Odessa. SEC. 19. That James II. Brush, of Howard county; E. N. Hampton to R. Gillett, of Chickasaw county; and George W. Schofield, of Howard county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate a State road, from New Hampton in Chickasaw county to the Minnesota line near the village of Odessa. Ottumwa. SEC. 20. That Gurly Baker, Jesse Scott, and Jas. Gray, Sigourney to Wapello county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate a State road from Sigourney in Keokuk county via Martinsburgh and Delonega to Ottumwa in Wapello. to Howard Cen SEC. 21. That Thomas B. Davis, of Howard county; Lansing James Harvey, of Allemakee county; and N. B. Burdick, tre. of Winneshiek county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate a State road, from Lansing in Allemakee county, thence as direct as practicable to the resi dence of J. W. Flint, on section twenty-four, township ninety-eight, range six west, thence as direct as practicable to Freeport in Winneshiek county, thence as direct as practicable to Decorah in said county, thence as direct as practicable to the county seat of Howard county or Howard Centre in the aforesaid county. to Osceola. SEC. 22. That Riley Sanders, Clark county; II. S. Pleasant Plain Lasy, of Cass county, and J. Chaprion, of Adair county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate a State road from Pleasant Plain, on the Missouri line, where the State road from Brunswick, Missouri, via Trenton and Princeton, Missouri, ends, and run thence north by way of Leon, to Osceola, in Clark county. Snc. 23. That Dr. Morrison, of Cass county, and Hickory Pole George B. Wilson, of Adair county, and William Easton, to Dr. Morriof Adair county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate a State road as follows: Commencing at a certain hickory pole, in section 36, township 77, range 31, at a point where the State road leading from Fort Des Moines to Plattsmouth, in Adair county, where the Wintersett, and Council Bluffs road intersects the run on said road, to a stake near George B. Wilson's, called Wahtawah, thence west to or near James Ray's, on the nearest and best route, thence on the most practicable route to Dr. Morrison's in Cass county, there to intersect the State road Brighton to Sec. 5. T. 77, R catine. leading from Fort Des Moines to Wahtawah, in Adair county, where the Wintersett and Council Bluffs road intersects, to run on said road to a stake near George B. Wilson's, called Wahtawa, thence west to or near James Ray's, on the nearest and best route, thence on the most practicable route to Dr. Morrison's, in Cass county, there to intersect the State road leading from Ft. Des Moines to Council Bluffs, and disannul so much of the State road leading from Wintersett to Council Bluffs, by way of Wahtawah, from the above des cribed hickory pole, to Alfred Jones', in Adair county, Iowa SEC. 24. That Manning B. Mills, of Washington county; William Effner, of Keokuk county, and John Cunningham, of Mahaska county, be, and they are hereby ap pointed commissioners to locate a State road from Brighton, in Washington county, thence by the nearest and best route to Richland, in Keokuk county, thence the nearest and best route to Oskaloosa, in Malaska county. SEC. 25. That Marcus Hull, of Washington county, is 8, W, to Mus- hereby appointed a commissioner to locate a State road from the north-west corner of the N. E. quarter of the N. E. quarter section 5, township 77 north, range No. 8 west of the 5th P. M., southwardly, to intersect the State road running from Wassonville, in Washington county, to the city of Muscatine, and that so much of the State road as lies on the section line between the counties of Washington and ohnson, and being west of the north-west corner of the north east quarter of the north east quarter of section five, township seventy-seven north, of range No. eight west of the fifth P. M., be, and the same is hereby declared vacated. Wassonville to Camanche and SEC. 26 That Marcus Hull, of Washington cou.ty, and Isaac V. Dennis, of Johnson county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to re-locate and establish that part of the State road from Wassonville to Iowa City, cominencing at a point where the road as now located, leaves the road from Wassonville to Muscatine, running thence northeasterly, with said Wassonville and Muscatine road, to the east line of section six, township 77 north, range 8 west of the 5th P. M., thence north with the section line, to intersect the route of the road first aforesaid, as now located. SEC. 27. That the location of the Camanche and Anamosa State road, be so changed as to run from the point where said road now diverges from the east line of the south-west quarter of section thirty-four, township eightytwo north, range five east of the fifth principal meridian, dirictly north to the north-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section, thence west till it intersects the line of said road as now located. Gosport. SEC. 28. That Robert A. Venable, Allen Pearson, and Knoxville to Luther Burt, of Marion county, be, and they are hereby ap pointed commissioners to locate a State road from the city of Knoxville, to Gosport, in Marion county. Chariton. SEC. 29. That Broomfield Long and Joseph Davis, of Bellefontain to Marion county, and S. S. Walker, of Lucas county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate a State road from Bellefontain, in