1118, 1119, and 1120, of chapter 51 of the revision of Rev, chapter 51. 1860, providing for such an officer in cities acting under the general incorporation law for incorporated cities and towns, the same as though said sections were herein specifically set forth.

SEC. 3. Nothing herein contained shall be construed No requirement. to compel any such city to elect a police judge, where they may choose to dispense with the same.

vision.

SEC. 4. If this act shall not take effect in time for the Temporary proelection of a police judge at the annual election of any such city for 1870, then the city council or board of trustees of any such city may appoint some suitable person to such position, who shall hold the same till the next annual election and his successor is elected and qualified.

counted for.

SEC. 5. All moneys coming into the hands of such police Moneys to be acjudge in his official capacity, shall be accounted for in the same manner as justices of the peace are required to account for moneys coming into their hands officially.

SEC. 6. This act being deemed by the General Assem- Taking effect. bly of immediate importance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Des Moines Register and the Des Moines Bulletin, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa.

Approved, February 9, 1870.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Register, February 17, and in the Des Moines Bulletin, February 17, 1870. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 13.

TOWN OF TOLEDO.

AN ACT to Legalize the Incorporation of the Town of Toledo, in FEBR'Y 28. Tama county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

valid.

the State of Iowa, That all acts had in the incorporation Incorporation of of the town of Toledo, in the county of Tama, and State Toledo made of Iowa, shall be deemed and held to be regular, notwithstanding any omissions which may have occurred in the publication of any notices required by law; and all irregularities in the incorporation of said town shall not affect nor in any manner impair the same.

Taking effect.

SEC. 2. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register, and the Tama County Republican, without expense to the State.

Approved, February 28, 1870.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa
State Register, March 2, and in the Tama County Republican, March 10,
1870.
ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

FEBR'Y 28.

Collection

of

CHAPTER 14.

COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT SPECIAL TAXES IN MUNICIPAL

CORPORATIONS.

AN ACT to Amend Sections 1068, 1069, and 1070 of the Revision of 1860, and to Provide Additional Means for the Collection of Charges, Assessments, and Taxes on Lots of Land within Municipal Corporations.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That any municipal corporation, now or hereafter organized under the provisions of chapter Rev. chapter 51. fifty-one of the Revision of 1860, may, in addition to the means provided by sections 1068, 1069, and 1070 of said Revision, if by ordinance it so elects, cause any or all delinquent charges, assessments, and taxes, made or levied under and by virtue of and for the purposes special taxes in specified in said sections, or referred to therein, to be certified to the County Auditor of the county and be collected and paid over by the treasurer of the county, in the same manner as taxes are authorized to be certified, collected, and paid over by section three of chapter twenty-five of the laws of the Tenth General Assembly 1864, chapter 10. of the State of Iowa, entitled "an act to amend chapter fifty-one of Revision of 1860 in relation to the incorporation of cities and towns."

cities under general law,

Approved, February 28th, 1870.

CHAPTER 15.

BRIDGES OVER MAQUOKETA RIVER.

AN ACT Authorizing the Building of Bridges across the Maquoketa MARCH 2. River in Jackson County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

may be bridged.

the State of Iowa, That on and after the passage of this Maquoketa river act, it shall be lawful to build bridges across the Maquoketa river in Jackson county.

SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect from and after its publication in the Des Moines Bulletin and Jackson County Sentinel. Approved, March 2, 1870.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Des Moines Bulletin, March 3, and in The Jackson Sentinel, March 10, 1870. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 16.

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OF DUNLAP, HARRISON
COUNTY.

AN ACT to Legalize the Organization of the Independent School MARCH 2.
District of Dunlap, county of Harrison, Iowa.

WHEREAS, On the 18th day of July, 1868, the trustees Preamble, of the township of Harrison, Harrison county, Iowa, in accordance with the result of an election held by the electors of sub-district number one, of the district township of Harrison, did declare the said sub-district to be an independent school-district, having for its territory sections number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, in township 81, north, in range 41, west; and,

of Dunlap legally

WHEREAS, Doubts have arisen as to the legality of the organization of said independent school-district; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That said independent school-district of Ind. school-dist. Dunlap, county of Harrison, Iowa, be, and the same is organized. hereby declared to be fully and legally organized and incorporated, with the boundaries as set forth in the preamble hereto, the same as though all the provisions of the

legalized.

statute regulating the organization of independent schooldistricts, had been fully complied with, and the said district is hereby declared to have all the powers, rights, and privileges that would have belonged to said district, had the same been legally organized on the 18th day of July, 1868.

SEC. 2. All the acts of the de facto officers of said Acts of officers independent school-district of Dunlap, are hereby confirmed, and are declared to have the same force and effect, as though said organization had been fully and legally completed, on the 18th day of July, A. D. 1868.

Taking effect.

SEC. 3. This act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect from and after the date of its publication in the Register, a paper published in Des Moines, Iowa, and the Harrisonian, published at Missouri Valley, Iowa. Approved, March 2, 1870.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register, March 3, and The Harrisonian, March 11, 1870.

ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

МАКСИ 4.

Preamble.

1858; ch. 157. 1868; ch. 61.

AN ACT to Legalize the Incorporation of the Town of Monroe, and also to Legalize the Acts and Doings of the Common Council of said town, under said Act of Incorporation.

WHEREAS, The town of Monroe, in Jasper county, was duly incorporated under the general incorporation law of 1858, and chapter sixty-one of the Acts of the Twelfth General Assembly, in the manner prescribed therein; and

WHEREAS, Under such incorporation, town officers were elected and qualified, who proceeded to exercise the powers delegated to them by law; and

WHEREAS, No record of any of the above proceedings was ever made by the County Judge of said county, on the record books of the same; and at none of the elections since held have registrations of voters been made, as required by law; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Incorporation of the State of Iowa, That the incorporation of the said town Monroe legalized of Monroe as above cited be and the same is hereby legalized, and that all ordinances passed and duly recorded, licenses issued, or other acts or proceedings done by the

Common Council thereof, under such incorporation, be, and the same are hereby legalized and made valid, the same as though no irregularity had ever existed in the incorporation of said town.

SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate impor- Taking effect. tance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Des Moines Daily Bulletin and Monroe Record; provided such publication shall be made without Proviso. expense to the State.

Approved, March 4, 1870.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Des Moines Daily Bulletin, March 5, and Monroe Record, March 12, 1870. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 18.

ENCOURAGEMENT OF FIRE COMPANIES.

AN ACT to Amend an Act entitled An Act to Encourage the Or- MARCH 4. ganization of Fire Companies, passed January 28, 1857.

1857; ch. 156, Rev. § 1763.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That section 1763 of the Revision of 1860 be and the same is hereby amended by inserting after the words " military duty," where they first occur Firemen in such section, the words "from the performance of bor on highways. labor on the highways," on account of poll tax.

ex

empted from la

obtained.

SEO. 2. To entitle any person to the exemptions Exemption-how provided in section one of this act, he shall on or before the first day of April of each year, file with the clerk or recorder of the proper city or town, a certificate, signed by the foreman of the company of which said person is a member, that the person holding said certificate is an active member of said Fire Company, and thereupon the clerk or recorder shall enter said exemption upon the street tax list, for that year.

SEC. 3. This act being deemed of immediate im- Taking effect. portance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Daily State Register, and Daily Evening Statesman, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa.

Approved, March 4, 1870.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Daily State Register, March 6, and in the Daily Statesman, March 7, 1870.

ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State.