CHAPTER 199. FOR PURCHASE OF LAND FOR THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY AN ACT Providing for the Purchase of Land for the Use of the Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That for the purpose of enabling the state to purchase a tract of land of not less than two hundred, and not more than four hundred acres upon which the Iowa state agricultural society may hold its fairs, and for such other uses and purposes as said society may have occasion and see proper to make of the same in the interest of such society, and necessary to the development of agricultural, horticultural, stock-raising and mechanical interests of the state, there is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated the sum of $50,000, or as much thereof as shall be needed to purchase said grounds; provided, that not more than one-half of the purchase money shall be drawn from the treasury in the year 1884, and that no part of the remainder thereof shall be drawn from the treasury prior to the month of June 1885, and that no part of said appropriation shall be paid as aforesaid until an amount not less than this appropriation be donated in cash or property by the city or locality where said Iowa state agricultural society shall locate its fairs. That the Iowa state agricultural society shall upon the purchase of any land under the provisions of this act, notify the attorney-general of the state, who shall examine the title to said lands, and when the same is approved by him shall make, or cause to be made a complete abstract of the title thereof and file the same with the governor of the state. SEC. 2. The land purchased under the provisions of this act shall be selected by the Iowa state agricultural society and shall be conveyed to, and held by, the state of Iowa. The conveyance shall be made to the state before the money hereby appropriated is drawn from the treasury. The Iowa state agricultural society shall have the use of said land as hereinbefore provided. No lien nor incumbrance whatever shall be created upon the premises to be purchased as aforesaid without the consent of the state; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the leasing of any portion of said grounds by said society for stalls, stands, restaurants, or boarding house sites, or for any business or purpose, which by said society may be considered proper to conduct in connection with said fairs, not otherwise prohibited by law. SEC. 3. That the money herein appropriated shall be paid on Appropriathe warrant of the auditor of state by the treasurer of the tin how paid. state on the orders of the Iowa state agricultural society signed by the president and secretary thereof and at such times and in such sums, only, as it may be made to appear to the executive council of the state, or to a majority thereof, that the same is required in payment for land so purchased for the purposes and in the manner contemplated by this act. SEC. 4. In the event that said society should abandon the In case of using of the premises herein provided for and cease to use the abandonment. same for purposes hereinbefore enumerated, then and in that case, it shall be lawful for the state to take possession of said CHAPTER 200. IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHWAYS. AN ACT to Promote the Improvement of Highways. [Additional H. F. 543. to Code, Title VII, Ch. 2; and Superseding Sec. 986.] Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: authorizedi SECTION 1. That the board of supervisors of each county One-mill tax may at the time of levying taxes for other purposes, levy a tax each county. of not more than one mill on the dollar of the assessed value of the taxable property in their county, which tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are collected and shall be known as the county road fund, and shall be paid out only on the order of the board of supervisors Paid out for for work done on the highways of the county, in such places as work on highthe board shall determine, and the county treasurer shall receive the same compensation for collecting this tax as he does for collecting corporation taxes; provided, that the amount Proviso: total levied by the board of township trustees under section 969 of tax not to exthe code together with the amount thus levied shall not be in excess of five (5) mills. SEC. 2. The board of supervisors shall, at their regular meeting in April of each year, determine from the auditor's and treasurer's books, the amount of money collected and credited to said road tax fund. They shall, also, determine the manner in which said tax shall be expended, whether by contract or otherwise. ways. ceed 5 mills. SEC. 3. That section 986 be and the same is hereby repealed, Code, § 986 and following enacted in lieu thereof: repealed. Compensation of road supervisor. How paid. Receive a certificate: when. Township trustees may consolidate SEC. 986. The supervisor shall be allowed the sum of two dollars per day for each day's labor, including the time necessarily spent in notifying the hands and making out his return, which sum shall be paid out of the highway fund, after deducting his two days' work. When there is no money in the hands of the clerk with which to pay the said supervisor, he shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the amount of labor performed, which certificate shall be received in payment of his own highway tax for any succeeding year. SEC. 4. The board of township trustees, may, at their regular meeting in April, 1884, or at any regular April meeting thereroad districts. after, on petition of a majority of the voters of said township consolidate the several road district[s] in the township into one highway district; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the trustees from again subdividing the township into subdistricts and returning to the present plan of road work, at any regular April meeting, after two years trial of the plan provided by this act. Proviso. Tax may be ordered paid in money. When organ ized into one trict. Work may be by contract. SEC. 5. The trustees may order the township highway tax for the succeeding year paid in money and have the same collected by the county treasurer the same as other taxes. SEC. 6. In all cases where the township shall have organized highway dis- into one highway district, as contemplated in section 4 of this act, the board of township trustees shall order and direct the expenditure of all the highway funds and labor belonging or owing to the township; and to this end the trustees may let by contract to the lowest responsible bidder (should they deem him competent to the proper performance of such work) any part, or all of the work on the highways for that year, in the township, or they may appoint a township superintendent of highways, with one or more assistants, should