($1,500.00); for fitting up laboratory, fifteen hundred dollars, ($1,500.00); for re-construction of rear center, and mangles, ten thousand dollars, ($10,000.00). SEC. 2. The money herein appropriated shall be drawn and How drawn. paid on the order of the trustees of said hospital, at such times as may be deemed necessary by said trustees: Provided, That any money remaining unexpended after the completion of the improvement for which the same is herein appropriated may be used as far as necessary for any of the purposes specified in this act. SEC. 3. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, Publication, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register, a newspaper published at Des Moines, and the Mt. Pleasant Journal, a newspaper published at Mount Pleasant. Approved, March 25, 1878. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register, April 3, and in the Mount Pleasant Journal, April 4, 1878. JOSIAH T. YOUNG, Secretary of State. H. F. 577. CHAPTER 149. ALDITIONAL PENITENTIARY AT ANAMOSA. AN ACT Providing for the Employment of One Guard for every Eight Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of SECTION 1. That the warden of the additional penitentiary at One guard for Anamosa, may employ guards for the care of convicts not exceedeight prison- ing one guard for every eight prisoners. ers. Repealing clause. Publication. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Register and Leader, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved, March 25, 1878. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register, and Iowa State Leader, April 4, 1878. JOSIAH T. YOUNG, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 150. CITY OF VINTON. AN ACT to legalize the Revised Ordinances of the City of Vinton. H. F. 520. WHEREAS, The city council of the city of Vinton, in this state, Preamble. on the first day of March, A. D., 1878, passed a revision of the ordinances of said city entitled, "Revised Ordinances of the city of Vinton, Iowa," as appears by the official record of the proceedings of said city council, and the record of said revision upon the ordinance book of said city, to take effect from and after the taking effect of an act of the general assembly of the state of Iowa legalizing the same: Now lest at any time doubt should arise as to the binding force of said revised ordinances, or either of them, and to cure any defect in the manner of the passage or adoption thereof, and to dispense with any further publication thereof in newspaper or otherwise, therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly, of the State of Iowa: ized. SECTION 1. That the revised ordinances of the city of Vinton Revised ordiabove mentioned are and each of them hereby is declared to be pances legalas fully legal, valid, and binding as the same would or could be if the entitling, passage, publication, recording, signing, and revision thereof could not be questioned, but were in every respect fully in conformity with law. SEC. 2. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall Publication. take effect and be in force from and after its publication, without expense to the state, in the Daily State Register, published in Des Moines, Iowa, and in the Vinton Eagle, and the People's Journal, newspapers published in Vinton, Iowa. Approved, March 25, 1878. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Vinton Eagle, April 3, and in the People s Journal, published at Vinton, April 5, 1878. JOSIAH T. YOUNG, Secretary of State. H. F. 546. CHAPTER 151. APPROPRIATION FOR SUPPLIES FURNISHED THE STATE. AN ACT Making an Appropriation to Mills & Co., for Supplies Furnished to the State. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That there is hereby appropriated out of any $382 appropri- money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred and eighty-two (382) dollars, in payment to Mills & Co., for supplies furnished the General Assembly. ated. SEC. 2. This act, being deemed by the general assembly of Publication. immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register, and Iowa State Leader, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa, and the auditor shall issue warrants to them for the amount. Approved, March 25, 1878. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register, March 29, and in the Iowa State Leader, March 30, 1878. JOSIAH T. YOUNG, Secretary of State. H. F. 568. 27, chapter 118, 16th G. A. to certain CHAPTER 152. RE-LOCATION OF RAILROADS. AN ACT to Exempt Certain Railroads from the Operation of Section 7, of Chapter 118, of the Laws of the Sixteenth General Assembly. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That the provisions of section seven, (7) of chapter ter 118, of the laws of the sixteenth general assembly, shall not not to apply apply to any railroad which has its initial point at any town upon the Mississippi river, and which had in the year 1859, sixty-three miles and no more of completed track from such initial point, and provided that the exemption from the provisions of said section shall only apply a distance of sixty-three miles from the initial point of any such railroad. railroads. SEC. 2. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall Publication. be in force and effect from and after its publication in the Daily Register, and Daily Leader, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved, March 25, 1878. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register, and Iowa State Leader, April, 4, 1878. JOSIAH T. YOUNG, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 153. APPROPRIATION FOR COMMITTEE ROOM RENT. AN ACT Appropriating money for the Use of Rooms Occupied by Com- H. F. 564. mittees. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of lowa: ated to Capi SECTION 1. That there is hereby appropriated out of any $48 approprimoney in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum tal City Hotel. of forty-eight dollars, to be paid to Dean, present occupant of "Capital City Hotel," for the use of rooms for meetings of com mittees. SEC. 2. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall Publication. be in force from and after its publication in the Daily Iowa Reg. ister, and Daily Iowa State Leader, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved, March 25, 1878. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register, April 4, and in the Iowa State Leader, April 5, 1878. JOSIAH T. YOUNG, Secretary of State, CHAPTER 154. BONDING OF COUNTY INDEBTEDNESS. AN ACT to Amend Chapter 125, Acts of the Sixteenth General Assem- H. F. 207. bly, Kelating to the Bonding of County Indebtedness. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: Amended. SECTION 1. That chapter 125 of the laws of the sixteenth gen- Chapter 125, eral assembly be amended as follows: Strike out of the fourth 16th G. A: line of said chapter the figures "1876, " and insert the figures May fund "1878;" and strike out the figures 1876 in the fifth line of said Jan. 1, 1878. chapter, and insert the figures 1878. debt existing SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance, shall Publication. take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register, and Iowa State Leader, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved, March 25, 1878. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register and Iowa State Leader, March 28, 1878. JOSIAH T. YOUNG, Secretary of State. H. F. 530. Code, 912, amended. Penalty for loaning public funds. CHAPTER 155. PROVIDING FOR THE BETTER SECURITY OF THE REVENUE. AN ACT entitled an Act for the Better Security of the Revenue, Reg- Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That section 912 of the Code be, and the same is amended, to read as follows: Section 912. County treasurers shall be liable to a like fine for loaning out, or in any manner using for private purposes, state, county or other funds in their hands, except that whenever permitExcept by or ted by the boards of supervisors of their respective counties, by resolution entered of record, they may deposit any such funds in any bank or banks chartered by the laws of the state, or any national or private banks in this state, to any amount not exceeding an amount to be fixed by such resolution; der of board of supervis ors. Proviso: Bank to re shall file bond. Providing, That before any such deposit is made the bank in which it is proposed to make the same shall first file a bond with ceive deposit sureties to be approved by the treasurer and the board of supervisors in double the maximum amount permitted to be deposited as aforesaid, and conditioned to hold the treasurer making the deposits of the county harmless from all loss by reason of such deposit or deposits, said bond shall be filed with the county auditor, and action may be brought thereon either by said treasurer or the county, as the board of supervisors may elect. And the state treasurer shall be liable to a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars for a like misdemeanor, to be prosecuted by the attorney-general in the name of the state. But nothing done under the provisions of this act shall alter or affect the liability of the treasurer or the securities on his official bonds. Approved, March 25, 1878. State treasurer. H. F.368. CHAPTER 156. PROTECTION OF GAME. AN ACT to repeal Sections 4048, 4049, 4050 and 4051, Chapter 11, Title Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of SECTION 1. That sections 4048, 4049, 4050, and 4051 of the |