LAWS OF IOWA.

CHAPTER 1.

SCHOOL FUND.

AN ACT further to restrict the duties of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Sup. P. I.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Limit duties of State of Iowa, That Section 1056 of the Code of Iowa, and any portion of the Laws of Iowa, which authorize the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to receive the five per Five per cent. cent. fund due to the State of Iowa from the General Gov

ernment, be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. This act to be in force from and after its publica- Take effects tion in the Iowa City Republican and Capital Reporter.

Approved Dec. 5th, 1856.

I certify that the foregoing was published in the Iowa City Republican, Dec. 8th, 1856, and in the Capital Reporter, Dec. 9th, 1856.

ELIJAH SELLS,
Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 2.

ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

AN ACT to establish the Eleventh Judicial District, and fixing the times of holding courts therein.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the

State of Iowa, That the counties of Powesheik, Mahaska, Bounds of dist. Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren, Dallas and Madison, shall compose the eleventh judicial district.

Time of holding election.

Returns.

canvassers.

SEC. 2. That on the first Monday of April next, the quaiified electors of said district shall meet at their several places of holding elections, and elect a District Judge in pursuance of the general law regulating such elections; and if the returns from all the townships in the several counties are not made to the County Judge by the third day after said election, then it shall be the duty of said County Judge to send a messenger to obtain them from the delinquent townships, County Judges and when the returns are all made, he shall proceed to canvass the votes according to law, and the County Judges of the Meet at Polk several counties shall meet at the office of the County Judge of Polk county, on the second Tuesday after said election, Time of meet- and then and there proceed to canvass the votes polled for Judge in said district, and the person declared to be elected Person elected. shall be qualified to discharge the duties of Judge of said Receive certifi- district, on receiving a certificate of election signed by said oath of office. County Judges, or a majority of them, and upon his taking the oath prescribed by law.

county.

ing.

cate and take

Writs and pro

ceedings not

SEC. 3. All writs, processes and proceedings in the counaffected. ties composing said district herein mentioned, shall be returned as now directed by law, until the Judge of said district is elected and qualified, and no writs, notices, pleas, indictments or proceedings, shall be quashed or discontinued in consequence of the formation of said district, or of the change of time of holding courts in any county in said district.

Time of hold

ing first term of courts.

Court in Marion county.

SEC. 4. The times of holding the first terms of court in said district shall be as follows, to-wit: In the county of Mahaska, on the third Monday in April; in the county of Powesheik on the first Monday in May; in the county of Jasper on the second Monday in May; in the county of Warren on the first Monday in June; in the county of Polk on the second Monday in June; in the county of Dallas on the fourth Monday in June; in the county of Madison on the fifth Monday in June.

SEC. 5. That the first term of court in Marion county shall be at the time now prescribed by law, and that the Judge of the fifth judicial district shall hold the first term of said court.

SEC. 6. And thereafter the regular terms of holding Time of holding courts afcourt in said district shall be as follows, to-wit: In the ter first term. county of Mahaska, on the first Mondays in September and February; in the county of Marion on the second Mondays thereafter; in the county of Warren on the first Mondays in March and October, and the county of Madison on the first Mondays thereafter; in the county of Dallas, on the third Mondays of March and October, and in the county of Polk on the first Mondays thereafter, and in the county of Jasper on the second Mondays of April and November, and in the county of Poweshiek on the second Mondays thereafter.

SEC. 7. This act shall be in force from and after its pub- Take effect. lication in the Iowa City Republican, the Oskaloosa Herald and Fort Des Moines Citizen.

Approved Dec. 10th, 1856.

I certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa City Republican, December 11th, 1856, in the Oskaloosa Herald, Dec. 19, 1856, and in the Fort Des Moines Citizen, Dec. 17, 1856.

ELIJAH SELLS,

Secretary of State,

CHAPTER 3.

PAYMENT OF STATE BONDS.

AN ACT to provide for the payment of the State Bonds due to the Philadelphia
Bank, on the first day of January, 1857.

State debt.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Payment of the State of Iowa, That the sum of fifty-seven thousand and 857500 00 five hundred dollars loaned to the State out of the five per Out of 5 per cent. School Fund, be applied to the payment of the bonds Fund. and interest due to the Philadelphia Bank, on the first day

of January next.

con. School

SEC. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the Treasurer of Duty of Treas, State to cause said bonds to be paid and cancelled, and to place the same, with the proper receipts, in the hands of the Auditor of State, who shall file and preserve the same in his office.

Compensation.

Take effect.

SEC. 3. As a compensation for said service, the Treasurer shall receive one-half of one per cent. on the amount of said bonds.

SEC. 4. This act to be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa City Republican and Iowa Capital Reporter.

Approved December 12th, 1856.

I certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa City Republican, Dec. 16th, and in the Iowa Capital Reporter, Dec. 15th, 1856.

ELIJAH SELLS, ·
Secretary of State.

co. Judge one year.

CHAPTER 4.

JUDGE OF MAHASKA COUNTY.

AN ACT to authorize the County Judge of Mahaska county to borrow, for county purposes, certain monies therein named.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the Treasurer of Mahaska county is Treasurer loan hereby authorized and requested to loan to the County Judge of said county, for a term of not more than one year, any money which may be in the Treasury of said county, collected for the purpose of paying the interest on county bonds to be issued by said county in favor of the MississipRailroad fund. pi and Missouri Railroad Company, provided, said loan shall not exceed five thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. The county Judge is hereby authorized and requested to draw on the said Treasurer for said sum of money to be used as a common fund for the county, and it is Repaid by levy hereby made his duty to provide by general levy for the refunding of said sum when the same shall be required for the special purpose for which it was collected.

Take effect.

SEC. 3. This act to be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa City Republican and Oskaloosa Herald. Appproved Dec. 12th, 1856.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa City Republican on the 16th day of Dec., 1856, and in the Oskaloosa Herald on the 26th day of December, A. D., 1856.

ELIJAH SELLS,
Sec'y of State.