taxes.

convenience of the inhabitants; and to impose penalties for the violation of its ordinances, not exceeding one hundred dollars, which may be recovered by civil action in the name of the town, or by complaint before the mayor, as in criminal proceedings before a justice of the peace; and the law of the State relating to carrying into effect a judgment of a justice of the peace imposing a fine, shall be applied to judgments in the case, but the charges thereof must be borne by the town.

Power to levy.SEC. 9. The council shall have power to levy and collect a tax not to exceed one per cent. on the taxable property of said town, provided the same be adopted by a majority of the votes cast at an election held in said town for such purpose, under such regulations as the board of councilmen may adopt; and provided further, that no law or ordinance shall be passed by said council unless a majority of the whole six councilmen shall vote for the same.

License shows,

etc.

Council meets.

Repeal.

SEC. 10. The council have exclusive authority to provide for license, regulation and prohibition of all exhibitions, shows, theatrical performances, billiard tables, ball and tenpin alleys, and places where games of skill or chance are played; but the above authority extends to no exhibition of a purely literary or scientific character; and prohibit the retail of intoxicating liquors, unless such prohibition would be inconsistent with the laws of the State at the time existing; and the said council is authorized to revoke or suspend any of the above licenses when it deems the good order and the welfare of the town require it. The council may also prohibit hogs from running at large in the streets, alleys, and public grounds, whenever the public convenience may require it.

SEC. 11. The council shall hold its meetings as it sees fit, having fixed stated times, and provide the manner of calling them together by ordinance, and its meetings shall be public.

SEC. 12. All former charters or articles of incorporation coming in opposition to this act are hereby repealed.

This act shall take effect from and after its

publication in the Iowa Flag and the Iowa City Republican, at the expense of the said town of Centerville. Approved January 23, 1857.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa City Republican, March 18, 1857.

ELIJAH SELLS,

Sec'y of State.

CHAPTER 101.

STATE ROAD.

AN ACT to establish a State road from Fort Des Moines to the south line of the
State of Iowa.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commission'rs State of Iowa, That Samuel L. Shaw, of Polk county, Solomon Perkins, of Warren county, and John Clark, of Clark county, in this State, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to survey and locate a State road commencing at Fort Des Moines, in Polk county, via Greenbush, in Warren county, Osceola, in Clark county, thence in a southwesterly direction via Hopeville, in Clark county, thence to Mount Ayer, Ringgold county, Iowa, to the south line of the State of Iowa, in the direction of St. Joseph, in the State of Missouri.

SEC. 2. That the commissioners above appointed, or a Meeting. majority of them, meet on the first day of April next, or within three months thereafter, at the first named place on said road, or any other place that may be agreed upon, and taking to their assistance a surveyor, the necessary chainmen and markers, and after having been qualified, shall proceed to the discharge of their duties according to law.

SEC. 3. That the commissioners shall take into consid- Consider farmeration the situation of the county for farming, and locate ing interests. said road so as to do as little damage to the farming community as possible, so as to obtain a reasonable road route for said road.

SEC. 4. The commissioners shall receive such per diem Per diem.

as is allowed by law: Provided, That in case any of said commissioners should act as surveyor in laying out said road, he shall be entitled to receive such per diem for his services as is allowed by law to county surveyors, and nothing more: Provided, That the State shall in no case be responsible for any expenses created or growing out of the establishment of said road.

SEC. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa City Republican and Iowa Capital Reporter.

Approved January 23d, 1857.

I certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa City Repubclian, Jan. 28th, and in the Iowa Capital Reporter.

ELIJAH SELLS,

Sec'y of State..

Boundaries.

CHAPTER 102.