Mahaska county, via Attica and Gosport, to Chaiton, in Lucas county. Attica. SEC. 30. That Robert Wharton, Noah Whittock and Eddyville to Levi Clearwater, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate a State road from the ferry landing on the west side of the Des Moines river, at Eddyville, thence following the road now travelled until it reaches Coal Creek, near Esquire Harriot's, thence on the line between sections No. twelve and thirteen, in township No. 74 north, of range No. 17 west of the 5th principal meridian, and following said line westward, crossing Cedar Creek near A. B. Lyman's in township No. 74 north, of range No. 18 west, and continuing on said line westward, until it intersects the road leading from Marysville to Attica, via Benj. S. Davis' and Joseph B. Davis', to Attica, in Marion coun ty. Indianola. SEO. 31. That John Carenall, of Wapello county, Henry Eddyville to Bowman, of Marion county, and John Grun, of Warren county, be, and are hereby appointed commissioners to locate a State road from Eddyville, in Wapello county, and running by Attick and Lewis Harlan's to Indianola, in Warren county. SEC. 32. That the commissioners above appointed to Meeting. locate each respective road, or a majority of them, shall meet on the first Monday in July, A. D. 1857, or within six months thereafter, at the first point mentioned in each proposed road, or some other point, if agreed upon, and taking to their assitance a surveyor and the necessary chainmen and markers, and after having been sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties respectively, shall proceed to perform the same according to law. SEO. 33. The commissioners, surveyors and hands to be Compensation. paid as provided by the law in such cases made and provided; but the State shall in no case be liable for any part of the expense incurred in the location of said roads. SEC. 34. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 28, 1857. Disposition of lands. Lien of Mortgage. CHAPTER 182. RAILROAD GRANT. AN ACT supplement to an act entit'ed an act to accept the grant and carry into execution the trust conferred upon the State of Iowa by an act of Congress, entitled an act making a grant of land to the State of Iowa in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of railoids in said State, approved May 15th, 1836, which said act of the Legislature of Iowa was approved July 14, 1856. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the said companies may make such disposition of the lands granted by the act to which this is a supplement, by mortgage or deed of trust, as may be deemed proper for the purpose of securing any amount of construction bonds necessary for the completion of such roads; which may bear such rate of interest not to exceed ten per cent per annum, and may sell the same for the best price that can be procured. Said companies, nor either of them, shall ever be allowed to plead that such bonds are usurious or invalid: Provided, that the monies realized from the sale of the bonds aforesaid shall be applied exclusively to the construction and equipment of said roads. SEC. 2. Any mortgage or deed of trust made upon the lands, roads, or the property of either, shall bind and be a valid lien upon all the property mentioned in such deed or mortgage including rolling stock; and the purchasers under a trustees sale or foreclosure of mortgage, shall have and enjoy all the rights of a purchaser on execution sale: Provided further, that nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as in any manner to inrerfere with, change or modify the rights of this State or of the United State to any Jands granted by Congress to this State and by this State to certain railroad companies therein, as a security for the completion of said roads, or to transfer any right in said lands otherwise than as subject to all the conditions imposed by the grant made by the United States to this State, and by the grant by this State to said companies or by either of said grants; and provided further, that the faith of the State is in no way pledged for the payment of said bonds. SEC. 3. Any mortgage or trust deed made as before Record. mentioned shall be recorded in the oflice of the recorder of each county through which said road runs or wherein it owns or holds lands, and shall be notice to all the world of the rights of all parties under the same. SEC. 4. This act to take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa City Republican and Iowa Capital Reporter. Approved Jan. 28, 1857. I certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa City Republican. Feb. 14, 1857, and Iowa Capital Reporter, Feb. 17, 1837. ELIJAH SELLS, Sec'y of State. CHAPTER. 183 TAX ON RAILROAD STOCK. AN ACT relating to taxes upon non-resident stockholders of the Mississippi and SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Treas. of Scott State of Iowa, That the treasurer of Scott county is hereby re- co. pay over. quired to pay over to the treasurer of Cedar, Muscatine and Johnson counties respectively, a portion of the county tax hereafter collected from the non-resident stockholders of the Mississippi and Missouri River Railroad company for the years 1857 and 1858, equal to the number of miles constructed in each of said counties, so that each of said counties shall receive such portion of the taxes collected from the non-resident stockholders as the number of miles con |