Salary of Qr.
Master.

Pay Master abolished.

Salary of Sur

United States, are mustered out of such service, and thereafter he shall receive an annual salary of five hundred dollars; such salary to be paid in the same manner as the salary of the Governor. The Adjutant General may also employ two Clerks in his office; Provided, that the salaries of said Clerks shall not in the aggregate exceed at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per an

num.

SEC. 47. The salary of the Quarter Master General shall be at the rate of three hundred dollars per annum, provided that when the duties are performed by the Adjutant General he shall receive no additional compensation therefor.

SEC. 48. The office of Paym-aster General is hereby abolished, and the duties of that office shall be discharged by the Adjutant General.

SEC. 49. The salary of Surgeon General shall be at geon General the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, until after the expiration of the present war.

SEC. 50. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.

SEO. 51. This Act being deemed of immediate importance by the General Assembly, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Daily State Register and Daily Des Moines Times, newspapers published at Des Moines.

Approved April 8, 1862.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Daily State Register April 20th, 1862, and in the Des Moines Times, April 26, 1862.

ELIJAH SELLS, Secretary of State.

Preamble.

CHAPTER 176.

CAPTAIN MORTON AND OTHERS.

AN ACT to pay Capt. James F. Morton and others for services ren-
dered in protecting the Northwestern frontier during the months
of May and June, 1861.

WHEREAS, detachments of a Company commanded by
Capt. James F. Morton, known as the "Frontier
Rangers" and organized for the protection of the
Northwestern Frontier, according to the provisions of
the Militia Law of the State of Iowa, did render ac-

tual and necessary service in preventing Indian depredations, and in pursuing marauding parties of Indians in the counties of Woodbury and Plymouth during the months of May and June, 1861, and before their acceptance by the State, therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

the State of Iowa, That upon the filing of the Muster Proceedings Rolls of said detachments, properly certified to by their to obtain pay. commanding officer in the office of the Adjutant General of the State, setting forth the date and duration of said service and the same shall be approved by him, the persons therein named shall be entitled to the same pay and allowance as if regularly mustered into the service of the State.

SEC. 2. Upon the presentation of said Muster Rolls, Warrants to or copies of them, to the Auditor of the State, with the issue. amounts to which the persons therein named are respectively entitled, set forth and duly certified to by the Adjutant General, said Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to issue and deliver warrants upon the War and Defense Fund to the persons respectively named in said Rolls for the amounts therein designated as due them.

SEC. 3. The sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, or Appropriaso much as shall be necessary, is hereby appropriated tion. from the War and Defense Fund to carry into effect the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 4. This Act being deemed of immediate importance, shall be in force from and after its publication in the Daily State Register and the Des Moines Daily

Times.

Approved April 9, 1862.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register, April 23, 1862, and in the Des Moines Times, May 3, 1862.

ELIJAH SELLS, Secretary of State.

JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

NUMBER 1.

ARSENAL AND ARMORY AT ROOK ISLAND.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress from this State be requested to use their utmost exertions to procure the establishment, at the earliest possible time, by the Government of the United States, of an Arsenal and Armory on the Island of Rock Island, in the State of Illinois.

Resolved, That the Secretary of State be directed to forward to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, a copy of these resolutions.

Approved January 23d, 1862.

NUMBER 2.

COMPLIMENTARY TO IOWA VOLUNTEERS.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That while we mourn the loss of our brave Iowa Volunteers who have perished by disease and poured out their life blood on the battle-field, and sympathise deeply with the bereaved friends; with the sick and wounded; justice demands that this General Assembly shall enter upon its records, its thanks to all the officers and soldiers of the Iowa Regiments for the honor they reflect on our State by their patriotic services, and the proud position they have gained in the estimation of their countrymen for unflinching bravery and devotion to our common country, and that we view with especial pride, the heroic deeds. of the Iowa 1st, 3d and 7th Regiments at Springfield, Blue Mills, and Belmont, where they gallantly sustained the honor of their fa

and inscribed on the bright pages of their country's history, names emblazoned in glory.

2d. That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representatives be requested to use their exertions to procure an order that the Iowa 3d and 7th Regiments. of Infantry be authorized to bear upon their respective Colors, the words, "Blue Mills," and Belmont," in letters of gold, that they may bear a similar badge of honor with the Iowa 1st Regiment.

Approved January 31st, 1862.

NUMBER 3.

DISTRIBUTION OF ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORT.

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the Chief Clerk of the House be, and is hereby instructed to distribute the one thousand copies of the Adjutant General's Report, now printed, as follows:

One copy to be placed in the office of the Recorder of each organized County in the State, in the place kept for the records of deeds, &c., as a part of the records of said county, and subject to the same general examination as the other records; one copy to be presented to the County Judge of each County, to be kept in his office for public use; two hundred copies to the Adjutant General of the State; one copy to the Captain of each Company now in the service from this State, for the use of said Company; fifty copies to be placed in the State Library, and the remainder to the Members of the General Assembly.

Approved January 31st, 1862.

NUMBER 4.

RELIEF OF IOWA TROOPS IN MISSOURI.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the Adjutant General of this State be authorized and directed to send to the hospitals or camps in Missouri, where Iowa troops are located, such articles as can be spared from the military stores n ow on hand, and which will be conducive to the health and comfort of the sick.

Approved January 31st, 1862.