they deem it best so to do, to superintend all or any part of such work, subject always to the direction of the township trustees; provided only, the said trustees shall not incur any indebtedness for such purposes, unless the same has been, or shall at the time be, provided for by an authorized levy. Proviso. Expenditure of tax. Noxious weeds to be cut twice a year. SEC. 7. The trustees shall cause both the property and poll road tax belonging to the township, to be equitably and judiciously expended for highway purposes in the township highway district, and shall cause the highways to be kept in as good condition as the means at their command will admit of. SEC. 8. The trustees shall cause the noxious weeds growing on the highways in their township, to be cut twice a year, if deemed necessary to exterminate the same, and have them cut at such times as to prevent their growing to seed; and for this purpose, the trustees may allow any land owner a reasonable compensation for destroying such weeds on the highways abutting his lands and have him credited for the same on his road tax for that year. and per diem tendent. SEC. 9. The trustees shall fix the term of office and per diem Trustees to fix of the superintendent of highways and his assistants, should term of office such be employed; provided, the superintendent shall not be of superinhired for more than one year at a time and his per diem shall Proviso. not exceed three dollars; and that the contract shall be conditioned so that the trustees may dispense with his services at any time, when in their judgment it shall be for the best interests of the township so to do. SEC. 10. The trustees shall cause at least seventy-five per 75 per cent of cent of the township highway tax to be properly expended for tax to be exhighway purposes by the fifteenth day of July each year. pended. tricts to be SEC. 11. In all cases where the one highway district plan Funds of the shall be adopted, the highway funds belonging to the several several disroad districts in the township, prior to the change, shall be placed to placed to the credit of the general township highway fund, and credit of gen all claims for work done or material furnished for road purposes, and unsettled for prior to the change, shall be paid out of such funds. eral township. tractor and su SEC. 12. The trustees shall require the township clerk, con Township tractor, and superintendent, contemplated in this aet, each to clerk, conqualify, as other township officers, and to execute a bond with perintendent, approved sureties, for twice the amount of money likely to to qualify and come into their hands, respectively, by reason of this act. give bond. SEC. 13. The trustees shall receive the same compensation Compensation per day for time necessarily spent in looking after the high- of trustees, ways, as they do for other township business; the county treas- of county urer shall receive the per cent for collecting the highway taxes treasurer, contemplated in this act, that he does for collecting corporation taxes; and the township clerk shall receive two per cent of all of township the money coming into his hands by reason of this act, and by him paid out for road purposes. clerk. constitute a SEC. 14. Nine hours' faithful service for a man, or man and Nine hours team, shall be required for a day's work on the road; provided, day's work. that except on extraordinary occasions no person shall be re- Proviso. quired to go more than three miles from his place of residence to work on the roads; and for the purposes of this act, the residence of a man with a family shall be construed to be where his family reside[s], and for a single man it shall be at the place where he is at work. SEC. 15. The powers, duties, and accountability imposed on Law as to highway supervisors, so far as consistent with this act, shall highway suapply with equal force to contractors, superintendents and as- apply to consistants contemplated in this act. pervisors shall tractors. when town SEC. 16. In all cases where the one highway district for the Trustees to township shall have been adopted, it shall be competent for the designate township trustees to designate when the same shall take effect ship system as to the working of the roads. takes effect. SEC. 17. Sections four (4) to fifteen (15) inclusive, of this act secs. 4 to 15 shall apply and be in force only in such townships as adopt the hereof apply: one highway district plan provided for in this act. when. Repealing clause. SEC. 18. All acts and parts of acts so far as inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Approved, April 14, 1884. CHAPTER 201. ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. H. F. 492. An additional hospital for the insane provided for. Governor to missioners to locate and build same. AN ACT to Make Farther Provision for the Care of Insane Persons. [Additional to Code, Title XI, Ch. 2.] Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That there shall be erected and permanently established at the place to be selected as hereinafter provided, an additional hospital for the support, care and treatment of the insane of the state. SEC. 2. That the governor of the state shall as speedily appoint com- after the taking effect of this act as practicable appoint, by and with consent of the executive council, three suitable persons, residents of the state of Iowa, who shall constitute a board of commissioners for the purpose of selecting the location and site, adopting plans and erecting an additional hospital for the insane of the state provided for in this act. The persons so appointed shall be subject to removal by the gov ernor, and in case of a vacancy, by death, resignation or otherwise, the governor shall fill such vacancy by appointment. Removal. Located in Iowa. SEC. 3. The board of commissioners provided for in section southwestern two (2) hereof shall as speedily after their appointment as practicable, determine the location of, and purchase the site for such additional hospital for the insane which location shall be in the southwestern portion of the state and shall be selected with reference to its healthfulness and accessibility. The site for such hospital shall consist of not less than three hundred and twenty acres of land and shall be [so] selected as to secure an abundant supply of good water and an opportunity for proper and efficient drainage, and no gratuity or donation shall be received as an inducement to such location. No. of acres, water and drainage. Deeds to be to the state. SEC. 4. That the deeds for the conveyance of such site shall be executed to the state of Iowa, convey an absolute title in fee simple and be accompanied by an abstract of the title to the land therein described, showing perfect title in the grantor or grantors at the time of the execution of such deed or deeds |