said notice, addressed to such attorney or attorneys, at the postoffice where such cause is then pending for trial. No exceptions Exceptions. to depositions other than for incompetency or irrelevancy shall be regarded, unless made by motion filed by the morning of the second day of the first term held after the depositions have been filed by the clerk; Provided, Such depositions have been filed three Proviso: days prior thereto. If the depositions are afterwards received during such term, such motion shall be filed by the morning of the third day after such depositions are filed. All motions to suppress depositions must be filed before the Time of filing cause is reached for trial. Approved, February 28, 1878. motion to suppress. CHAPTER 27. CITY OF KNOXVILLE. AN ACT to Amend Section 9 of Chapter 71 of the Laws of the Fifth H. F. 495. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 5th G. A.: substitute for. SECTION 1. That section 9 of chapter 71 of the laws of the 29, chapter 71, fifth general assembly of the state of Iowa be repealed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof: Section 9. That the qualified electors of the city of Knox- Election. ville shall, on the first Monday of April, A. D. 1878, elect one alderman from each ward of said city for the term of one year, and one alderman from each ward of said city for the term of two years, and annually on the same day thereafter elect one alderman from each ward of said city for the term of two years, who shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. The qualified electors of said city of Knoxville shall also elect on the first Monday of April, A. D., 1878, and annually thereafter, and at the same time a mayor, a recorder, assessor, and a treasurer. And the mayor and alderman so elected, together with the alderman whose term of office has not yet expired, when assembled City council. together and duly organized shall constitute the city council, a majority of whom shall be necessary to constitute a quorum the transaction of business, which council shall, at its first regular meeting after each annual election, elect a city marshal by ballot, whose term of office shall be for the period of one year, and shall be subject to removal by said council. The mayor, recorder, assessor and treasurer shall be elected by the legal voters of said city for the term of one year, and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. for SEC. 2. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, Publication. shall take effect from and after its publication in the Marion County Democrat and the Knoxville Journal, newspapers published at Knoxville, Iowa, without expense to the state. Approved, March 1, 1878. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa H. F. 476. Preamble. Elections legalized. of directors CHAPTER 28. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OF DELTA, KEOKUK COUNTY. AN ACT to Legalize the Organization of the Independent School District of Delta, Keokuk county, State of Iowa. WHEREAS, On the 10th day of March, A. D., 1877, elections were held in independent school districts numbers one and two, in Warren township, in said county; and WHEREAS, At said elections the said two independent districts voted to consolidate into one independent school district, which was afterwards named the independent school district of Delta, Keokuk county, Iowa; and WHEREAS, Doubts have arisen as to the legality of the said election arising from the manner in which said elections were called and held in the said two independent school districts of Warren township, aforesaid; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That the said elections so held on the 10th day of March, 1877, by the said independent school districts numbers one and two, of Warren township, Keokuk county, State of Iowa, be and the same are hereby declared legal, any irregularities in the manner of the calling or holding of the said elections to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 2. That all acts done by the board of directors of said Acts of board independent school district since the 10th day of March, 1877, be and the same are hereby declared legal and valid the same as if said independent school district had been legally and properly organized. legalized. Publication. SEC. 3. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, the same shall take effect and be in force from and after the publication of the same in the Iowa State Register, a newspaper published at Des Moines, and the Sigourney News, a newspaper published at Sigourney, in the State of Iowa, without expense to the state. Approved, March 1, 1878. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register, March 2, and in the Sigourney News, March 7, 1878. JOSIAH T. YOUNG, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 29. DEED RECORD OF SIOUX COUNTY. AN ACT Authorizing Sioux County, Iowa, to have made corrected S. F. 128. Index and Record of Deed Record "A" from Woodbury county. WHEREAS, Part of the indexes to the records, and part of the Preamble. records of real estate of Sioux county, Iowa, were kept at Sioux City, in Woodbury county, Iowa, at the time when said Woodbury and Sioux counties were attached: WHEREAS, The board of supervisors of Sioux county, Iowa, at its regular meeting in June, 1876, passed the following reso lution: Resolved, That our chairman, Henry Hospers, is authorized to have so much of deed record "A," and the indexing of the deeds therein contained, transcribed from the records of Woodbury county, Iowa, and have the same compared and certified to as provided by law: WHEREAS, So much of deed record "A" and the indexing of the deeds therein contained were transcribed from the records of Woodbury county, Iowa; now, therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: record and in dex of same effect as originals. SECTION 1. That so much of deed record 66 A as to lands sit- Transcribed uated in Sioux county, Iowa, and the indexing of the deeds therein contained as to lands situated in Sioux county, Iowa, as were transcribed from the records of Woodbury county, Iowa, shall have the same force and effect in all respects as original records and indexes, and be admissible in evidence as original records and indexes in all cases arising, after the certification thereof. SEC. 2. