerk shall each receive six hundred dollars, to be paid out of the State Treasury, one-half of which shall be allowed and paid when the copy is furnised to the State Printer, and the transcribed Journal filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and the remainder when the Secretary and Clerk shall have certified under oath that they have distributed the Journals according to the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 6. 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 March 28th, 1864.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Daily State Register April 14th, A. D. 1864, and Iowa Homestead April 20th, 1864.

JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 102.

AN ACT to amend Chapter 172 of the Acts of the Ninth General Assembly, passed April 8th, 1862, entitled "An Act to amend and consolidate an Act passed by the Board of Education December 24th, 1859, entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide a System of Common Schools," and the amendments thereto."

cial tax.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That Section thirty-one of said Sub-districts Chapter be amended by the addition thereto of the fol- may levy spelowing, to-wit: Provided, That if the electors of one or more sub-districts, at their last annual meeting, shall have voted to hold a school exceeding the time required by law, and exceeding the time provided for by the estimate aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Board to estimate the cost of such excess, and cause the same to be certified as aforesaid; in which case it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors to levy such excess upon the property of the sub-district voting therefor, and which shall be collected and paid over as foresaid.

SEC. 2. That Section thirty-four of said Chapter be Directors not amended by the addition thereto of the following, to- to receive wit: Nor shall the members of the Board, except its pay. Secretary and Treasurer, receive pay out of any school funds for services rendered under this Act.

Treasurer to

SEC. 3. That Section fifty-eight be amended by the addition thereto of the following, to-wit: He shall also keep school keep the amount of tax levied for school house purposes house tax separate in each sub-district, where such levy has been separate. made directly upon the property of the sub-district making the application, and shall pay over the same quarterly to the Township Treasurer, for the benefit of such sub-district.

SEC. 4. That Section seventy-three of said Chapter Duties and be stricken out, and the following inserted in lieu comp'nsation of Co. Sup't. thereof: Sec. 73. For the time necessarily spent in the discharge of his official duties, otherwise than in visiting schools, he shall receive the sum of two dollars per day, to be paid from the county revenue: Provided, He shall visit each school in his county at least once in each year, and shall be entitled to such compensation therefor as the Board of Supervisors may allow and provided, also, he shall file a sworn statement of the time he has been employed in the discharge of his official duties with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, before he shall be entitled to any compensation.

Take effect.

SEC. 5. This Act shall be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register, Iowa Homestead and the Iowa Instructor and School Journal.

Approved March 28th, 1864.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register April 6th, A. D. 1864, in the Iowa Homestead April 27th, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Instructor and School Journal April 1st, A. D. 1864.

JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 103.

REGISTER OF STATE LAND OFFICE.

AN ACT further defining the duties and powers of the Register of the State Land Office, and providing for a Seal.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Office hours. of the State of Iowa, That the State Land Office shall be kept open for business during business hours, and shall have the personal supervision of the Register. The documents and records therein shall be subject to Documents inspection, in the presence of the Register, by parties and records. having an interest therein, and certified copies thereof signed by said Register, with the seal of said office attached, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the facts to which they relate in all the Courts of this State, and on request they shall be furnished by the Register for a reasonable compensation.

Seal.

ent 4253.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to furnish the State Land Office with a suitable and appropriate Seal upon which shall be engraved the words, Seal of the State Land Office of Iowa.

SEC. 3. That said Register is hereby authorized and Correct Pat required to correct the Patent No. 4253, issued by the State of Iowa for the N. W. 1 of S. E. 1 of Sec. 17, T. 75, R. 18 W., on the first day of July, 1858, and recorded on page 380 of Book G of the Records of Des Moines River Land Patents, by changing the name James E. Neal, wherever it occurs in said Patent, to Jairus E. Neal, the said Jairus E. Neal being the purchaser of said land, and whose Christian name was erroneously written in said Patent as James. And said Register shall make a marginal note on said Pat