Proviso: officers to be elected. Qualification manner prescribed by law for the election and qualificaof officers. tion of township officers: Provided, The officers to be elected shall be the same required by chapter fifty-one of the Revision of 1860, for the class to which said town or city shall belong, as shown by the certificate and notices of the county judge required by section Term of of four hereof, and they shall continue in office only until the time of the regular election of said officers and until their successors are elected and qualified. fice. SS 1030-1037 SEC. 7. Sections 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, Rev. of 1860, 1036, and 1037, of the Revision of 1860, and all acts pealed. or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. SEC. 8. This act being deemed of immediate imTaking effect. portance shall be in force from and after its publication in the State Register and Iowa Statesman, published in Des Moines. Approved April 1, 1868.. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Daily State Register April 7, 1868, and in The Iowa Evening Statesman April 7, 1868. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. APRIL 2. council legalized. CHAPTER 62. ACTS OF COUNCIL OF CEDAR FALLS LEGALIZED. AN ACT to Legalize the Acts of the City Council and Officers of the City of Cedar Falls, and the Incorporation of said City. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Assessments, of the State of Iowa, That all assessments heretofore taxes, & acts made, and taxes levied, in the city of Cedar Falls, and of Cedar Falls all acts of the city council, and other officers in said city, and the incorporation of said city, as a city of the second class, is hereby legalized and declared valid, to the same extent and with the like effect, as though a president pro tempore of the city council, and a city assessor, had been duly elected, and acted, and as though the law in regard to the incorporation of cities of the second class, and the election and appointment of officers therein, had been fully and completely complied with. SEC. 2. This act, being deemed of immediate Taking effect. importance, shall be in force and effect from and after its publication in the Daily State Register and Iowa Evening Statesman, newspapers published in No cost to Des Moines, Iowa, said publication to be without State. expense to the State. Approved April 2, 1868. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in The Iowa Evening Statesman April 4, 1868, and in the Daily State Register April 5, 1868. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 63. LEGALIZING ACTS OF HENRY TEMPLE, N. p. AN ACT to Legalize the Official Acts of Henry Temple, a Notary SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of APRIL 2. the State of Iowa, That the official acts of Henry Tem- Henry Temple, a notary public of Cass county, done and performed ple's notarial by him, after the expiration of his commission, be and acts legalized the same is [are] hereby declared legal and binding, and as valid as if the said commission had remained and been. in full force at the time the acts were done. SEC. 2. This act, being deemed of immediate im portance, shall take effect from and after its publication Taking effect, in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Homestead, without costs to the State of Iowa. Approved April 2, 1868. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register April 8, 1868, and in The Iowa Homestead April 9, 1868. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 64. FURNACES FOR A. G. O. AND STATE ARSENAL. APRIL 2. AN ACT Making Appropriations for Two Lawson Wood Furnaces, Pipes, and Register[s], furnished and put in the Adjutant General's Office and State Arsenal, by Fuller, Warren & Co. tion. $751.80 to SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Appropria- the State of Iowa, That there be and is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of seven hundred and Fuller, War- fifty-one dollars and eighty cents, or so much thereof furnaces, &c. as may be necessary to pay Fuller, Warren & Co., for in A. G. O. furnishing and putting up, in the Adjutant - General's and arsenal. office and State arsenal, two Lawson wood furnaces, pipes, and registers. ren & Co. for SEC. 2. That upon the presentation of the bill for Bill sworn to. said services, sworn to by the said Fuller, Warren & Co., or either of them, or their agent, and the correctCertified by ness thereof certified by the Adjutant - General of the Adj't-Gen. State, the Auditor of State is hereby authorized to Auditor au audit the amount of said claim, and draw his warrant audit claim. for the amount thus audited. thorized to Taking effect. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Regis ter and The Iowa Homestead, two newspapers published at Des Moines. Approved April 2, 1868. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Daily State Register April 7, 1868, and in The Iowa Homestead April 9, 1868. