of section twenty-six (26), in township eighty (80), north of range four (4), west of the fifth P. M. WHEREAS, At the time of the death of said Bartels, his nearest of kin who were then residents of the State of Iowa, were his cousins, Eliza Ingwersen, (formerly Peters), Emma Ingwersen (formerly Peters), of Clinton county, Augusta Hennschel (formerly Peters), of Scott county, Margaretta Ingwersen (formerly Peters) late of Clinton county, who has since died, leaving a minor child, Julius Henrick Ingwersen, who was born in and resides in said Clinton county,and Wilhelmina Ingwersen (formerly Peters), late of Clinton county, who has since died leaving the following minor children who (were) born in and reside in said county, namely: Erne Christona Ingwersen, Julia Helena Ingwersen and Emil Heinrich Ingwersen. SECTION 1. Therefore be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, For the purpose of set- Purpose of tling any question as to the right of the said cousins this section. of said Bartels to inherit said laud from said Bartels, that all claim of the State of Iowa, in and to said land by reason of any liability of the same to be escheated to the State, be and the same is hereby relinquished to Claim of the said cousins of said Bartels and to the child or State relinquished--to children of such of said cousins, as are deceased, the whom. children of said Wilhelmina only to have jointly an undivided one fifth part of said land. SEC. 2. This Act being deemed of immediate Publication. importance, shall take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published in the city of Des Moines, without expense to the State. Approved April 3d, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register April 12th, 1866, and in the Iowa Homestead April 18th, 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 131. SWAMP LAND CERTIFICATES. AN ACT requiring Swamp Land Certificates to be recorded. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Certificates, of the State of Iowa, That all certificates of the purwhere filed. chase of swamp land in this State, whether the purchase money has been paid or not, which were issued in pursuance of law prior to the first day of January, 1860, shall be filed for record, and recorded in the office of the County Recorder where the land is situated. It shall be the duty of the Recorder to whom such certificates are presented for record to at once place the same on record, the same as deeds for the conveyance of real estate, and he shall receive the sum of seventy-five cents for recording each certificate. Recorder, duty and compensation of. Certificates SEC. 2. All certificates as above contemplated, not not recorded. recorded within six months after the passage of this act, shall be utterly null and void and of no effect whatever as against subsequent "bona fide" purchasers. Publication. SEC. 3. This Act shall be in force and take effect I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the State Register April 12th, 1866, in the American Union April 1866, in the Glenwood Opinion April 1866, in the Council Bluffs Nonpareil April --, 1866, and in the Fort Dodge North-West April 17th, 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. Former Sec. repealed. CHAPTER 132. AMENDATORY ACT, RELATING TO IDIOTS, &C. AN ACT to amend Section 1442 of the Revision of 1860, by adding thereto a provision in relation to idiot or imbecile persons. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That Section 1442 of the Revision of 1860, be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following, viz: Provided, That the SuperSup't Insane intendents of the Hospital for the Insane, upon the Asylum. application of the guardian or next friend of any indigent idiot person, or of any indigent imbecile person of the highest degree, residents of any county of the State of Iowa, approved by order of the Board of Supervisors pervisors, may, in his discretion, if satisfied that such person is in indigent circumstances, order and direct Board of Su duties of. that such person shall be transferred to some institution for idiots and imbeciles, in this or in some other State, and there maintained at the expense of the county of which such person is a resident, and the expenses incurred thereby shall be paid in the manner as is provided by law for the maintenance of indigent insane persons in the Iowa Hospital for the Insane. The Superintendent shall certify to the Auditor of State on the first days of January, April, July, and October in each year, the amount (not previously certified) due from each county, for and upon account of the expenses incurred by the transfer and maintenance as authorized by this Act; and the Auditor shall thereupon notify the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of each county so owing Auditor-of the amount thereof, and charge the same to said duties of. county; and the Board of Supervisors of such county shall add such amount to the tax levied to pay expenses of insane persons in the Hospital for the Insane, or otherwise provide for the payment thereof, to be levied in said county, and the tax so