CHAPTER 3. DRAWING JURORS. AN ACT to Amend Chapter 115 of the Revision of 1860, relative JANUARY 29. to drawing Jurors. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Rev. ch. 115. the State of Iowa, That the words "county judge" and "county court," where the same appear in sections 2727, 2728, 2730, and 2732, chapter 115, of the Revision of 1860, be and the same are hereby repealed, and in lieu Auditor to assist thereof, there be enacted and inserted the words, County auditor. in drawing jurors SEC. 2. This act, being of immediate importance, Taking effect. shall take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Des Moines Bulletin, papers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved, Jan. 27, 1870. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Daily Iowa State Register and Des Moines Bulletin, January 29, 1870. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 4. LEGALIZING AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WASH- AN ACT to Legalize the Organization of the Independent School- JANUARY 29. District of Ainsworth, Washington County. WHEREAS, On the 24th day of April, 1868, the trustees Preamble. of Oregon township, Washington county, Iowa, did, at the written request of ten legal voters, in said township, establish the boundaries of the independent school-district of Ainsworth, and the people within said boundaries met agreeably to the call of said trustees, and voted for a separate organization, and afterwards elected officers as required by law; and, WHEREAS, Said meeting should have been called by the board of directors of the district-township of Oregon, as 1868, ch. 28. required by chapter 28, laws of Twelfth General Assembly; and WHEREAS, The said independent district contains all the requirements of said act; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ind, sch.dist. of the State of Iowa, That said independent school-district of Ainsworth legal- Ainsworth, Washington county, Iowa, be and the same is ly organized. confirmed. hereby declared to be fully and legally organized and incorporated, with the boundaries as established by said trustees, the same as though all the requirements of the said act of 1868 had been fully complied with. SEC. 2. All the acts of the de facto officers of said Acts of district independent district of Ainsworth are hereby confirmed, and are declared to have the same force and effect as though said organization had been established as required by said statute. Taking effect. Proviso. SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its publication in The Washington County Press and the Washington Gazette, newspapers published in Washington, Iowa: provided, it be published without expense to the state. Approved, January 29th, 1870. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in The Washington County Press February 9th, and the Washington Gazette February 11th, 1870. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 5. ABATEMENT OF TAXES IN CLINTON COUNTY. FEBRUARY 4. AN ACT for the Abatement of Taxes in Clinton Township, Clinton county, Iowa. WHEREAS, The farming lands of Clinton township, Clinton county, Iowa, were, by mistake of the assessor of said township, assessed, for the year 1869, in excess of the true valuation of the same, and such excessive assessment failed to be corrected through the inadvertence of the board of supervisors of said county; therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the assessment of the farming lands of Clinton township, Clinton county, Iowa, for the year 1869, be and the same is hereby abated, and reduced twenty per cent.; and no other or greater tax shall be levied or collected in said township of Clinton, in the county of Clinton, than would have been levied or collected, if said assessment had originally been made twenty per cent. less. SEC. 2. This act, being deemed of immediate impor- Taking effect. tance, shall take effect from and after its publication in Clinton Herald and Lyons Mirror, papers published in the county of Clinton, Iowa: provided, said publication Proviso. shall be had without expense to the State. Approved, February 4, 1870. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Clinton Herald and Lyons Mirror, February 19, 1870. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 6. CERTAIN TAXES IN HARRISON COUNTY. AN ACT to Provide for the Collection of School-house Tax, and Tax FEBRUARY 4. for Library in the Independent School-District of Missouri Val ley, in Harrison county, Iowa. WHEREAS, At the regular meeting of the electors of Preamble, the independent school-district of Missouri Valley, Harrison county, Iowa, held at Missouri Valley, in said county and State, on the 8th day of March, 1869, a tax of ten mills on the dollar was voted, by the qualified electors of said district, on the taxable property of said district on account of school-house fund, also a tax of one-half mill on the dollar on the taxable property of said district for library; and WHEREAS, The secretary of the board of directors of said district failed to certify said tax to the board of supervisors of said county within the time prescribed by law; now therefore, Dist. of Mo. Val SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Sec. of ind. sch.the State of Iowa, That the secretary of the board of ley to certify tax directors of the independent district of Missouri Valley, in to co. auditor. Harrison county, Iowa, is hereby authorized and directed auditor. to certify said tax to the county auditor, whose duty it Duty of county shall be to enter the same on the tax-books of said county, and charge the treasurer of said county with the same, and take his receipt therefor. Duty of county treasurer. Taking effect. Proviso. SEC. 2. And it shall be the duty of the treasurer of said county to collect said tax and pay it to the treasurer of said district, in the same manner as is now prescribed by law. SEC. 3. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Register, a paper published at Des Moines, and The Harrisonian, a newspaper at Missouri Valley, Harrison county, Iowa: provided, said publication is made without expense to the State. NOTE.-This bill having remained with the Governor three days, (Sunday excepted,) the General Assembly being in session, has become a law, this 4th day of February, A. D. 1870. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register, February 6, 1870, and in The Harrisonian February 11, 1870. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 7. THE DESCENT OF PROPERTY TO MOTHERS OF INTESTATES. FEBRUARY 7. AN ACT to Repeal Section 2498 of the Revision of 1860. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Sec. 2498, Rev. the State of Iowa, That section 2498, of the Revision of 1860, be, and the same is hereby repealed. repealed. 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 State Register and Statesman, papers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved, February 7th, 1870, I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the State Register February 11, and in the Statesman February 12, 1870. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 8. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL-DISTRICTS. AN ACT to Amend the School Laws of Iowa. FEBRUARY 9. amended. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That section 1 of chapter 28, of the acts 1868, chapter 28 of the Twelfth General Assembly, be amended to read as follows: That the provisions of section 84 of chapter 172 1862, chapter 172 of the acts of the Ninth General Assembly, approved April 8, 1862, and of the acts amendatory thereto, shall apply only to towns and cities containing not less than What may conthree hundred inhabitants, within their recorded plat, and to the territory contiguous thereto : provided, that this act Proviso. shall not affect independent districts already organized. stitute ind, dists. unite. SEC. 2. Independent districts, located contiguous to each other, may unite and form one and the same inde- Ind. dists. may pendent district, in the manner following: At the written request of any ten legal voters residing in each of said How. independent districts, their respective boards of directors shall require their secretaries to give at least ten days notice of the time and place for a meeting of the electors residing in such districts, by posting written notices in at least five public places in each of said districts, at which meetings the said electors shall vote by ballot for or against a consolidated organization of said independent districts; and if a majority of the votes cast at the election, in each district, shall be in favor of uniting said districts, then the secretaries shall give similar notice of a meeting of the electors as provided for by the law for the organization of independent dis- New organizati'n tricts. The independent districts, thus consolidated, shall be completed, and its directors governed by the same provisions of the law, which apply to other independent districts. SEC. 3. Section 86, of Chapter 172, of the Acts of the Ninth General Assembly, is amended to read as follows: Proceedings Should a majority of the votes be cast in favor of such organizing separate organization, the board of directors of the dis- districts. trict township shall give similar notice of a meeting of the electors for the election of six directors. Two of these Six directors. directors shall hold their office until the first annual meet- Term. ing after their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified; two until the second; and two until in new |