SEC. 7. The commissioners created by this act shall Comm'rs to be receive pay for their services, upon a presentation of paid out of co. a certificate to the county commissioners of their treasury. services, signed by said commissioners, out of any money in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That if the proprie- Bonds by protors of the town of Keosauqua shall, on or before the prietors of first day of April next, enter into good and sufficient Keosauqua. bonds, with security to be approved of by the county commissioners, to the county treasurer, for the benefit of the said county, for the sum of five thousand dollars, payable in town lots in said town of Keosauqua, or other real estate, at a fair cash value, or cash, or such other materials as the county commissioners may deem proper to receive, for the purpose of carrying on or completing the public buildings in said. county. SEC. 9 The payments to be divided into three When payequal parts, and paid annually in one, two, and three ments to be years. made. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That if the said If said proprieproprietors shall enter into bonds, as provided for in tors enter into the eighth section of this act, then this act to be bonds, this act null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and value. APPROVED, January 25, 1839. to be void. COUNTIES, &c. AN ACT to provide for the sale of land located upon by the County Commissioners of Henry county, for the benefit of said county in erecting public buildings. a certain tract SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Iowa, That all the The right of right and title that has accrued, or may hereafter the county to accrue, to the quarter section of land located upon of land to be by the county commissioners of Henry county, and sold. for the use of said county, and which may hereafter be pre-empted by virtue of an act of Congress entitled "An act granting to the counties and parishes of each State and Territory of the United States, in which the public lands are situated, the right of preemption to a quarter section of land, the proceeds of the sale of which to be applied to the erection of public buildings in said county, approved May the County agent to be elected. Power to sell and convey. Proceeds of sale. Agent to enter into bonds. Agent's compensation. Oath to be taken. Election and returns, &c. 20th, 1824," shall be sold and conveyed by a county agent as hereinafter described. SEC. 2. There shall be elected on the first Monday of May next, if necessary, a county agent, and thereafter at the annual election annually as long as the county commissioners shall deem such agent useful. SEC. 3. The county agent, elected as aforesaid, is hereby authorized and empowered to sell, dispose of, and convey all the right, title, and interest said county may have in said quarter section of land, by deed, under his hand and seal, to any purchaser or purchasers. SEC. 4. Said agent may sell and dispose of said quarter section in any manner that will best promote the interest of said county. SEC. 5. All moneys arising from the sale of said quarter section shall be deposited in the county treasury, and be appropriated by the board of county commissioners of said county for the erection of county buildings. SEC. 6. When any person shall be elected as aforesaid, he shall enter into bonds of ten thousand dollars, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, payable to the treasurer of said county, conditioned to pay over all moneys, by him received from the sale or disposal of said quarter section of land, to the county treasurer. SEC. 7. The county agent shall receive for his services the sum of two dollars per day, for every day he may be employed in selling and disposing of said quarter section of land, to be paid by the treasurer of said county, and shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, take the following oath before the clerk of the district court: I do solemnly swear, or affirm, (as the case may be) that I will, to the best of my abilities, discharge the duties of county agent, without favor, fear, affection, or reward, and that I am not now, nor will be hereafter, interested in the sale or disposal of the quarter section of land, further than a citizen of said county. SEC. 8. The election or elections, mentioned in the preceding sections of this act, shall be regulated and conducted in every respect according to the law concerning and regulating general elections, returns made, and votes canvassed in the same manner. APPROVED, January 25, 1839. COUNTIES, &c. AN ACT to establish the boundary lines of Washington county, and for other purposes. ton. lines. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Iowa, That the Name changed county heretofore known and designated as the coun- from Slaughter ty of Slaughter, shall hereafter be called the county to Washingof Washington and that the boundary lines of said county are hereby established as follows: Beginning Boundary on the range line between ranges five and six west, where the township line dividing townships seventythree and seventy-four north intersects said line, thence west with said township line to the line dividing ranges nine and ten west, thence north on the said line to the line dividing townships seventy-seven and seventy-eight north, thence east with said line to the range line between ranges five and six west, thence south with said line to the place of beginning. business. SEC. 2. That the said county of Washington shall, Power to transto all intents and purposes, be and remain an organ-act county ized county, and invested with full power and authority to do and transact all county business which any regularly organized county may of right do. tablish seat of SEC. 3. That John Gilleland of the county of Lou- Commiss'rs apisa, and Thomas Richey of the county of Henry, and pointed to