ceed in the aggregate ten thousand dollars, and give their interest at any rate not to exceed ten per cent. per annum ness. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the board of directors of Pay indebtedsaid district, as soon as said loan shall be negotiated, in whole or in part, to apply the money so borrowed, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay off all indebtedness then existing and on account of said building, and from time to time thereafter make such appropriations from such money as may be necessary to carry on and complete said Complete builbuilding; and if at any time a surplus shall be held in the dings. treasury not needed for present use, the board of directors may invest such surplus for the use of said district in such manner as to them shall seem most advantageous; the proceeds arising from such investment to be added to the sinking fund hereinafter provided for. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the board of directors on Tax. the first Monday in August in each year, during the continuance of said loan, to levy such tax on the taxable property of said district as shall be necessary to pay off the annual interest on said bond, and such incidental expenses as may accrue to said district; and also to raise five per cent. of the sum borrowed by virtue of this act, said five per cent., with the interest and the increase thereof, to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of said loans when they shall become due: Provided, bowever, that said tax shall not ex- Proviso. ceed one and one-half per cent. on the taxable property aforesaid in any one year; said tax to be collected in the manner now provided by law for the collection of taxes for school house and district expenses. Control of said SEC. 4. The money borrowed by virtue of this act shall not be subject to the control of the school fund commissioner money. Suspend laws. of said county, but shall be under the supervision of the board of directors of said district, and by them expended and used, as hereinafter specified, and not otherwise. SEC. 5. The provisions of the code of Iowa, and all enactments subsequent thereto so far as they conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby declared inapplicable to said district. SEC. 6. This act to take effect from and after its publication in the Davenport Gazette and Lyons Mirror, without expense to the State. Approved Jan. 21st, 1857. Change. Damages. CHAPTER 70. STATE ROAD. AN ACT to change a certain State Road in Appanoose county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That so much of the State road, leading from Centerville in Appanoose county to the Wisconsin State line, located in pursuance of an act of the Fifth General Assembly, be, and the same is hereby so changed, that the center of said road shall be the range line between range seventeen and eighteen for the distance of one mile from the town of Centerville: Provided nothing in this act shall prevent any person aggrieved thereby from claiming damages, if application be made within sixty days from the taking effect of this act. SEC. 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa Capital Reporter and Weekly Chariton Mail, which shall be done at the expense of the county of Appanoose. Approved Jan. 21, 1857. CHAPTER 71. RECORDS OF KEOKUK COUNTY. AN ACT authorizing the Judge of Keokuk county to have the road record of said SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Road records, State of Iowa, That the county judge of Keokuk county, is hereby authorized and required to employ some suitable person to transcribe and index the road record of said Keokuk county, and to make plats of all the roads in said county, and file the same in the office of said county judge. SEC. 2. That all the records and plats recorded and filed, Legalized. as herein provided, are hereby made lawful. SEC. 3. That said county judge of Keokuk county is Compensation. hereby authorized to allow and pay a reasonable compensa tion for said work. SEC. 4. This act to be in force and take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa Republican, and Life in the West, without expense to the State. Approved Jan. 21st, 1857. I certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Life in the West, Feb. 12th, 1857. ELIJAH SELLS, Sec'y of State. CHAPTER 72. STATE ROAD. AN ACT to change a part of the State road running from Fairview, in Jones county, to Pioneer Grove, in Cedar county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Changed. State of Iowa, That so much of the State road running from Fairview, in Jones county, to Pioneer Grove, in Cedar county, as is located in the town of Fairview, be, and the same is hereby changed as follows: Commencing at a point on said road, where it crosses Madison street in said town, running west on said Madison street to its intersection with the military road running through the said town of Fair view. SEC. 2. This act to take effect from and after its publication with the laws of Iowa. Approved January 21st, 1857. Subdivision. Record. ty. CHAPTER 73. LANDS. AN ACT authorizing the subdivision of lands in this State. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That in case any person owning land in this State shall desire to subdivide the same into lots or parcels, other than the legal subdivisions thereof, he may have the same surveyed by the county surveyor of the county in which the land lies: The said surveyor, when required thereto, shall survey the same into lots of such size as the owner may desire and make a plat thereof, designating appropriately the number of each lot and its contents, and the length and course of its lines, and certify that the same was so surveyed by him in conformity to law, and at the request of the owner, naming him. SEC. 2. The proprietor of lands so surveyed, may have the said plat and certificate recorded in the recorder's office in the county where the land lies, for which service said recorder shall demand and receive fees, at the same ratio. that he does for other services. Assessor's du- SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the proper assessor to enter for taxation in his books all lands so platted and recorded by the numbers of the respective lots, designating the value and number of acres in each. Description. SEC. 4. In conveying any of the lots so subdivided and recorded, it shall be a sufficient description to designate the same by numbers and the original United States survey. town lots. SEC. 5. Provided that the provisions of this act shall Proviso as to not interfere with or repeal any laws now in force relating to the laying out of town lots. SEC. 6. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its publication according to law. Approved Jan. 21st, 1857. CHAPTER 74. RECORDS OF WAPELLO COUNTY. AN ACT to authorize Paul C. Jeffries to transcribe and index certain records of SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Transcribe, State of Iowa, That Paul C. Jeffries be, and he hereby is authorized and required to transcribe so much of the records of deeds and mortgages and other public records of Wapello county, and properly index the same, as the coun- Index. ty judge of said county may deem of importance to be transcribed and indexed. SEC. 2. That the county judge of said county shall fur- Books. nish suitable blank books for the purpose contemplated in the first section of this act. SEC. 3. That said Paul C. Jeffries shall receive for trans- Compensation. cribing said records, eight cents for every hundred words, and a reasonable amount for indexing said records, to be audited by the county judge and paid out of the county treasury of Wappello county. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Demoine Courier and Eddyville Free Press: Provided, that such publication shall not be at the expense of the State. This act having remained with the Governor three days (Sunday excepted) the General Assembly being in session, has become a law, this 21st day of January, 1857. ELIJAH SELLS, |