SEC. 32. Linn county is the thirty-first district, and 31st District. entitled to one Senator. SEC. 33. The counties of Benton and Tama shall 32d District. constitute the thirty-second district, and entitled to one Senator. SEC. 34. The counties of Marshall and Hardin, 33d District. shall constitute the thirty-third district, and entitled to one Senator. SEC. 35. Dubuque county is the thirty-fourth dis- 34th District. trict, and entitled to two Senators. SEC. 36. Delaware county is the thirty-fifth district, 35th District. and entitled to one Senator. SEC. 37. The counties of Buchanan and Bremer 36th District. shall constitute the thirty-sixth district, and be entitled to one Senator. SEC. 38. Clayton county is the thirty-seventh dis- 37th District. trict, and entitled to one Senator. SEC. 39. Fayette county is the thirty-eighth district, 38th District. and entitled to one Senator. SEC. 40. The counties of Franklin, Butler, Grundy, 39th District. and Cerro Gordo shall constitute the thirty-ninth dis trict, and entitled to one Senator. SEC. 41. Black Hawk county is the fortieth district, 40th District. and entitled to one Senator. SEC. 42. Alamakee county is the forty-first district, 41st District. and entitled to one Senator. SEC. 43. Winnesheik county is the forty-second dis- 42d District. trict, and entitled to one Senator. SEC. 44. The counties of Floyd, Mitchell, Howard, 43d District. and Chickasaw shall constitute the forty-third district, and entitled to one Senator. SEC. 45. The counties of Boone, Hamilton, Story, 44th District. and Greene shall constitute the forty-fourth district, and entitled to one Senator. SEC. 46. The counties of Worth, Winnebago, Kos- 45th District. suth, Emmett, Dickinson, Clay, Palo Alto, Hancock, Wright, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Buena Vista, Sac, Calhoun, and Webster shall constitute the forty-fifth district, and entitled to one Senator. SEC. 47. The counties of Harrison, Shelby, Audu- 46th District. bon, Carroll, Crawford, Monona, Woodbury, Ida, Cherokee, Plymouth, Sioux, O'Brien, and the unorganized counties of Lyon and Osceola shall constitute the fortysixth disrict, and entitled to one Senator. Approved April 2d, 1866. $91,000 appropriated. Under whose direction expended. How drawn. To whom paid. CHAPTER 112. APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR COMPLETION OF AGRICULTURAL AN ACT making an appropriation to complete the Agricultural SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ninety-one thousand dollars, for the purpose of completing the Agricultural College buildings, and for the payment of the indebtedness against the same. SEC. 2. The money hereby appropriated shall be expended under the direction of the Board of Trustees of said College, and shall be drawn from the State Treasury from time to time upon their order, in sums not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and such amount, so drawn, shall be expended before any additional sum shall be drawn. SEC. 3. The money, when drawn from the State Treasury, shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees, and shall be paid out by him on such orders as may be directed by said Board of Trustees. Building SEC. 4. Before drawing any money, as before proCom-Supt. vided, or making any contracts on said building, the -duties of Board of Trustees shall appoint a Building Committee of not less than three persons, and a Superintendent of said building, which Superintendent shall not be a member of the said Board of Trustees, and the Building Committee and Superintendent shall, under the direction of the Board of Trustees, have supervision of the erection of the College Building. Who make purchases. To keep record. SEC. 5. The Building Committee and Superintendent, or either of them, as the Board may direct, shall make all purchases and contracts on said building. They shall, in all contracts entered into, require bonds to be given for the faithful performance of the same, and shall keep an accurate record of their proceedings, which shall embrace copies of all contracts entered into, and a minute and accurate record of all expenditures, showing the amount paid, to whom paid, and for what service rendered or material purchased, and whether paid on account or in pursuance of a contract, and for all payments made vouchers shall be taken. SEC. 6. The Trustees shall make a report to the next General Assembly, showing the amount of work Trustees to done, the condition of the building, and a detailed report. account of the expenditures on the same. SEC. 7. Neither the Trustees, Building Committee, Who may not nor any member of the same, nor the Superintendent, be interested. shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for labor or material on the College building. SEC. 8. Before entering upon the discharge of their Who give duties, the Building Committee and