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 trict court. SEO. 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 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 Rechs.58 and criminal. 184. terested in pro district court. 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, transfer same to 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 Repealing clause 12th General Assembly as are inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. 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. The I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in 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. 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, county tax-books in wrong district, egalized. 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 Egate, *See Addenda. having the same boundaries as said school-district number eight; and, legally organiz'd. 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 District declared the State of Iowa, That said independent school-district of Esgate, in the county of Jackson, Iowa, be and the same is hereby declared to be fully and legally organized and incorporated, with the boundaries as established by said trustees of Farmers' Creek township, the same as though all the provisions of the statute regulating the organization of independent school-districts had been fully complied with, and the said district is hereby declared to have the powers, rights, and privileges, that would have belonged to said district had the same been legally organized on the 28th day of February, 1868. SEC. 2. All the acts of the de facto officers of said officers' acts conindependent district of Esgate, are hereby confirmed, and firmed. are declared to have the same form and effect as though said organization had been fully and legally completed on the 28th of February, 1868. SEC. 3. This act being deemed of immediate impor- Taking effect. tance shall take effect from and after the date of its publication in the Des Moines State Register, and Jackson Sentinel, without expense to the State. Approved, April 28, 1870. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Dai ly Iowa State Register, April 27, and in the Jackson Sentinel, April 28, 1870. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 156. ADULTERATION OF MILK AND CHEESE, AN ACT to Prevent and Punish the Adulteration of Milk and APRIL 15. Cheese. luted or adulter SECTION. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That whoever shall knowingly sell to Selling milk diany person or persons, deliver or bring to be manu- ated, etc., factured to any cheese or butter manufactory in this State, any milk diluted with water, or in any way adulterated, strippings fraudulently, or milk from which any cream has been taken, or milk keeping back commonly known as "skimmed milk," or shall keep back any part of milk known as "strippings," with intent to defraud, or shall knowingly sell the milk, the product of a diseased animal or animals, or shall knowingly use any or using deleteri- poisonous or deleterious material in the manufacture of cheese or butter, cheese or butter, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more liable to fine and than one hundred dollars, and liable in double the amount of damages to the person or persons, firm, association, or corporation, upon whom such fraud shall be committed. ous material in damages. 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 Bulletin, newspapers published in 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. APRIL 15. and divisions of CHAPTER 157. SWAMP LAND FUND OF JACKSON COUNTY. AN ACT to Legalize the Action of the Board of Supervisors of SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Appropriations the State of Iowa, That all the appropriations and divissw'mp-land funds ions heretofore made of the swamp-land funds of Jackson county to the several townships in said county, by the board of supervisors of said Jackson county, be, and the same are hereby, legalized. legalized. Taking effect. SEC. 2. This act to take effect from and after its pub- I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Daily Iowa State Register, April 27, 1870, and the Jackson County Sentinel,* ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. See Addenda. |