APRIL 15. Preamble. CHAPTER 149. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL-DISTRICT OF SHELLSBURG. AN ACT to Legalize the Organization of, and the Election of the WHEREAS, In the organization of the independent school-district of Shellsburg, Benton county, Iowa, doubts have arisen as to the citizens therein having fully complied with the provisions of the statutes in such cases made and provided, and particularly in the election of Doubts as to no- directors in the omission of the giving full notice of the holding said election; therefore, tice, etc. galized. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Organization le- the State of Iowa, That the organization of the independent school-district of Shellsburg, Benton county, and the election of six directors therefor, are hereby legalized and made valid, to the same extent as if the organization of, and the election of six directors in, said independent school-district, had been made in strict conformity to the statutes in such cases made and provided. Taking effect. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in The Vinton Eagle and People's Journal, newspapers published at Vinton, Iowa. Approved, April 15, 1870. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in The Vinton Eagle, April 27, and in the People's Journal, April 28, 1870. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. APRIL 15. Rev. ch. 3824, Notice. CHAPTER 150, JUDGMENT AGAINST EXECUTORS. AN ACT to Amend Sections 3324 and 3325 of the Revision of 1860. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That section 3324 be amended so as to read as follows: The person against whom the petition is filed shall be notified by the plaintiff to appear on the first day of the term, and show cause, if any they have, why execution should not be awarded. SEC. 2. That section 3325 be amended so as to read as follows: The notice shall be served and returned in the How served. ordinary manner, and the same length of time shall be allowed for appearance as in civil actions, and service of such notice on non-resident defendants may be had in such cases by publication. SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with Repealing clause this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 4. This act, being deemed of immediate import- Taking effect. ance, shall be in force from and after its publication in the Daily State Register and Des Moines Daily Bulletin, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved, April 15, 1870. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Daily Iowa State Register, April 27, and in the Des Moines Daily Bulletin, April 27, 1870. ED WRIGHT Secretary of State. CHAPTER 151. ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF PROPERTY. AN ACT to Amend Section 1187 of the Revision of 1860, relating APRIL 15. to Incorporations. tection of horse SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Incorporation of the State of Iowa, That section 1187 of the Revision of societies for de1860, be and the same is hereby amended by inserting, thieves, etc. after the word "societies," the following words, "And associations for the detection of horse-thieves and of other depredators upon property." SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from Taking effect. and after its publication in the State Register and Des Moines Daily Bulletin, papers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved, April 15, 1870. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Daily Iowa State Register, April 27, and the Des Moines Daily Bulletin, April 27, 1870. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. APRIL 15. iff's pay. CHAPTER 152. SHERIFF'S FEES. AN ACT to Amend Chapter 46 of the Laws of the Tenth General SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Advance in sher- the State of Iowa, That chapter 46 of the laws of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Iowa, be and the same is hereby amended by strking out of the fifth line of the first section thereof, the words "thirty-five cents," and inserting, in lieu thereof, the words "fifty cents;" also by striking out of the sixth line of the second section thereof, the word "twenty," and inserting in lieu thereof the word, "fifty;" and by striking out of the seventh line of the second section thereof, the words "one hundred and twenty," and inserting, in lieu thereof, the words "two hundred." Taking effect. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Des Moines Bulletin, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved, April 15, 1870. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the the Daily Iowa State Register, April 27, and in the Des Moines Daily Bulletin, April 27, 1870. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. APRIL 15. courts. CHAPTER 153. COURTS. AN ACT to Amend Chapter 86 of the Laws of the Twelfth General SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Jury in circuit the State of Iowa, That no jury shall be summoned to attend the circuit courts except for the first and third terms thereof held in each year, unless by written direction of the judge. cases in inferior SEC. 2. Said courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction Appeals; in all appeals and writs of error from inferior tribunals from c riminal in civil cases; but the district court shall have exclusive tribunals to disjurisdiction in all appeals from inferior tribunals in trict court. criminal cases: Provided, That for the purposes of this section all actions arising under the provisions of chapter [s] 58 and 184, of the Revision of 1860, shall be deemed 184, criminal. Rev.: chs.58 and terested in pro transfer same to SEC. 3. Where the judge of the circuit court is per- Circuit judge insonally interested in any probate matter pending therein, bate matter to he shall order the same transferred to the district court, district court. which shall have jurisdiction therein the same as the circuit court would otherwise have, and its proceedings therein shall be entered on the records of the circuit court. court in relation trustees. SEC. 4. The circuit court shall have the power to Power of eircuit appoint trustees, in all cases where a vacaney occurs in to appointing the office of a trustee appointed by will, or when a trustee is necessary in the settlement or distribution of an estate, for the purpose of preserving or protecting the interests of devisees, heirs, or other persons interested. ify and give bond SEC. 5. Trustees appointed by will, or by the court, Trustees to qualmust qualify and give bond the same as executors, and shall be subject to control or removal by the court in the same manner. SEC. 6. All parts of chapter 86 of the Laws of the 12th General Assembly as are inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Repealing clause SEC. 7. This act being deemed by the General Taking effect. Assembly of immediate importance shall take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Des Moines Statesman. Approved, April 15, 1870. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in The Des Moines Daily Statesman, April 25, and in the Daily Iowa State Register, April 27, 1870. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 154. INDEPENDENT DISTRICT OF TIPTON. AN ACT in Relation to certain School Taxes in the Independent APRIL 15. WHEREAS, In the year 1869, the board of directors of Preamble. county tax-books in wrong district, egalized. the independent school-district, of Tipton, in Cedar county, Iowa, voted a certain per centum of taxation for contingent fund, and a certain per centum for teachers' fund, and the same was certified by said board to.the board of supervisors of said county, and was by said supervisors levied on said District; but the auditor of said county did by mistake, in making out the tax-books of said county, estimate the taxes on a portion of said district at a different per centum from that above specified, and included the same in another district; and, WHEREAS, Said auditor has corrected said tax-books to agree with said vote, certificate, and levy, and included the same in said district; and it is uncertain whether he has such power under section 747 of the Revision of 1860; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Corrections in State of Iowa, That the corrections made as aforesaid where territory shall be valid, and the taxes on said books shall be paid in had been includ'd accordance with such correction, the same as though no error or mistake had been made in making out said books. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall take effect by publication in The Tipton Advertiser and Mechanicsville Press, without expense to the State. Taking effect. Approved, April 15, 1870. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in The Tipton Advertiser, April 28, 1870, and in The Mechanicsville Press. * ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. APRIL 15. Preamble. CHAPTER 155. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL-DISTRICT OF ESGATE. AN ACT to Legalize the Organization of the Independent SchoolDistrict of Esgate, in the Township of Farmers' Creek, Jaction, [Jackson] County. WHEREAS, The trustees of the township of Farmers' Creek, Jackson county, Iowa, in accordance with the result of an election held by the electors of school-district number eight on the 28th of February, 1868, did declare the said district to be an independent school-district_under the name of the independent school-district of E-gate, *See Addenda. |