Transfer re

turns.

Compensation.

Election.

Records.

Indebtedness.

SEC. 5. In the event of the said commissioners making their returns to the county judge of Webster county, he shall make and transmit a copy thereof to the county judge of Humboldt county as soon as that officer shall be elected, who shall place them upon the records of the county.

SEC. 6. Said commissioners shall receive as their com pensation the sum of two dollars per diem for each day nec essarily employed, and in going to and returning therefrom, and in making said location.

SEE. 7. In case the said county seat is located by the 25th day of March next, an election for township and county officers shall be held in manner and form as provided in an act entitled an act to create the county of Ilamilton, and if not located by said time then. said election shall be held in manner as therein provided at the August election next ensuing.

SEC. 8. The county judge of Humboldt county is hereby authorized to have transcribed so much of the records of Webster county as he shall think proper into the records of Humboldt county, which may be offered in evidence with the same force and effect as the original record.

SEC. 9. The same provisions made in an act creating the county of Hamilton in regard to county indebtedness, railroad tax, and revenue, shall apply to the county of Humboldt.

SEC. 10. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa City Republican and Fort Dodge Sentinel.

Approved January 28, 1857.

I certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa City Republican, Feb. 17, 1857, and Fort Dodge Sentinel, Feb. 26, 1857.

ELIJAH SELLS,

Sec'y of State.

CHAPTER 148.

MT. PLEASANT.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the city of Mt. Pleasant, approved July 15, 1856.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Boundaries. State of Iowa, That the city of Mt. Pleasant, in Henry county, Iowa, shall contain the territory embraced within the following boundaries, to wit: Commencing at the southeast corner of the west half of the south west quarter of section three, of township seventy-one, north of range six west, and running thence north, through the middle of said quarter section, to the line running east and west through the the middle of said section, thence west, on the said middle line, and in the same direction, to the line running north and south through the middle of the east half of section five of the same township and range, thence south, on said middle line last named, and in the same direction, to the south-west corner of the north-east quarter of the north-east quarter of section seventeen, of the same township and range, thence east, on a line parallel with the north line of said section seventeen, to a point in the State Lunatic Asylum Lands, in section fifteen of the same township and range, directly south of the south-east corner of Jobes sub-division of land, in section ten of the same township and range, thence directly north to said south-east corner, thence northwardly, along the east line of said sub-division, and of Baker's out lots, immediately north of said sub-division, to the north-east corner of said out lots, thence in a direct line to the south east corner of Allen's Addition to Mt. Pleasant, thence northwardly along the east line of Allen's addition aforesaid, and in the same direction, to the north line of said section ten, thence west, along said line, to the place of beginning; and in all cases where the foregoing boundary line runs along a street or public thoroughfare, the whole of said street or thoroughfare is embraced in the limits of said city.

SEC. 2. The election of recorder, marshal, assessor, and Election legal. treasurer of said city at the first election under the city

ized.

charter, held on the 9th day of August A. D. 1856, is here. by declared to be as valid and effectual to all intents and purposes as it would have been if the act incorporating said city had expressly provided for such election; and all official acts of such officers or any of them are as valid as if they had been elected in pursuance of express enactment.

SEC. 3. That all that part of section first, relating to the boundaries of said city, and the 24th section of the act to which this is amendatory, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. No part of the land purchased by the State for the use of the Iowa State Hospital for the insane shall be embraced within said city, so as to subject the same to any eity ordinance, rules or regulations whatever, or to any city tax that may hereafter be imposed by the authorities of said city.

SEC. 5. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Mount Pleasant Observer and Home Journal, the expenses of the publication to be paid by the city of Mount Pleasant.

Approved January 28, 1857.

I certify that the foregoing act was published in the Mt. Pleasant Observer, Feb. 7, 1857.

Insurance companies.

ELIJAH SELLS,

Secretary of Stats.

CHAPTER 149.

INSURANCE COMPANIES.

AN ACT in relation to insurance companies.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That it shall be the duty of each and every insurance company, incorporated under the laws of this State for the purpose of insuring property against fire and marine losses, to file with the auditor of State, within sixty days from the taking effect of this act, and with the clerk of the district court of the county in which said company is

located, a full and specific statement of the amount of cash paid in upon said stock; the amount of stock not paid for in cash; the amount secured by notes endorsed by third parties; the amount secured by mortgages or pledges of real estate; the names and residences of the stockholders in said company, with the amount of stock owned or held set opposite the name of each, and if not all paid up in cash, the amount unsecured and the amount secured, specifying whether by real or personal security. Also set opposite the name of each, the names of all the officers and agents of the company wherever residing; the amount of policies issued by and outstanding against the company at the date of said report; the amount of premiums received by said company during the preceding six months; the amount of cash on hand; the amount of bills payable and receivable at the date of said statement; the amount of real estate owned by said company, where held and owned, in what manner, such real estate became vested in said company, which report and statement shall be verified by the oath of the president and secretary of the company.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of every such insurance Statement filed semi-annually company now created or that may hereafter be created, under the laws of this State, to file a semi-annual statement of the affairs of said company with the auditor of State, and with the clerk of the district court in the county where such company is located, on the first day of January and July in each year, which statement shall be verified by the oath of the president of the company. Such statement shall contain

1st. The name and locality of the company.

2d. The amount of capital stock of said company.
3d. The amount of its capital stock paid up.
4th. The assetts of the company including
1st. The amount of cash on hand.

2d. The amount of cash in hands of agents.
3d. The real estate unincumbered.

4th. The bonds and notes of the company, and how
they are secured, with the rate of interest thereon,
and whether given in payment of stock subscription,
or for bona fide loans.

5th. Debts of company secured by mortgage,

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6th. Debts otherwise secured.

7th. Debts for premiums.

8th. All other securities.

5th. The amount of liabilities due or not due to banks or other creditors by the company.

6th. Losses adjusted and due.

7th. Losses adjusted and not due.

8th. Losses unadjusted.

9th. Losses in suspense.

10th. All other claims against the company.

11th. The greatest amount insured by any one risk.

SEC. 3. A failure to comply with the provisions of the two preceeding sections shall subject the president and secretary of any company, each, individually, to the penalty of one hundred dollars, to be recovered in an action at law, in the name of any citizen of the State, one half of the same to the use of the State, and the other moiety to the use of the informer.

SEC. 4. It is declared unlawful for any insurance company in this State to purchase or hold any real estate, save what shall be necessary for the transaction of its legitimate business of insurance, and deeds and conveyances to said company for other purposes are hereby declared to be void. SEC. 5. That it shall not be lawful for any agent or agents of any insurance company, incorporated by any other State than the State of Iowa, directly or indirectly to take risks, or transact any business of insurance in this State, Certificat' from without first procuring a certificate of authority from the Auditor of State, and before obtaining such certificate, such agent or agents shall furnish the Auditor with a statement, under oath, of the president or secretary of the company, from which he or they may act, which statement shall show 1st. The name and locality of the company.

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Statement to auditor.

2d. The amount of its capitai stock.

3d. The amount of its capital stock paid up.

4th. The assetts of the company, including,

1st. The amount of cash on hand, and in the hands of agents or other persons.

2d. The real estate unincumbered.

3d. The lands owned by the company, and how they