levied shall be collected and paid into the State Treasury the same as other State taxes. SEC. 2. This Act being deemed by the General As- Publication. sembly of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 3d, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register April 12th, 1866, and in the Iowa Homestead April , 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 133. DISTRIBUTION OE A. G. REPORT. AN ACT to provide for the distribution of the Adjutant General's SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Sec'y of State of the State of Iowa, That the Secretary of State to distribute shall distribute the printed Reports of the Adjutant reports. General of this State for Jan. 1st, 1866, as follows: One hundred copies to the Governor of the State for Co. Clerks. exchange with Governors' of other States and for his own use; ten copies to the Lieutenant-Governor; five copies to the Ex-Lieutenant-Governor Eastman; five copies to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Davenport; five copies to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Cedar Falls; one hundred copies for the State Library, to be used so far as is necessary for exchange with other States, and the remainder of said hundred to be kept in the State Library. Fifty copies for the State Historical Society; one copy to each County Judge, Treasurer, Sheriff, Clerk of the District Court, Recorder and Supreintendent of Common Schools of each organized county in the State, to be kept for the respective offices and to be delivered over to their successors in office. SEC. 2. There shall be sent to the County Clerk of each county of this State a sufficient number of copies of said Report to enable him to furnish one copy to each Township Clerk in his county, to be kept in the office of said Clerk, and by him delivered to his successor in office. SEC. 3. The Adjutant General shall be furnished Adjt. General to distribute, with fifteen hundred copies, for distribution among such officers who have held or may now hold commissions in Iowa regiments as may by said Adjutant General be deemed best for the public service, and for exchange with Adjutant Generals of other States and for distribution among such United States officers and others as may be best for the public service, twenty copies to the Adjutant General, three copies each to the Secretary of State, Auditor of State, State Treasurer, Register of the Land Office, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and to each of the Judges of the Supreme Court; four copies to each member of the present General Assembly, to be transmitted by the Secretary of State to each at the expense of the State; one copy to each officer of the present General Assembly, and the Clerk of the Supreme Court, and the, State Librarian; one copy to each Library Association, and one copy to each institution of learning incorporated under the laws of the State. The remaining Remaining copies shall be kept by the Secretary of State to be distributed as further legislation may direct. copies. Publication. SEC. 4. 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 Iowa Homestead, newspapers published at Des Moines, Approved April 3d, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa CHAPTER 134. GRANT OF LANDS TO SIOUX CITY AND ST. PAUL RAILROAD AN ACT to accept of the Grant and carry into execution the Trust conferred upon the State of Iowa, by an Act of Congress entitled "An Act for a grant of lands to the State of Iowa in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of a railroad in said State." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the lands, rights, powers Lands conand privileges conferred upon the State of Iowa by the ferred by act Act of Congress entitled "An Act for a grant of land of Congress. to the State of Iowa in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of a railroad in the State of Iowa, approved May 12, 1864, be, and the same are hereby accepted May 12, 1864. upon the terms, conditions, and restrictions contained in said Act of Congress. Approved St. P. R. R. SEC. 2. That so much of the lands, interests, rights, Conferred uppowers, and privileges, as are or may be granted and on S. C. & conferred in pursuance of the Act of Congress afore- Company. said, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad from Sioux City, in the said State of Iowa, to the south line of the State of Minnesota, at such point as the said State of Iowa may select between the Big Sioux and the west fork of the Des Moines River be, and are hereby disposed of, granted, and conferred upon the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad Company, a body corporate existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Iowa. SEC. 3. That said company shall locate and defi- Co. to locate nitely fix the line and route of said road as soon as route, whed. practicable after the passage of this Act, and shall file Shall file map a map showing such line or route in the office of the of same, Governor of the State of Iowa, and also in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Iowa; and it shall where. |