COUNCIL BLUFFS.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the city of Council Bluffs.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the boundaries of the city of Council Bluffs shall hereafter be as follows: Commencing in the middle of the main channel of the Missouri river, at the point where the east and west line between fractional sections numbers four (4) and nine (9), in township seventyfour (74) north, of range forty-four (44) west, would cross said channel, if extended far enough to do so; thence north up the channel of said river, to the point where the section line running east and west between sections fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22) in township seventy-five (75) north, of range forty-four (44) west, would strike the same if continued to the center of said river, thence east along said sectional line to the north-east corner of section nineteen (19), in township seventy-five (75) north, of range forty-three (43) west, thence south along the sectional line, to the south-east corner of section number six, in township seventy-four (74) north, of

said last mentioned range, and thence west to the place of beginning in the center of the channel of said river; and the said corporation, council, and all its officers, shall have the same jurisdiction, rights, privileges, and authority, over the territory, property and people within said limits, that they now have over the present limits of said city, or as is conferred by this act.

SEC. 2. The said city shall be divided into four wards, as Wards. follows that portion lying east of Madison street shall constitute the first ward; that portion lying north of Broadway, and west of Madison street, shall constitute the second ward; that portion lying south of Broadway, and west of Madison street, and east of Bancroft street and the continuation thereof due south, shall constitute the third ward; and that portion lying south of Broadway, and west of Bancroft street, shall constitute the fourth ward: Provided, that the council of said city may change, unite, or divide, the said wards, or any of them, and increase their number whenever it may think it for the interest of the city.

SEC. 3. Two aldermen shall be elected in each ward by Aldermen. the legal voters thereof, at the first election after the passage of this act, which said election shall be held on the second Monday of March next, and annually thereafter.

draw lots.

SEC. 4. At the first meeting of the city council after the Aldermen to first election under this act, or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, the two aldermen from each ward, shall, in the presence of the council, determine by lot which one of them shall serve for the long term and which for the short term, and the one who is to serve for the long term shall remain in office for two years, and until his successor is elected and duly qualified; and the one who is to serve the short term shall remain in office for one year, and until his successor is elected and duly qualified; and annually thereafter at the times now appointed by law for the election of city officers, one alderman shall be elected from each ward to serve for two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified.

SEC. 5. The city of Council Bluffs shall have the exclu- Wharves and sive right to make wharves, and collect wharfage and ton- wharfage.

Recorder's

court.

age of wharves and ferries used and exercised on the river and banks of the Missouri river, which is added to said city by this act; and the said city of Council Bluffs shall grant and revoke ferry privileges and licenses, and have exclusive jurisdiction and control over the same within said city limits.

SEC. 6. There is hereby established in and for the city of Council Bluffs, a court called the Recorder's Court, the judge of which shall be the recorder of said city; which court shall have within the said city of Council Bluffs, all the jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, with the rights, powers and authority of a justice of the peace, and all the judicial powers now by law or by city ordinances vested in the mayor, are hereby vested in said Recorder's Court of Mayor's pow. said city; and hereafter the mayor of said city shall exerers and duties cise no judicial functions whatever, but shall be the executive officer of said city, and as such, shall have the power to remit fines and pardon offences committed against the municipal ordinances and regulations of said city.

Appeals.

Qualification.

Compensation.

Punish offend

ers.

SEC. 7. Appeals to the district court in the same county shall be allowed from the judgments and decisions of the Recorder's court, in the same cases, time and manner as may at any time be allowed by law from those of justices of the peace, and they shall be tried as in other cases.

SEC. 8. Before the said recorder shall enter upon the discharge of his duties as recorder, he shall take the usual oath of office, and shall give the bond with approved securty, to perform his duties as justice of the peace, which the law requires of justices of the peace, to be approved and filed with the county judge, and also a bond in the penalty of one thousand dollars, to the city of Council Bluffs, to perform his duty as Recorder of said city, and judge of the Recorder's Court, to be approved by the mayor of said city.

SEC. 9. The said recorder shall receive a compensation for his services, the same fees that are allowed to justices of the peace for similar services, and such additional compensation as the city council shall from time to time determine.

SEC. 10. The city council shall have power to provide for the punishment of offenders by imprisonment in the county jail, or workhouse, or city prison, in all cases where