esWilliam Chambers of the county of Muscatine, are justice. hereby appointed commissioners to locate and establish the seat of justice of said county of Washington, being first sworn by any judge or justice of the Oath to be peace faithfully and impartially to locate the seat of taken. justice of said county, taking into consideration the future as well as the present population of said county. SEC. 4. The said commissioners, or a majority of Duties of comthem, shall meet at the town of Astoria, on the first missioners. day of June next, in pursuance of their duties under this act, and proceed as soon thereafter as may be to locate said seat of justice, and so soon as they have come to a determination, the same shall be committed to writing, signed by the commissioners, and filed with the clerk of the district court of said county, whose duty it shall be to record the same and forever keep it on file in his office, and the place thus designated shall be the seat of justice of said tice. Astoria tempo- County: Provided, that the seat of justice of said rary seat of jus- county is hereby temporarily established at the town of Astoria, until the said commissioners shall have located the seat of justice agreeably to the provisions of this act. Compensation to comm'rs. Territory at tached to Washington. SEC. 5. That the said commissioners shall receive, as a compensation for their services, the sum of three dollars per day, to be paid out of the treasury of said county of Washington. SEC. 6. That the territory west of the county of Washington is hereby attached to said county for judicial purposes. SEC. 7. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED, January 25, 1839. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. AN ACT organizing a Board of County Commissioners in each county in the Territory of Iowa. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Board of coun- Representatives of the Territory of Iowa, That there ty commiss'rs shall be and hereby is organized in each county in established in this Territory, a board of county commissioners for each county. Terms of ser ed. transacting county business, to consist of three qualified electors, any two of whom shall be competent to do business, to be elected by the qualified electors of the several counties respectively. The election shall be at the time and places of the general election of each county. SEc. 2. At the first election in pursuance of this vice of the per- act, the person having the highest number of votes sons first elect- shall serve three years, the person having the next highest number of votes shall serve two years, and the person having the next highest number of votes One comm'r to shall serve one year, and thereafter annually one be elected an- commissioner shall be elected, who shall serve three nually. years, and each commissioner elected according to the provisions of this act shall continue in office until his successor is elected and qualified. But if two grade to be de- or more persons shall have an equal number of votes as above, their grade shall be determined by lot, by the clerk, in the presence and under the direction of the sheriff of their respective counties. In what case termined by lot. Oath to be SEC. 3. Each person elected as a commissioner taken by com- shall, on receiving a certificate of his election, take missioners. an oath faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties of his office as such commissioner, before some person legally authorized to administer the same, which oath being certified on the back of such certificate, under the hand and seal of the person administering the same, shall be sufficient authority for such commissioner to take his seat with and act as a member of the board during the time for which he was elected. SEC. 4. The county commissioners thus elected Their style or and qualified shall be considered a body corporate title. and politic, by and under the name and style of "The Board of Commissioners of the County of (naming the county) and as such, by and under such and transact name and style, may sue and be sued. plead and be May sue and impleaded, defend and be defended, answer and be be sued, &c. answered unto, in any court either in law or equity, and do and transact all business on behalf of their respective counties that may be assigned them from them by law. time to time by law. And in all cases where their respective counties may have been injured, or may hereafter be injured, in their goods, chattels, lands, tenements, rights, credits, effects, or contracts, such commissioners shall and may, by and under their corporate name and style, without setting out their individual names, bring any suit or suits, action or actions, either in law or equity, which may be best calculated to obtain redress for any such injury, in the same way and manner that private individuals might or could do; and may in like way and manner, by and under their corporate name and style, be sued by any person or persons having any manner of claims against such county. board, and SEC. 5. The board of commissioners shall meet at Regular sesthe court house in each and every county, or at the sions of the usual place of holding the district court in such where to be county, for the purpose aforesaid, on the first Mon- held. days in April, July, October, and January, in each and every year, and may sit six days at each term if the business of the county shall require it: Provided, however, if the district court shall meet on any of the beforementioned days, the commissioners shall meet on the Monday preceding. SEC. 6. The said board of commissioners shall ap- Comm'rs to point a clerk, who shall attend the meeting of the appoint a clerk, board of commissioners and keep a record of their proceedings, and do such other business as he shall be required by law to do. And the sheriff of the Sheriff to at 14 tend. |