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shall be of the same validity, and in all respects be deemed and treated as though such sales had been made for delinquent State or County taxes exclusively, and in any city or town incorporated under or by special Charters, which now is or may hereafter be regulated by or subject to the general incorporation laws of Iowa, all delinquent taxes, (except such as were levied to pay indebtedness created to take stock or aid in the building of Railroads) remaining unpaid upon the tax-books of such city or town, shall be certified at the time, Other taxes collected and paid over as above described.

included.

Qualification

of voter.

Repealed.

And it

shall be the duty of the County Treasurer to include said delinquent taxes so certified with the delinquent State and County taxes then on his books, and to collect the same by sale of real or personal property in the same manner as by statute required for delinquent State and County taxes, and all sales of property for such delinquent municipal taxes shall be as valid, and in all respects be deemed and treated as though such sales had been made for delinquent State and County taxes.

SEC. 4. That Section eleven hundred and thirty (1130) of the Revision of 1860 be, and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: Provided, That such voter shall have resided for the last sixty days in the county, and the last ten days in the Ward in which he shall offer to vote.

SEC. 5. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 6. This Act being deemed by the General Assembly of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in full force immediately from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa.

Approved February 26th, 1864.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Homestead on the 2d day of March, A. D. 1864.

JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 26.

CITY OR TOWN ASSESSORS.

AN ACT to amend Section Two, Chapter One Hundred and
Seventy-Three of the Ninth General Assembly, in relation to
Assessors.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That section two of chapter one hundred and seventy-three of the laws passed at the Regular Session of the Ninth General Assembly, be amended as follows, to-wit:

First-Strike out from the fifth and sixth lines of said Election. section the words, "General Election for State and County Officer," and insert in place thereof the words, "Municipal Election for City, Village or Town Officers." Second-Add to said section, at the end thereof, the Vacancies. following: "Provided, That should a vacancy occur in the office of City or Town Assessor, or any city or town become incorporated after the time provided by law for electing the same, the city or town council or trustees, as the case may be, shall appoint a city or town assessor, who shall qualify in all respects like assessors elected, and shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified; Provided, also, that nothing in this act or in the act of which this is amendatory, shall be construed to forbid the election of a city assessor for city purposes only, by the city council of any city incorporated by special acts of the General Assembly of elect. this State in accordance with the law now governing said cities.

SEC. 2. This Act being deemed of immediate importance, shall be in force from its publication in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Homestead, without expense to the State, otherwise the same shall take effect on the fourth day of July next.

Approved February 26th, 1864.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Homestead on the 2d day of March, A. D.

1864.

JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

Council may

Terms of Court in Polk county.

Return.

Suits not affected.

CHAPTER 27.

FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

AN ACT changing the times of holding Court in the 5th Judicial
District.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That so much of Chapter 28 of the Acts of the Extra Session of the Ninth General Assembly of the State of Iowa, approved September 9th, 1862, as fixes the times for holding Courts in the county of Polk, be and the same is hereby repealed, and there is enacted in lieu thereof, the following Section: In the county of Polk the several terms of the District Court shall be held on the second Monday in January and July of each year.

SEC. 2. All writs, processes and proceedings pending in said Court, and returnable at the terms now fixed by law, shall be deemed pending and returnable at the terms as fixed by this Act. And no writ, recognizance, indictment or other proceeding shall be quashed or held invalid by reason of the change of the time of holding Court in said county.

SEC. 3. This Act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and the Iowa Homestead.

Approved February 27th, 1864.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register on the 9th day of March, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Homestead on the 9th day of March, A. D. 1864.

JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 28..

COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION FOR SOLDIERS.

AN ACT to amend Chapter 29 of the Laws of the Extra Session of the Ninth General Assembly.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Governor ap- of the State of Iowa, That Section 30, of Chapter 29, p'int the commissioners. of the Acts of the Extra Session of the Ninth General

Assembly of this State, entitled "An Act to amend title 4 of the Revision of 1860," so as to enable the qualified voters of this State in the military service to vote at certain elections is hereby amended by striking out the first fifteen lines of said Section, and inserting, in lieu thereof, the following: That for the purpose of carrying out the provision of this Act, it is hereby made the duty of the Governor annually to appoint and commission, under the seal of the State of Iowa, so many commissioners having the qualifications of electors in this State, as may be necessary for that purpose, and shall apportion the work among such commissioners; Provided, That the number of commissioners shall not exceed the whole number of Iowa Regiments. If any of them refuse or neglect to act, or die, or otherwise become unable to act, the Governor has the power and it is made his duty to supply the places of such.

SEC. 2. That the rights and privileges extended by Privileges exSection eight and nine of said Chapter 29 to any Regi- tended, ment, Battalion, Battery or Company of Iowa soldiers,

be and the same are hereby extended to any part of a
Company or to soldiers in any Hospital.
Approved February 27th, 1864.

CHAPTER 29.

SENATORIAL AND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.

AN ACT providing for canvassing the votes for Senators and Representatives in the General Assembly elected by districts composed of more than one county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Duty of counof the State of Iowa, That when a Senator or Repre- ty canvass'rs. sentative in the General Assembly is elected by a district composed of more than one county, the Board of County Canvassers shall, at the time of canvassing the home vote of the county, make and certify under their hands respectively an abstract of the votes cast in their county for such office similar to the abstract required by Section 506 of the Revision of 1860, and shall seal up, direct and transmit such abstract to the Send abstract Secretary of State as provided in Sections 517 and 518 to Secretary of the Revision of 1860.

of State.

Send abstract

SEC. 2. Said Board of County Canvassers shall, to Co. Judge. also, in like manner, transmit a similar abstract to the County Judge of each county in the district, who shall file and preserve the same in his office.

SEC. 3. The Board of State Canvassers shall open State canvass the abstracts transmitted to the Secretary of State as provided by section one of this act, and canvass the votes therein returned, together with and at the time of canvassing the votes of the soldiers of such districts or at such other time as they may fix, and in all cases at least twenty days prior to the time fixed by law for the meeting of the next General Assembly, and in case of a special election within five days after the receipt of such abstracts, and shall immediately make out, certify and transmit by mail to the County Judge of each county in such district to be by him filed and preserved in his office, an abstract of such canvass of such district similar to the abstract required by Section 506 cf the Revision of 1860.

Board make

election.

SEC. 4. Said Board of State Canvassers shall, also, certificate of make and sign a certificate showing who is elected to the office of Senator or Representative in such district, naming it by its number, and similar to the certificate required by Section 525 of the Revision of 1860, and shall deliver such certificate to the Secretary of State, liver certifi- who shall deliver it to the person appearing by it to be elected to such office, on his demanding it.

Secretary de

cate.

Repealed.

SEC. 5. Sections 336, 337, 338, 530, 531, 532, 533 and 534 of the Revision of 1860, and all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved February 29th, 1864.

CHAPTER 30.

Pub. Doc's

PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

AN ACT for the encouragement of Public Libraries.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly furnished to of the State of Iowa, That hereafter whenever any Pub. Librar's. public documents are in the possession of any officer of this State for distribution, one copy of each of such public documents shall be delivered to each public li

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