Superintendent bonds. shall each give a bond in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of their respective duties, in accordance with the provisions of this act, and shall take, subscribe, and file with the Auditor of State the oath provided in section 2180 of the Revision of 1860. SEC. 9. This act being deemed of immediate im- Publication. portance, shall be in force and take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 2d, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register April 11th, 1866, and in the Iowa Homestead April 18th, 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 113. LIABILITIES OF RAILROAD COMPANIES. AN ACT to define the liabilities of railroads, and other transportation companies, as common carriers. common car SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That in the transportation of Liable as persons or property by any railroad or other company, riers. or by any person, or firm engaged in the business of transportation of persons or property, no contract, receipt, rule or regulation shall exempt such railroad or other company, person or firm from the full liabilities. of a common carrier, which in the absence of any contract, receipt, rule or regulation would exist with respect to such persons or property. SEC. 2. This Act being deemed of immediate im- Publication. portance, shall take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 2d, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register, April 18th, 1866, and in the Iowa Homestead, April 25th 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. Former Sec. amended. Publication. Ꮯ Ꮋ Ꭺ Ꮲ Ꭲ Ꭼ Ꭱ 114 . RELATING TO REGISTERED LETTERS CONTAINING TREASUR- AN ACT to amend Section 799 of the Revision of 1860, relating to registered letters containing county Treasurer's monthly report to the Auditor of State. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That Section 799, of the Revision of 1860, be, and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words "and have the same registered" in said Section. SEC. 2. This Act being deemed of immediate importance by the General Assembly shall take effect by being published in the Iowa State Register, Iowa Statesman, and Iowa Homestead, papers published at Des Moines. Approved April 2d, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register April 11th, 1866, in the Iowa Statesman April 1866, and in the Iowa Homestead May 2d, 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 115. STATE ARSENAL.. AN ACT providing for the erection of a building for Adjutant- SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Des Moines. of the State of Iowa, That the sum of twenty-five thou$25,000 apsand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated propriated. for the purpose of erecting a building at the city of Des Building at Moines, Iowa, in which shall be had the offices of the Adjutant-General, and the Quartermaster-General, and To be used, in which shall be stored the arms and equipments be- for what. longing to or in possession of the State, and which may require storage when returned by Companies, or while in transit to United States Arsenals. duties of. SEC. 2. Said building shall be constructed in such How conmanner as to be fire-proof throughout, and shall be structed. erected under the direction of the Adjutant-General, Under whose and G. L. Godfrey, B. F. Allen, and J. W. Cattell, of directionDes Moines City. They shall locate, and select the site for said building in the city of Des Moines; Pro- Proviso. vided, That the necessary and proper grounds for said Arsenal can be obtained without expense to the State, or selected from lands now belonging to the State, and not already appropriated to other purposes. SEC. 3. In no case shall the cost of the building exceed the sum of thirty thousand dollars, exclusive of Cost, $30,000. the land on which the building may be erected. SEC. 4. The money hereby appropriated shall be Money, how drawn as the work progresses, on the written order of drawn. the Adjutant-General, who shall, before drawing any Shall report of said money, file a bond with sureties, with, and to A. G. to file be approved by the Auditor of State, in the sum of bond. fifty thousand dollars for the faithful disbursement of said money, as provided by this Act, and shall pay out the same on the proper vouchers, and shall report to Assembly. the next General Assembly a statement, in detail, of the expenditures. to General SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect and be in force Publication. from and after its publication in the Daily State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published in Des Moines. Approved April 2, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Daily State Register April 18th, 1866, and in the Iowa Homestead April 25th, 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. |