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. APRIL 2. CHAPTER 65. JACKSON COUNTY ATTACHED TO DUBUQUE ARGUMENT TERM. AN ACT to Amend Section 3d, of Chapter 27, of the Acts of the SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly 1868, ch. 27. of the State of Iowa, That section 3d, of chapter 27, of the acts of the present General Assembly, be and the same is hereby amended, so as to insert in said section the word "Jackson" after the word "Howard," and to require cases appealed to the Supreme Court from the Jackson co. causes to Du said county of Jackson to be taken to the argument buque argu. term, subject to the provisions contained in said section. ment term. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with Repealing the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby clause. repealed. SEC. 3. This law shall take effect from and after its Taking effect. publication in the Daily Register and daily Evening Statesman, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 2, 1868. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in The Iowa Evening Statesman April 4, 1868, and in the Daily State Register April 5, 1868. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 66. APPROPRIATION FOR IOWA SOLDIERS' ORPHANS' HOME. AN ACT to Amend Chapter 92, of the Acts of the Eleventh APRIL 2. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That for the support of the Appropriaseveral Orphans' Homes there is hereby appropriated, tions for Orout of any money in the State treasury not otherwise phans' Home. appropriated, the sum of ten dollars per month for each $10 pr month orphan actually supported, counting the average num- each orphan. ber sustained in the several homes for the month, and upon the presentation to the Auditor of State each month of a sworn statement of the average number of orphan children, supported by the institution for the preceding month, it shall be the duty of the Auditor Duty of Auto draw his warrant upon the Treasurer of State in ditor. favor of the treasurer of the board of trustees of the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home, for the sum herein before provided. SEC. 2. For making improvements and repairs Improveupon the buildings and grounds of the Orphans' Home ments and reat Davenport and for replacing furniture therein, there pairs at Dais hereby appropriated the sum of twelve thousand 000. dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. venport, $12, Buildings, &c. at Cedar Falls, $25,000. SEC. 3. For erecting and furnishing buildings and improving buildings and grounds at Cedar Falls for the Orphans' Home there located, there is hereby appropri ated the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, upon condition that at 20 acres to be least twenty acres of land, suitable therefor, shall be given to deeded to the State, in fee simple, without expense to the State. State. SEC. 4. For the erection and furnishing of buildings Buildings, &c. and improvement of buildings and grounds of the Orat Glenwood, phans' Home, located at Glenwood, there is hereby $15,000. appropriated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, upon condition that 16 acres to be the sixteen acres of land upon which the said Home is given State. now situated shall be deeded to the State, in fee simple, without expense to the State. SEC. 5. The money appropriated by the preceding Money--how sections shall be drawn from the State treasury upon drawn; the Auditor's warrants, issued upon the orders of the president of the board of trustees, attested by the secretary of the board, only as it shall be needed for the purposes for which the same is appropriated, and the sums appropriated for erecting buildings shall not be drawn faster, nor in greater sums, than shall be needed than needed; to provide the buildings necessary for the accommodation and comfort of these [those] desiring admission to the homes and entitled thereto; and the amounts how expend- drawn shall be expended for the purposes designated under the direction of the board of trustees. not faster ed. SEC. 6. In the enumeration of persons between the ages of five and twenty-one years as provided by sec1851, ch. 17. tions 41 and 50 of chapter 172 of the acts of the Ninth Orphans not General Assembly, the orphans at the several homes to be enum- shall in no case be enumerated in the school - district erated where Homes are in which such homes are located, except in cases where located. the mother, guardian, or other person having the legal charge or control of such child, other than the officers of the Home, shall reside in such district. Children adopted. SEC. 7. Any child in either of the Orphans' Homes may, with the consent of the parent or guardian of such child, be adopted by any citizen of this State, but no article of adoption shall be of any force or validity until approved by the board of trustees, nor shall any child so adopted be removed from the Home until articles of adoption are so approved. The board of trustees shall have power, and it shall be their duty to Discharge. discharge from the Homes, all children who are of proper age, or have sufficient means to provide for |