to the Treasurer of the proper county, who shall proceed to collect the same by suit if necessary, in the name of such Institution, and pay the same into the State Treasury with his next regular payment. SEC. 8. The above appropriation shall be drawn Auditor's quarterly on the order of the Trustees of the Institu- warrant. tions, made on the Auditor of State, who shall draw his warrant in the name of such Institutions, on the' Treasurer as ordered by the Trustees. SEC. 9. That Chapter 152 of the Acts of the Ninth Repealed. General Assembly be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 10. This Act being deemed of immediate importance, shall be in force from and after its publication in the State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published in Des Moines. Approved March 19th, 1864. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register on the 25th day of March, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Homestead on the 30th day of March, A. D. 1864. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 55. BLIND ASYLUM-APPROPRIATION. AN ACT making a further appropriation for the Asylum for the Blind. ments. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Appropriat 'n of the State of Iowa, That there is hereby appropriated for improveout of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, five thousand dollars, to be applied to the building of work-shop, store-room, out-houses, area wall, fencing and improving the land belonging to the Asylum, and for further furnishing the Asylum buildings. The money hereby appropriated shall be paid on the order of the Trustees, which order shall be audited and paid as other claims. Provided, that said money so appropriated shall be drawn from the Treasury only Drawing upon estimates,made monthly, as the work progresses. SEC. 2. Said money hereby appropriated shall be Expending. expended for the purposes herein stated, under and by direction of the Board of Trustees. SEC. 3. This Act being deemed of immediate im money. portance by the General Assembly, the same shall take effect upon its publication in the Daily State Register and the Iowa Homestead. Approved March 19th, 1864. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Daily State Register on the 25th day of March, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Homestead on the 30th day of March, A. D. 1864. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 56. Oath. Requirem'ts. Certificate. Violation. Penalty. WEIGHMASTERS OF PUBLIC SCALES. AN ACT to prevent fraud by Weighmasters of Public Scales. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That all persons keeping Public Scales before entering upon their duties as Weighmasters, shall be sworn before some person having authority to administer an oath, to keep their Scales correctly balanced; to make true weights; and to render a correct account to the person or persons having weighing done. SEC. 2. All Weighmasters are required to make true weights, and to keep a correct register of all weighing done by them, giving the amount of each weight, date of weighing, and the name of the person or persons for whom such weighing was done, and to give upon demand, to any person or persons having weighing done, a certificate, showing the weight, date of weighing, and for whom weighed. SEC. 3. Any keeper of Public Scales violating any of the provisions of this Act, upon complaint made before any Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction of the offense, may upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not more than twenty dollars, or not less than five dollars for each offense, and shall be liable to the person or persons injured, for the full amount of damages by them sustained. Approved March 19th, 1864. CHAPTER 57. TAX IN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. AN ACT to amend Section 89 of Chapter 172 of the Acts of the SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That Section 89 of Chapter 172 Amendment. of the Acts of the Ninth General Assembly be amended by adding to said Section the following: Provided That it shall be lawful for the electors of any Independent School District at the annual meeting of such Tax. District to vote a tax not exceeding ten mills on the dollar, in any one year, on the taxable property of such District, as the meeting may deem sufficient for the purchase of grounds and the construction of the necessary school houses for the use of such Independent District, and for the payment of any debts contracted for the erection of such school houses and for procuring library and apparatus for the use of the schools of such Independent District. Approved March 19th, 1864. CHAPTER 38. SHIP CANAL. AN ACT to provide for the preliminary survey of a Ship Canal route from the State of Iowa Eastward to the Illinois River. WHEREAS, it has been represented that Congress has in contemplation the passage of an act for the construction of a Ship Canal from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River; and whereas, should such improvement follow the line of the Illinois River exclusively, the products not only of Iowa, but of a vast region of country North and West thereof, will have to follow a long and circuitous route in order to reach their proper market; and whereas, the combined interests of the States of Iowa and Minnesota wholly, and of Wisconsin and Illinois largely require a direct eastern communication with the lakes, therefore Preamble. Preliminary survey. Appropriation. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That a competent engineer be selected by the Governor of Iowa, for the purpose of making a preliminary survey westwardly from LaSalle, Illinois, of the nearest and best Ship Canal route to the Mississippi River, said engineer to report as soon as practicable to the Governor respecting the proper location of said route together with the estimated expense of said Canal, in order that the same may be laid before our Senators and Representatives in Congress at an early day. SEC. 2. That the sum of one thousand dollars be and is hereby appropriated to defray the expense of said survey and estimate, or to supply the deficiency of expense occasioned by said survey and estimate, the same to be paid out of any money not otherwise appropriated in the State Treasury upon the warrant of the Auditor of State, who is hereby authorized to issue the same, when the certificate of the Governor is presented, that the service has been performed. Provided, That the State of Iowa shall not be held for the payment of the expense of said survey beyond the sum of money appropriated by this Act. Provided further, That the Conditions. survey contemplated by this Act shall be extended so as to embrace a survey by the nearest and most practicable route to the Mississippi River to a point above as well as below the Upper Rapids of the said River, and Provided further, That the improvement by Ship Canal of the Upper and Lower Rapids of the Mississippi River should, as an act of justice to the whole State, be made an indispensable condition in any bill for a Ship Canal from the Lakes to the Mississippi River, which is to receive the support of the Congressional delegation from Iowa, and Provided further, That in the event of the above contemplated route for a Ship Canal from La Salle to the Mississippi River being found impracticable, that we urge Congress that an examination shall be made of the Northern route, known and designated as the Wisconsin and Fox River Improvement. SEC. 3. This Act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved March 19th, 1864. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Daily State Register on the 25th day of March, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Homestead on the 30th day of March, A. D. 1864. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 59. STATE UNIVERSITY. AN ACT to amend an Act entitled an Act for the government and regulation of the State University of Iowa. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Objects of. of the State of Iowa, That the objects of the State University of Iowa, established by the Constitution at Iowa City, shall be to provide the best and most efficient means of imparting to the youth of the State of both sexes upon equal terms a liberal education and a thorough knowledge of the different branches of literature, the arts and sciences, with their various applications. SEC. 2. There shall be attached to the University a Collegiate Collegiate department, in which, as soon as may be Department. deemed expedient by the Board of Trustees hereinafter provided, regular College classes shall be formed or provided for, and a President and the necessary Professors. and Tutors elected. There shall also be a Normal de- Normal. partment to the University, in which shall be taught the theory and practice of Teaching, and everything which enters into it as an art, including all the most approved methods and processes now in use in all the varieties of teaching. The Trustees, as soon as the funds of the University Gymnasium will allow, shall make suitable provision for a system of gymnastic exercises and physical training, and shall make such rules for the regulation of the same as they may deem expedient. SEC. 3. The University shall be governed and man- Board of aged by a Board of Trustees, consisting of nine persons. Trustees. The Governor of the State shall be President ex President. officio, and the President of the Faculty a member ex officio of this Board. The remaining members shall be elected by the General Assembly, and shall be divided into two classes. The four members elected at the last session of the Classes. Board of Education shall constitute the first class, and continue in office four years from the first day of January next after their election. The three members elected at the present session of the Legislature shall constitute the second class, and continue in office four years from the first day of January, 1864. In the absence of the Governor the Board may elect its own presiding officer. |