CHAPTER 102. PREFERRED STOCK RAILROAD COMPANIES. AN ACT to repeal Section first of Chapter 44 of the Act of the Tenth General Assembly, in relation to the issue of preferred stock by Railroad Companies, and to provide a substitute therefor. Preferred rail road stock. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Act repealed. of the State of Iowa, That Section first, of Chapter 44, except the enacting clause, of the Acts of the Tenth General Assembly be, and the same is hereby repealed,. and the following is substituted therefor. It shall be lawful for any Railroad Company incorporated within the State of Iowa, with the assent of two-thirds of all the stockholders in interest to make and issue preferred stock in payment of debts due or to become due from such Company, and such preferred stock shall be enti- Dividends. tled to dividends at such rate of interest as the Board of Directors of such Company may prescribe, not ex- Rate of interceeding eight per cent. per annum if earned in any one year after payinent of all interest on bonds before any dividend is made to the general stock, provided said preferred stock so issued shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars for each mile of railroad constructed by any such company. est. Limitation. SEC. 2. This Act being deemed of immediate im- Publication. portance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Home- I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register April 14th, 1866, and Iowa Homestead April, 1868. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 103.. PRINTING DELINQUENT TAX LIST. AN ACT to amend Section 2, Chapter 115, Laws of the Tenth SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Former Sec. the State of Iowa, That Section two (2), of Chapter amended. 115, of the Laws of the Tenth General Assembly be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the How long newspaper must have been published. following, viz: Provided, That said newspaper shall have been regularly printed and published for at least three months preceding the fifteenth of September of said in the same county. year, And shall have had at Must have 20 least twenty bona fide subscribers in the county wheresubscribers in the delinquent property is situated for at least three months preceding the fifteenth of September of said year. where. Treasurer affidavit. SEC. 2. That in all cases where the Treasurer may may require doubt the qualification of any paper as above fixed, it shall be his duty to require the publisher of such paper or papers claiming the right to publish said Tax List to show by affidavit that his paper has been published as often as once in each week according to the provisions of Section first of this Act. Approved April 2d, 1866. Former Sec. amended. CHAPTER 104. RELATING TO CERTAIN ASSESSMENTS. AN ACT to amend Section 752 of the Revision of 1860. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That Section 752 of the Revision of 1860, be and the same is hereby amended by the addition thereto of the words following, to-wit: ProAssessment vided, That such assessment shall be made within two years after the tax list shall have been delivered to him for collection, and not afterwards. must be made Publication. 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 Davenport Gazette. Approved April 2d, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register, April 10th, 1866, and in the Davenport Gazette, April, 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 105. ACTS OF NOTARIES LEGALIZED. AN ACT to legalize the official acts of certain Notaries Public and SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Acts done by of the State of Iowa, That the official acts of the per- certain persons named hereinafter, which were done by them after sons legalized the expiration of the authority given them by law or by commission, are hereby legalized and made as valid as if the same had been done while such commission remained in full force. SEC. 2. The persons of whom the acts as aforesaid J. Hilsinger. are legalized, are those of J. Hillsinger, as Notary Public of Jackson county, Iowa, between the 17th day of November, 1864, and the 1st day of February, 1865. SEC. 3. Those of M. Allison as Notary Public of M. Allison. Dubuque county, Iowa, from the 1st of September to the 8th of October, 1865. SEC. 4. Those of N. B. Nichols as Notary Public N. B. Nichols of Dallas county, Iowa, from the 12th to the 25th day of March, 1865. SEC. 5. Those of Max Block as Notary Public of Max Block. Muscatine county, from March 12th to December 8th, 1865. Sec. 6. Those of W. C. Connell as Notary Public W. C. Conof Benton county, lowa, from the 23d of May to the nell. 11th of November, 1865. SEC. 7. Those of Samuel T. Davis as Notary Pub- Samuel T. lic of Woodbury county, Iowa, after the 22d of April, Davis. 