SEC. 39. The county of Fayette shall constitute the 38th district. thirty-eighth district, and shall have one Senator. SEC. 40. The counties of Hardin, Grundy and 39th district. Hamilton shall constitute the thirty-ninth district, and shall have one Senator. SEC. 41. The counties of Blackhawk and Butler 40th district. shall constitute the fortieth district, and shall have one Senator. SEC. 42. The county of Alamakee shall constitute 41st district. the forty-first district, and shall have one Senator. SEC. 43. The county of Winneshiek shall constitute 42d district. the forty-second district, and shall have one Senator. SEC. 44. The counties of Howard, Mitchell, Floyd 42d district. and Chickasaw shall constitute the forty-third district, and shall have one Senator. SEC. 45. The counties of Worth, Winnebago, Kos- 44th district. suth, Emmett, Dickinson, Clay, Palo Alto, Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Wright, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Buena Vista, Sac, Calhoun, Webster and Franklin, shall constitute the forty-fourth district, and shall have one Senator. SEC. 46. The couties of Harrison, Shelby, Audu- 45th district. bon, Carroll, Greene, Crawford, Monona, Woodbury, Ida, Cherokee, Plymouth, Sioux, O'Brien, Oceola and Lyon, shall constitute the forty-fifth district, and shall have one Senator. SEC. 47. That nothing in this Act shall affect the Present SenSenators now elected, although the numbers of those ators' rights. districts under present laws may be the same as provided for in this Act; provided, that the Senators to be elected at the October election, in the year 1865, in districts 40 and 45 shall hold their term of office for the term of four years. SEC. 48. No district herein formed shall be repre- Number. sented in the next General Assembly by a greater num ber of Senators than herein provided. SEC. 49. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 5th, 1864. CHAPTER 124. Levy. TAXES FOR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS. AN ACT to amend Chapter 45 of the Revision of 1860, in relation to Revenue. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That hereafter it shall not be lawful for the Board of Supervisors of any county in this State to levy taxes in any one year for the payment of bonded indebtedness, including judgments founded on such indebtedness, (and excluding such indebtedness as may exist at the time, on account of bounties for enlistment in the military service, or for the support of families of volunteers,) or more than three mills on the dollar upon the last corrected assessed valuation of the taxable property in such county: Provided, Nothing herein contained shall be construed to reduce the rate of taxation below the rate fixed for one year in any county in which a specific rate was fixed by the vote of such county authorizing the issue of such bonds. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed. Approved April 5th, 1864. Security. CHAPTER 125. WINTERBOTHAM & JONES. AN ACT to provide for the settlement of claims of the State against SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Att'y General of the State of Iowa, That the Attorney General of the State be, and he is hereby authorized to settle with Messrs. Winterbotham & Jones, lessees of the convict labor, all claims of the State against said Winterbotham & Jones, and also all claims for damages of said Winterbotham & Jones against the State, and to obtain from said parties security for all sums ascertained to be due from said parties, provided that no settlement or agreement in relation to the same shall be valid until the same shall be sumbitted to and approved by the Gov- Governor to ernor of the State. approve. SEC. 2. That all sums found to be due shall be paid Use of Penior secured to be paid to the Warden of the Penitentiary, tentiary. for the use of the institution, as now provided by law. SEO. 3. This Act being deemed of immediate im- Take effect. portance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Daily State Register and the Iowa Homestead, newspapers published at Des Moines. Approved April 5th, 1864. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Daily State Register April 16th, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Homestead April 20th, A. D. 1864. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 126. AUTHORIZING THE TRANSLATION OF LAWS INTO GERMAN. AN ACT to provide for the publication of the laws of a general nature of the Tenth General Assembly in certain German newspapers, and for the translation thereof. furnish cop SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That as soon after the adjourn- Sec. State to ment of the present session of the General Assembly ies of general as practicable, the Secretary of State shall furnish for laws. translation to Theodore Guelich all the laws of a gen eral nature passed at this session of the Legislature. into German. SEC. 2. The said Theodore Guelich shall as soon as T. Guelich practicable, translate said laws and furnish to each of shall tr'nslate the following named newspapers a copy of the same for publication, to-wit: Iowa Tribune, at Burlington; Der What paper Democrat, at Davenport; Iowa Banner at Lyons; and to be publishStaats Zeitung and National Demokrat at Dubuque. ed in. SEC. 3. There shall be paid out of any money in Compensathe Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of tion to transtwo hundred dollars for the translation and stationery, lator. and the sum of fifty cents per thousand ems for such publication, and the Auditor of State is hereby authorized to audit the claims and draw his warrant in favor of said Translator, and of any publisher of any of the Compensaaforesaid papers, for the amount due each when he tion for pubshall be satisfied of the correctness of such claims. lishing. Take effect. SEC. 4. This Act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect from and after its publication in the Daily State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 5th, 1864. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Daily Towns and cities may To have control. May sell. Rights to be conveyed. Land to be streets. CHAPTER 127. TO ENABLE TOWNS AND CITIES TO HOLD LANDS FOR PUBLIC AN ACT to enable incorporated towns and cities to acquire, hold, improve and dispose of lands for public squares, parks, commons and cemeteries. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That any incorporated town or city may purchase lands within or without its corporate limits for the public use as squares, parks, commons or cemeteries, and may enclose, ornament and improve the same. SEC. 2. Incorporated towns and cities within or without whose limits lands have been or may be dedicated to the public for the uses mentioned in the preceding Section of this Act shall have entire control of the same, and shall have power in case such lands are deemed unsuitable or insufficient for the purpose for which they were originally or may hereafter be granted to dispose of and convey the same, and conveyances executed in accordance with this Act, shall be held to extinguish all rights and claims of any such town or city to such land existing prior to such conveyance. SEC. 3. In the event of such lands aforementioned reserved for being so disposed of and conveyed, enough of such land shall be reserved for streets to accommodate adjoining property owners. Take effect. SEO. 4. This Act being deemed by the General Assembly of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Daily State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 5th, 1864. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Daily State Register April 22d, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Homestead April 27th, A. D. 1864. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 128. LEGALIZING ACTS OF NOTARIES PUBLIC. AN ACT to legalize the official acts of certain Notaries Public. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Putnam. of the State of Iowa, That the official acts of A. H. Putnam, a Notary Public of Washington county, done and performed by him after the expiration of his commission, to-wit: the 10th day of September, 1862, are hereby declared legal and binding, and as valid as if the said commission had remained in full force. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the official acts Green. of Henry Green, a Notary Public of Jackson county, lowa, done and performed by him after the expiration of his commission, to-wit: the 10th day of May, 1862, be and they are hereby declared legal and binding, and as valid as if the said commission had remained in full force. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all the official Eaton. acts of William D. Eaton, formerly a Notary Public of Kossuth county, Iowa, done and performed by him without having recorded his commission, be and they are hereby declared legal and binding, and as valid as if said commission had been duly recorded. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all the official Batcheller. acts of Ezra Batcheller, a Notary Public of Clinton county, Iowa, done and performed by him after the expiration of his commission, be and they are hereby declared as legal and valid and binding, as if the said commission had been in full force when such acts were performed. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all the offi- Ashmore. cial acts of M. J. Ashmore, Notary Public of Lee county, Iowa, done and performed by him after the expiration |