CHAPTER 128. PERMITS FOR THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS. AN ACT to Amend Sections 1575 and 1576 of the Revision of 1860 in relation to Permits for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors. APRIL 7. Certificate SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the certificate provided for in sections 1575 and 1576 of the Revision of 1860, shall Rev., §§ 1575 state the purpose for which it is obtained, and upon its and 1576. presentation to the county judge, he shall fix a day for must state the final hearing of the application, and give notice of purpose. such application and time of final hearing by publica- Co. judge to tion in at least one newspaper published in the county, hearing. give notice of or by posting such notice in the township, town, or ward in which the business is to be conducted. Such publi- Applicant to cation or posting shall be at least ten days prior to the pay expenses time of final hearing, and the applicant shall pay the expenses thereof in advance and a fee of two dollars hearing. for final hearing. of notice, and $2 fee for of co. may SEC. 2. At such final hearing any resident of the Any resident county may appear and show cause why such permit oppose. should not be granted, and the same shall be refused unless the county judge shall be fully satisfied that the Action of co. requirements of the law have in all respects been fully judge. complied with, that the applicant is a person of good moral character, and that taking into consideration the wants of the locality, and the number of permits already granted, such permits would be necessary and proper for the accommodation of the neighborhood. SEC. 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed to Existing perinterfere with any permits heretofore issued until the mits not af time shall have expired for which such permits were granted. fected. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force Taking effect. from and after its publication in the State Register and Iowa Evening Statesman, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 7, 1868. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Daily State Register April 23, 1868, and in the Iowa Evening Statesman April 23, 1868. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 129. LEGALIZING ACTS OF A JUSTICE CLARKE OF THE PEACE IN COUNTY. AN ACT to Legalize the Acts of Wilson Throckmorton, lately a APRIL 7. Justice of the Peace in Clarke County, Iowa. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of W.Throck of the State of Iowa, That the official acts of Wilson Official acts Throckmorton, a justice of the peace in Clark[e] coun- morton, J. P., ty, Iowa, during the year[s] 1865 and 1866, are hereby in failing to legalized and declared to be valid in law in all cases sign docket, where the said Wilson Throckmorton has failed to iegalized. sign his official docket, as fully as if it had been so signed. SEC. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its Taking effect, publication in the Osceola Sentinel, a paper published in Clark[e] county, Iowa, without expense to the State. Approved April 7, 1868. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Clarke County Sentinel April 17, 1868. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 130. LEGALIZING THE LEVY OF A TOWN-TAX IN CORYDON. AN ACT to Legalize certain Acts of the Council of the Town of APRIL 7. Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa, in the Levy of a Town-Tax on the Property in said Town of Corydon. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the act of the town council Acts of counof the town of Corydon, Wayne county, Iowa, in cil of Corydon, in levylevying a town - tax on the property, both personal and ing tax for real, for the year 1867, be and the same is hereby '67, legalized. legalized and confirmed, any informality to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 2. This act, being deemed of immediate im portance, to take effect from and after its publication Taking effect. in the Daily State Register and the Corydon Monitor; provided, such publication be made without expense to Proviso: the State. Approved April 7, 1868. [For certificate of publication see "Addenda."] CHAPTER 131. LMGALIZING ACTS OF A RECORDER OF CLAYTON COUNTY. AN ACT to Legalize certain Official Acts of Jonathan Oglesbee, APRIL 7. WHEREAS, Jonathan Oglesbee, Recorder of Clayton Preamble. county, for the term of two years ending January, 1867, did in many cases fail to comply with section 1, of chapter 74, of the acts of the Tenth General Assemblý, providing for the recording of United States revenue stamps attached to written instruments: therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That in all such cases where instruments having stamps attached have been recorded Certain recby said Jonathan Oglesbee, and the said recorder has ords of Claynoted upon the records the fact that a stamp was affixed ton co. made to the original, the same shall be deemed legal and sufficient in law, and the record or a duly authenticated copy thereof shall be received in evidence, in all cases, the same as if recorded strictly in accordance with the law of this State. valid. SEC. 2. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect from and after its publication Taking effect in the Daily State Register and Clayton County Journal. Approved April 7, 1868. [For certificate of publication see "Addenda."] CHAPTER 132. LEGALIZING OFFICIAL ACTS OF A NOTARY PUBLIC IN CLAY- AN ACT to Legalize the Official Acts of Samuel R. Coons, a APRIL 7. WHEREAS, Samuel R. Coons, of Clayton county, Preamble. Iowa, was on the 8th day of November, 1864, appointed a notary public, in and for said county by William M. Stone, then Governor of Iowa, for the term of three years, then next thereafter; and, WHEREAS, The words engraved on the official seal used by said Coons were not such as the law requires, being Notary Public instead of Notarial Seal, and having used said seal in the performance of certain official acts in which a large amount of property is involved, the legality of said official acts being questionable: therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That all the official acts of said Official acts of S.R.Coons, Samuel R. Coons, by him performed as a notary public N. P., with within and for said county of Clayton, be and the same improper seal are hereby declared legal and binding in law and legalized. equity as fully as though the engraving on said official seal had been such as the law requires. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force Taking effect. from and after its publication in The Iowa Homestead and McGregor News, papers published in the State of Iowa, without expense to the State. Approved April 7, 1868. AN ACT to Legalize the Acts of the North-western Mining Com- APRIL 7. pany. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That all the elections and acts of the North-western Mining Company, a company organized Acts of N.W. under the laws of the State of Iowa, for the purpose of Mining Co. made valid. mining for lead or galena in the counties of Jackson and Jones, in the State of Iowa, be and the same are hereby rendered as legal and valid, to all intents and purposes, as the same would have been in case all the requirements of the law relating to the publication of notice thereof had been strictly fulfilled. SEC. 2. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall be in force from and after its publication Taking effect. in the State Register, published at Des Moines, and the Maquoketa Excelsior, published at Maquoketa, without expense to the State. Approved April 7, 1868. CHAPTER 134. IN RELATION TO THE CLERKS OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS. AN ACT to Provide for the Compensation of Clerks of the District and Circuit Courts, and to allow the Deputy Clerk to act as Clerk of the Circuit Court. APRIL 7. in probate SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the clerk of the district Fees of clerk court shall receive such compensation for his services of dist. court in probate matters in the circuit court as the board of matters to be supervisors may allow, which compensation shall be in fix'd by board addition to the fees and amount now allowed by law supervisors. to said clerk, to be paid out of the money collected by him for probate business. court to be SEC. 2. The clerk of the district court shall, while Clerk of dist. acting as clerk of the circuit court, be known and known as clk. designated as "Clerk of the circuit court," and in all circuit court. certificates and records relating to said court, signed by him, he shall so designate. The deputy of the Deputy may clerk of the district court may perform any of the act. duties required by the clerk of the district court to be performed in and for said circuit court, and may sign all certificates and records thereof, in the same manner and with the same force and effect, as the clerk of the district court. Approved April 7, 1868. CHAPTER 135. COMMISSIONER TO SETTLE LAND CLAIMS WITH U. S. GOV- AN ACT to Amend Chapter 79 of the Acts of the Eleventh General Assembly, entitled "An Act providing for the Adjustment of certain Land Claims with the General Government." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly APRIL 7. of the State of Iowa, That section 4, of chapter 79, of Ch. 79, 1866, the acts of the Eleventh General Assembly, entitled repealed. "An Act providing for the adjustment of certain land claims with the general government," be and the same is hereby repealed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof, to wit: |