township, in Scott county, be, and they are hereby authorized to elect one additional justice of the peace in said township. SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the officers conduct- Duty of officers ing the election, on the first Monday of April, 1857, and biennially thereafter, to open a poll at said election for the purpose aforesaid. SEC. 3. The person elected at said election shall pro-Qualify, ceed to qualify and give bond in the manner now provided by law, and shall hold his office for the term of two years. SEC. 4. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa City Republican and Davenport Gazette: Provided, such publication shall not be at the expense of the State. Approved 22d Dec., 1856. I certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa City Republican Dec. - 1856, and in the Davenport Gazette Dec. 27th, 1856. ELIJAH SELLS, Sec'y of State. CHAPTER 19. EVIDENCE. AN ACT relating to evidence. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Sec.2388, of the State of Iowa, That the following words in section 2388 of Code. the code, to wit: "But an Indian, a negro, a mulatto, or black person shall not be allowed to give testimony in any cause wherein a white person is a party," be, and the same Repealed. are hereby repealed. SEC. 2. This act shall be in force from after its publication according to law. Approved Dec. 22d, 1856. missioners. CHAPTER 20. STATE ROAD. AN ACT to locate a state road from Clayton City, in Clayton county, to the Des SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Names of Com- State of Iowa, That Isaac Templeton and Charles Hoyt, of Fayette county, and O. W. Crary of Clayton county, be, and the same are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out Where from. and establish a state road leading from Clayton City in Clayton county, on the nearest and best way to Garnavillo, thence to Elkader in said county, thence to Lima, Fayette and Westfield, in Fayette county, thence via Wilson's Grove, and near the center of Bremer county, to Clarksville, in Butler county, thence to the north side of Thorp's Grove, near I. D. Leland's, in Franklin county, thence to a point on the Des Moines river, near the present residence of Dr. Williams, due West. Via. Where to. Comr's meet. SEC. 2. That the commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at Clayton City, on the first Tuesday in May, 1857, or within three months thereafter, and proceed to locate and establish said road according to law. SEC. 3. That said commissioners shall take to their asSurveyor, &c. sistance a competent surveyor and other necessary hands, who, together with the commissioners, having been duly sworn, shall proceed to locate said road. Per diem. Proviso. Expense, how paid. SEC. 4. That said commissioners shall have two dollars per day, and the chainmen and markers one dollar and fifty cents per day: Provided, that in case any of the commissioners should act as surveyor in laying out said road, they shall be entitled to receive for their services three dollars per day, and nothing more. SEC. 5. That the expense of locating said road shall be paid out of the treasuries of the counties in which said road shall be located, in proportion to the time required in each for said location. SEC. 6. This act to be in force from and after its passage. Approved Dec. 22, 1856. CHAPTER 21. BOND OF COUNTY JUDGE. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to require county Judges to give bond. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Expiration Co. State of Iowa, That the county judges' office shall become Judge's office. vacant at the expiration of twenty days after their successors shall have been elected as prescribed by law. cers order an SEC. 2. Upon the vacancy in said office as above con- Vacancy-Offitemplated, it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney, election. and in case of his absence or inability, of the county clerk, to order an election for county judge within twenty days after such vacancy, and give the usual notice of election. Sec. 3. All sections or parts of sections heretofor en-Repeal acted, conflicting with this act, are hereby repealed. SEC. 4. This act to take effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER 22. RAIL ROAD. AN ACT legalizing the articles of incorporation of the Dubuque and Bellvue SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Legalized. State of Iowa, That the articles of Incorporation of the Dubuque and Bellvue Rail Road company be, and the same are hereby declared valid, notwithstanding the same were not filed for record in the office of the secretary of state Filed fr record within three months as prescribed by the code: Provided, that all articles of incorporation which are or shall not be filed for record in the office of the secretary of state within six months of the time of adoption, shall be, and the same are hereby declared void. SEC. 2. This act to take effect from and after its publica tion in the Iowa City Republican and Iowa Capital Reportwithout expense to the state. er, This bill having remained with the Governor three days (Sunday exceptedy the General Assembly being in session, has become a law this 31st day of December, 1856. I certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa City Republican, Jan. 10th, 1857, and in the Iowa Capital Reporter, Jan. 12th, 1857. ELIJAH SELLS, Sec'y of State. Change name. CHAPTER 23. BLAKESBURG TO CLEVELAND. AN ACT to change the name of Blakesburg to Cleveland. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the name of the town of Blakesburg in the county of Wapello, be and the same is hereby changed to Cleveland. SEC. 2. This act to be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa Capital Reporter and Des Moines Courier. This bill having remained with the Governor three days (Sunday excepted) the General Assembly being in session, has become a law, this 31st day of Decem ber, 1856. I certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa Capital Reporter Jan. 10th, 1857, and in the Des Moines Courier 1857. ELIJAH SELLS, Sec'y of State. Established. CHAPTER 24. RECORDER'S OFFICE IN KEOKUK. AN ACT to establish a recorder's office in the city of Keokuk. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That there is hereby established in the city of Keokuk, Lee county, Iowa, a recorder's office, which shall be kept in the office of the clerk of the district court of said county, in said city. appoint. SEC. 2. That the county judge of said Lee county shall County Judge appoint some suitable person or persons, whose duty it shall be to transcribe from the records, at Fort Madison, in Lee county, all the conveyances of land embraced in what is known and described as the Half-Breed reservation, situated in the county of Lee, and all town lots in the city of Keokuk, and legally established towns within said tract; also all mortgages and deeds of trust affecting said property not satisfied. SEC. 3. That the county judge shall provide for the afore-Suitable books said purposes, suitable books, in which shall be copied said. conveyances, mortgages, and deeds of trust, in like manner as the same are now indexed and recorded according to law. SEC. 4. That said records shall contain a complete histo- Records ry of the title to lands and lots in the limits aforesaid, and plete. incumbrances thereon, so far as the same are of record in the Recorder's office at Fort Madison, and that hereafter the Recorder of Lee county shall keep at Keokuk, in the Recorder's office hereinbefore established, a deputy Recorder, whose duty it shall be to index and record all conveyances of real estate in the limits herein mentioned in the same manner as is now provided by law, in relation to the county records. com SEC. 5. That said records shall be treated in the same To be evidence manner, and be used for the same purposes, as the records in the office of the Recorder of the county, and as to the limits hereinbefor mentioned it shall in all respects be a substitute, and it shall not hereafter be necessary for any purpose to record conveyances of land and lots in said limit at the Recorder's office in Fort Madison. SEC. 6. For the transcription of said records at Fort Compensation. Madison, the person appointed by the county judge, shall receive a sum to be fixed by said county judge, one half of which shall be paid by the county of Lee, and the other half by the city of Keokuk, and the deputy Recorder at Keokuk shall be provided with a duplicate seal for authenticat |