ACTS OF THE THIRTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF THE

STATE OF IOWA.

PASSED AT THE REGULAR SESSION THEREOF, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE
CITY OF DES MOINES, ON THE TENTH DAY OF JANUARY, A. D.
MDCCCLXX.

AN ACT Making an Appropriation for the Payment of the Mileage JANUARY 26.
of the Members of the Thirteenth General Assembly, and the
Per Diem of the Temporary Officers and employees thereof,
and for Postage.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the following sums of money, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated for the purposes hereinafter designated :

tors $2.600.

SEC. 2. For the payment of the mileage of the mem- Mileage of Senabers of the Senate, including Lieutenant Governor Walden, the sum of two thousand six hundred dollars.

sentat's $5,492 60

SEC. 3. For the payment of the mileage of the mem- Mileage of reprebers of the House of Representatives, the sum of five thousand four hundred and ninety-two and 60-100 dollars.

SEC. 4. The Auditor of State shall issue warrants upon Duty of Auditor. the State Treasurer for the foregoing sums, in favor of the

members of the respective Houses, and deliver the same

to the State Treasurer.

SEC. 5. The Treasurer of State, upon receipt of said of Treasurer; warrants, shall pay to each member such amount as shall be shown to be his due by the reports of the committees on mileage as adopted by each House respectively; and it is hereby made the duty of the president and secretary of

Houses;

the Senate, and the speaker and clerk of the House, to of officers of furnish the Treasurer of State, certified copies of said reports so adopted by their respective Houses.

SEC. 6. To James M. Weart, for two days' services as Secretary Senate · temporary secretary of the Senate, ten dollars.

SEC. 7. To N. F. Weber, for two days' services as tem- Serg't-at-arms. porary sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, eight dollars.

Doorkeeper.

Messengers.

President pro

tem.

Speaker H. R.

Clerk.

SEC. 8. To James McConnell, for two days' services as temporary doorkeeper of the Senate, eight dollars.

SEC. 9. To Arthur Lawrence, Eddie Long, and H. H. Lee, each, for two days' services as temporary messengers of the Senate, six dollars.

SEC. 10. To G. G. Bennett, for five days' services as temporary president of the Senate, twenty-five dollars. SEC. 11. To Charles Dudley, for two days' services as temporary speaker of the House of Representatives, ten dollars.

SEC. 12. To Charles Aldrich, for two days' services as temporary clerk of the House of Representatives, ten dollars.

SEC. 13. To B. Van Steinburg, for two days' services Assistant clerk. as assistant clerk of the House of Representatives, ten dollars.

SEC. 14. To H. C. Russell, for two days' services as Serg't-at-arms temporary sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives, eight dollars.

SEC. 15. To M. M. Grannis, for two days' services as Assistant P. M. assistant postmaster, for the House of Representatives, eight dollars.

SEC. 16. For the payment, in part, of the postage of Postage $5,000, the Thirteenth General Assembly, the sum of five thousand dollars, to be paid upon the Auditor's warrants issued upon the presentation of certificates of the Secretary of State showing the amount of postage which shall have been furnished from time to time for the General Assembly.

Taking effect.

SEC. 17. 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 Statesman papers published at Des Moines, Iowa.

Approved, January 26, 1870.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register and Statesman, January 28, 1870.

ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 2.

COURTS IN FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

AN ACT Fixing the Times for holding the Terms of the District JANUARY 27. Court in the Fourth Judicial District.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

the State of Iowa, That the terms of the district court in the fourth judicial district be hereafter commenced and held as follows:

In Woodbury county, on the first Monday in March, and Woodbury co. the third Monday in August.

In Monona county on the third Monday in March, and Monona co. the second Monday after the third Monday in August.

In Harrison county on the fourth Monday in March, Harrison co and the third Monday after the third Monday in August.

In Shelby county, on the second Monday after the Shelby co. fourth Monday in March, and the fifth Monday after the third Monday in August.

In Crawford county, on the third Monday after the Crawford co. fourth Monday in March, and the sixth Monday after the third Monday in August.

In Clay county, on the fifth Monday after the fourth clay co. Monday in March, and the seventh Monday after the

third Monday in August.

In Buena Vista county, on the first Thursdays after the Buena Vista co. Mondays above fixed for commencing court in Clay

county.

In Dickinson county, on the sixth Monday after the Dickinson co. fourth Monday in March, and the eighth Monday after the third Monday in August.

In Emmet county, on the seventh Monday after the Emmet co, fourth Monday in March, and the first Thursday following the Monday above fixed for holding the fall term in Dickinson county.

In Palo Alto county, on the eighth Monday after the Palo Alto co. fourth Monday in March, and the ninth Monday after the

third Monday in August.

In Pocahontas county, on the first Thursday following Pocahontas co. the Mondays above fixed for holding court in Palo Alto

county.

In Humboldt county, on the ninth Monday after the Humboldt co. fourth Monday in March, and the tenth Monday after the third Monday in August.

Kossuth co.

Calhoun co,

Sac co.

Ida co.

O'Brien co.

Cherokee .co.

Plymouth co.

Sioux co.

Saving clause.

detached.

In Kossuth county, on the tenth Monday after the fourth Monday in March, and the eleventh Monday after the third Monday in August.

In Calhoun county, on the eleventh Monday after the fourth Monday in March, and the twelfth Monday after the third Monday in August.

In Sac county, on the first Thursday following the Monday above fixed for holding the summer term in Calhoun, and the thirteenth Monday after the third Monday in August.

In Ida county, on the fourteenth Monday after the third Monday in August.

In O'Brien county, on the first Thursday following the Monday above fixed for holding court in Ida county.

In Cherokee county on the twelfth Monday after the fourth Monday in March, and the fifteenth Monday after the third Monday in August.

In Plymouth county, on the first Thursday after the Monday above fixed for holding the fall term in Cherokee county.

In Sioux county, on the sixteenth Monday after the third Monday in August,

SEC. 2. All writs, processes, and proceedings, pending in any of said courts, and returnable at the terms now fixed by law, shall be deemed pending and returnable at the terms as fixed by this act; and no suit, notice, recognizance, indictment, or other proceeding shall be quashed or held invalid, by reason of this act, or by reason of the change of the terms of court hereby made.

SEC. 3. All other acts or parts of acts, fixing the times Repeal. Counties for holding the district courts in said judicial district, and attaching certain counties therein, to others, for judicial purposes, and all other acts inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed.

Taking effect.

SEO. 4. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force, from and after its publication in the Daily Iowa State Register, and The Sioux City Journal.

Approved, January 27, 1870.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Daily Iowa State Register, January 29, and in The Sioux City Journal, February 10, 1870.

ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State.