Gate City, which shall be done without expense to the
State.

Approved Jan. 16th, 1857.

I certify that the foregoing act was published in the Gate City, Feb. 11, 1837, and Keokuk Daily Evening Times, Feb. 10.

ELIJAH SELLS,

Secretary of State.

Extension.

Jurisdiction.

CHAPTER 46.

CITY OF OSKALOOSA.

AN ACT to extend the corporate limits of the city of Oskaloosa.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the corporate limits of the city of Oskaloosa be, and the same are hereby extended so as to include the territory bounded by the following line, to wit: "Commencing at the south-west corner of the original town plat of Oskaloosa, thence west to the south-west corner of John G. Mark's addition to the city of Oskaloosa, thence north until it intersects the present boundaries of said city, thence east and south along the present boundary of said city, to the place of commencement.

SEC. 2. The jurisdiction and all laws, ordinances and regulations of said city are hereby extended over said territory, and of full force and virtue in the same.

SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa City Republican and Oskaloosa Herald, the expense of publication to be paid by said city of Oskaloosa.

Approved Jan. 16th, 1857.

I certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa City Republican, Feb. 11, 1857, and in the Oskaloosa Herald Feb. 13, 1857.

ELIJAH SELLS,

Sec'y of State.

CHAPTER 47.

STATE ROAD.

AN ACT establishing a state road and vacating certain roads in Marshall and
Jasper counties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commission'rs State of Iowa, That Jonathan Reed, sen., and Elias Hilsebeck, of Marshall county, and Nelson Reed, of Jasper county, be, and are hereby appointed commissioners with power to vacate certain roads deemed useless and injurious to farmers, between sections eleven and twelve, town 81, north R. 17 west, and section 28, T. 82, north range 17 west, and establish one state road between the above points.

SEC. 2. The commissioners thus appointed shall meet on Meet. or before the first Monday of July next, at such place as they shall agree upon, and having discharged their duties shall report their acts, for record, to the judges of Jasper and Marshall counties.

SEC. 3. The State shall incur no expense for the service Expense. contemplated in this act, which shall be in force on and after its publication according to law.

Approved January 16th, 1857.

CHAPTER 48.

SALARIES.

AN ACT fixing the salaries of supreme and district judges of this state, and pro

viding for their payment.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Supreme judge State of Iowa, That the judges of the supreme court of this state shall receive for their services the sum of $2,000 per annum each, to be audited like other claims against the State, and paid quarterly, (at the end of each quarter) out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

District judges

Commence.

SEC. 2. That the several district judges of the state shall receive for their services the sum of $1,200 per annum each, to be audited and paid in like manner as provided in the preceding section.

SEC. 3. That the salaries provided for in section 1, of this act, shall be audited as though they commenced running on the 6th day of August, A. D. 1856.

SEC. 4. To be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa City Republican and Iowa Capital Reporter. Approved Jan. 17, 1857.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa Capital Reporter Jan. 21st, 1857, and in the Iowa City Republican Jan. 22, 1857.

ELIJAH SELLS,

Secy of State.

Legalized.

Co. surveyor.

CHAPTER 49.

BEDFORD.

AN ACT to legalize the re-survey of the town of Bedford, in Taylor county, Iowa, and better establish corners of the lots in said town.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the survey and plat of the town of Bedford, the county seat of Taylor county, in the State of Iowa, situated upon section number twenty-six, in township No. sixty eight, north of range No. thirty-four west, made by Thomas F. Kimball, deputy county surveyor of said county, in the month of June, A. D. 1856, and recorded in the recorder's office in said county, shall be and remain the legal survey and plat of said town.

SEC. 2. That the county surveyor of the said county of Taylor is hereby required, upon being requested so to do by the county judge of said county, to remove the stones placed at the corners of the lots in the original survey, wherever the same do not agree to the corners of the lots as made by the survey and plat described in the first section of this act.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication according to law.

Approved Jan. 21st, 1857.

CHAPTER 50.

NAME CHANGED.

AN ACT to change the naine of Robert William Thorner.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Change name. State of Iowa, That that the name of Robert William Thor

ner, be, and the same is hereby changed to Robert William Walters.

SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication according to law. Approved January 21st, 1857.

CHAPTER 51.

BLIND.

AN ACT providing for the education of the blind.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Apppropriat'n State of Iowa, That to meet the ordinary expense of said institution, including rents and furniture, there is hereby appropriated from the State treasury the sum of twenty-five dollars per quarter for each pupil therein, and the further sum of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 2. The principal of the institution shall be ex-offi- Principal and cio a member of the board, and the assistant officers shall receive their appointment from the board, upon the nomination of the principal, who shall be responsible to the principal for the faithful performance of their duties, and the principal shall be held responsible to the board for the performance of his duties.

SEC. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa City Republican, and Iowa Capital Reporter.

Approved Jan. 21st, 1857.

I certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa City Republican, and Iowa Capital Reporter, Jan. 23d, 1857.

assistants.

ELIJAH SELLS,
Sec'y of State.

Appropriation.

CHAPTER 52.

DEAF AND DUMB.

AN ACT providing for the institution of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the institution of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, including rents, provisions, school apparatus, salaries, and clothing of pupils when necessary, there is hereby appropriated the sum of seven thousand dollars per annum, for the next two years from and after the first day of January, A. D. 1857, said appropriation to be audited and paid by the state treasurer out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, said appropriation to be expended or not at the discretion of the trustees; and the principal of the institution shall be, ex-officio, a member of the board.

SEC. .2 This act take effect and be in force from and af ter its publication in the Iowa City Republican and Iowa Capital Reporter.

Approved 21st Jan., 1857.

I certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa City Republican and Iowa Capital Reporter January 25d, 1857.

ELIJAH SELLS,

Bec'y of State.

Vacated.

CHAPTER 53.

IVANHOE.

AN ACT to vacate the town plat of Ivanhoe, in Linn county, Iowa.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the town plat of Ivanhoe in Linn county, Iowa, be and the same is hereby declared annulled and vacated.

SEC. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its publication according to law.

Approved January 21st, 1857.