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall Publication. take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register, published in Des Moines, Iowa, and in the Sioux County Herald, published in Orange City, Iowa, without expense to the state. Approved, March 12, 1878. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Sioux County Herald, March 21, 1878. • JOSIAH T. YOUNG, Secretary of State. S. F. 254. 17th G. A. CHAPTER 30. BOND TO BE GIVEN BY THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & SAINT PAUL AN ACT to Provide for the Giving of the Bond mentioned in an act entitled, An Act in relation to the Lands Granted to the State of Iowa, by an act of Congress, entitled "An Act for a grant of lands to the State of Iowa in alternate sections to aid in the construction of a railroad in said State," Approved, May 12th, 1864, and to grant to and impose upon the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company, the powers and liabilities mentioned in Chapter four, Title ten of the Code. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That for the purposes of carrying out the provis 23. chapter 21, ins of section three of said act, approved February 27th, 1878, that the governor is hereby authorized to accept and approve of a bond signed by sureties who may reside out of the state of Sureties may Iowa, if in the opinion of the governor said sureties are of reside out of unquestioned responsibility, anything contained in chapter eleven (11) of the Code to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, March 12, 1878. the State. H. F. 269. Preamble. CHAPTER 31. TOWN OF STUART. AN ACT to Legalize the Incorporation of the Town of Stuart and its WHEREAS, at the term, 1877 of the circuit court of the fifth judicial district of the state of Iowa, in the county of Guthrie, steps were taken to incorporate the town of Stuart, a part of the said town being situated in the county of Guthrie and part in the county of Adair, and commissioners were duly appointed by said court, part of said commissioners residing in Guthrie and part in Adair county; and, WHEREAS, An election was held on the sixth day of February, 1877, and a large majority of the votes cast were in favor of incorporating said town; and, WHEREAS, On the 10th day of April, A. D. 1877, there was an election held, and a mayor, councilmen, clerk, and all the necessary officers elected; and, WHEREAS, The said officers all qualified and have been acting in their several official capacities ever since, and have adopted resolutions, rules, ordinances, and performed such other duties and acts as by law such officers are empowered to do; and, WHEREAS, Doubts have arisen as to the legality of such incorporation and the official acts of the council and officers of the same; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: tion and acts legalized. SECTION 1. That the incorporation of said town of Stuart, be, Incorporaand the same is hereby legalized, and all the ordinances passed of officers. and the rules and resolutions adopted by the council of said town, thereunder and all the official acts of the officers thereunder, be, and the same are hereby declared to be legal and valid, in every respect the same as though said town had been legally incorporated. SEC. 2. 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, published in Des Moines, Iowa, and the Stuart Locomotive, published at Stuart, Iowa, without expense to the state. Approved, March 12, 1878. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Stuart Locomotive, March 19, and in the Iowa State Register, April 7, 1878. JOSIAH T, YOUNG, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 32. ELECTION IN VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, KEOKUK COUNTY. AN ACT to Legalize an Election held for the purpose of Re-districting H. F. 348. the Township of Van Buren, in Keokuk county, Iowa, and to Legalize the Independent Districts created in pursuance of the Vote at said Election. WHEREAS, At the election held in Van Buren township, Keo- Preamble. kuk county, Iowa, on the eighth day of November, 1875, for the purpose of changing and defining the boundaries of the several independent districts of the same; and, WHEREAS, Said township of Van Buren was re-districted in pursuance of said election, by forming nine instead of ten independent districts, and by restoring to German township, that portion formerly attached to Van Buren township for school purposes; and, WHEREAS, Doubts exist as to the legality of said election, and the changes made in pursuance thereof; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: galized. SECTION 1. That said election be legalized, and that the Election leboundaries of said independent districts be, and the same are hereby confirmed and established, as made by the township trus |