1865. SEC. 8. Those of Joshua Sayer as Notary Public of Joshua Sayer Hardin county, Iowa, after his commission expired. SEC. 9. Those of Stephen Sibley as Notary Public Stephen Sibof Polk county, Iowa, after his commission had ley. expired. SEC. 10. Those of James B. Thayer of Boston, James B. Massachusetts, as a Commissioner for the State of Thayer. Iowa, within the State of Massachusetts, between the 3d day of July, 1860, and the 17th day of March, 1865. SEC. 11. Those of Alonzo J. Van Duzen as Notary Alonzo J. Public of Dubuque county, Iowa, after the 10th day of Van Duzen. August, 1865. SEC. 12. Those of Oliver C. Wightman as Notary Oliver C. Public of Des Moines county, Iowa, after the expira- Wightman. tion of his commission in 1865. Thomas Han na. Charles T. SEC. 13. Those of Thomas Hanna as Notary Public of Muscatine county, Iowa, from the 27th of December, 1865, to the 27th of March, 1866. SEC. 14. Also the official acts of Charles T. Ransom since the expiration of his commission in December, 1865. Approved April 2d, 1866. Former acts repealed. Publication. CHAPTER 106. RELATING TO FOREIGN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES. AN ACT to repeal Section 1760 of the Revision of 1860, and relating to Foreigu Mutual Insurance Companies. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That Section 1760 of the Revision of 1860, be and the same is hereby repealed; Provided, that this Act shall not be construed so as to prevent Mutual Life Insurance Companies, incorporated by the laws of any other State than the State of Iowa, from transacting business within this State as provided by Chapter 39 of the Acts of the Ninth General Assembly. SEC. 2. This Act being deemed of immediate importance, shall be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa Homestead and State Register, newspapers published in Des Moines. Approved April 2, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the State Register April 11th, 1866, and in the Iowa Homestead April —, 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 107. WHO CONSTITUTED A BOARD OF HEALTH. AN ACT constituting the Mayor and Council of any incorporated town or city, or the Trustees of any township not incorporated, a Board of Health, and defining their powers. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the Mayor and Council of Board of any incorporated town, or city, or Trustees of any Health. township not incorporated, shall be and are hereby constituted a Board of Health. SEC. 2. The several Boards of Health constituted Powers. by this Act shall have power to make such regulations as they may deem necessary for the public health and safety respecting nuisances, sources of filth and causes of sickness within their cities or towns. SEC. 3. Notice shall be given by the Board of Shall publish Health of all regulations made, by publishing the same regulations. in some newspaper of its town, or, where there is no newspaper, by posting in five public places in the town. Such notice shall be deemed legal notice to all persons. SEC. 4. The Board shall examine into all nuisances, Shall abate sources of filth and causes of sickness within its town or remove. or city, and shall take immediate measures to abate, remove, or prevent the same wherever found. SEC. 5. The Board shall order the owner or occu- Owner shall pant, at his own expense, to remove any nuisance, remove filth. source of filth or cause of sickness found on private property within such time as it deems reasonable, and if such person neglects to do so he shall forfeit a sum of not exceeding twenty-five dollars for every day Fine for neg during which he knowingly permits such nuisance or lecting. cause of sickness to remain after the time prescribed for the removal thereof. SEC. 6. Such notice shall be made in writing and Notice--how served by the Marshal of the town or city, or by any served. Constable of the town, in the usual way of serving notices in civil suits. SEC. 7. If the owner or occupant fails to comply with Liability of such order, the Board may cause the nuisance, source owners. of filth, or cause of sickness, to be removed, and all expenses incurred thereby shall be paid by such persons. cleaned. SEC. 8. The Board shall have power to make regu- Streets and lations in relation to cleansing the streets, alleys, and alleys to be drains of the city or town, in relation to communication Infectious with houses where there is any contagious or infectious diseases. disease, to establish pest houses or hospitals, and when To establish deemed expedient and necessary to prevent the spread of any contagious disease, to remove to said pest house To remove or hospital, any person sick with the Asiatic or malig- sick. nant cholera, or other malignant or infectious disease. hospital. communica To prohibit or prevent all communication or intercourse To prevent by and with all houses, tenements, and places, and the tion with dispersons occupying the same in which there shall be any ease. |