RESOLUTIONS. JOINT RESOLUTIONS. 2. To obtain bounties for the soldiers of the 37th Iowa Regiment. 3. Providing for the binding and disposal of public documents. 4. Memorial and Joint Resolution asking Congress for a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the Iowa and Missouri State Line Railroad 164 5. A Joint Resolution relating to the Freedmen's Bureau bill... 7. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, asking for a grant of land to aid in the construction of Iowa Central Railroad... 167 Memorial and Joint Resolution asking Congress to grant the same aid to the Iowa branch of the Union Pacific Railroad as has been grant- 10. Joint Resolution for the relief of the county of Buchanan. 11. Memorial and Joint Resolution asking Congress for a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from the northern terminus of the North Missouri Railroad, on the southern line of Iowa, to Cedar 12. Relating to the Swamp Land Indemnity Fund.. 13. Distribution of the Governor's Inaugural Address to Iowa Soldiers 20. Giving Adjutant General's Reports to Examining Surgeons. 21. American Emigrant Company. 22. Railroad bridges across the Mississippi River at Clinton. [The following Resolution was accidentally omitted from its Preamble and Joint Resolution relating to William T. Shaw, WHEREAS, We have learned with profound satisfaction that the WHEREAS, The many and meritorious services of Colonel Shaw, Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That as Resolved, That the Secretary of State be instructed to furnish LAWS OF IOWA. LIBRAR CHAPTER 1. MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR TWO HEATERS, &C., PUT UP AN ACT making appropriation for two Lawson heaters, pipes and registers, furnished and put up in the capitol building by Fuller, Warren & Co. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That there be, and is hereby appro- $1,902. priated out of any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of nineteen hundred and two dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay Fuller, Warren & Co. for furnishing and Fuller, Warren & Co. putting up in the capitol building two Lawson heaters, pipes and registers. SEC. 2. That upon the presentation of the bill for How paid. said services, sworn to by the said Fuller, Warren & Co., either of them or their agent, and the correctness thereof certified by the Secretary of State, the Auditor of State is hereby authorized to audit the amount of said claim, and draw his warrant for the amount thus audited. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force Publication. from and after its publication in the Iowa State Regis ter and Iowa Homestead. Approved January 23d, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register on the 7th day of February, 1866, and in the Iowa Homestead on ths 13th day of February, 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of Iowa. 1 CHAPTER 2. LEGALIZING ACTS OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS OF THE CITY AN ACT to legalize the action of the Board of Directors of the SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Levying of the State of Iowa, That the action of the Board of Direc tax legalized.tors of the Independant District of the city of Muscatine, in the county of Muscatine and State of Iowa, in levying, on the second Tuesday in April, A. D. 1865, a tax in said District for the support of schools therein, and also in levying, at the same time, a special tax in SubDistrict Number One of said District, to pay off old judg ments against said Sub-District, be and the same is hereby declared legal and valid, as fully and completely as though the said taxes had been levied at the regular time by law required. SEC. 2. This Act being deemed of immediate imPublication. portance, shall take effect and be in force from and immediately after its publication in the Muscatine Journal and Muscatine Courier, anything in the statutes of this State to the contrary notwithstanding; Provided, however, that such publication shall be at the expense of said District. Approved January 23d, 1866. I hereby crrtify that the foregoing Act was published in the Muscatine Journal on the 26th day of January, 1866, and in the Muscatine Courier on the 2d day of February, 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 3. COMPELLING WITNESSES TO APPEAR BEFORE INVESTIGATING AN ACT providing for compelling witnesses to appear before investigating committees. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Committees. of the State of Iowa, That whenever a committee, of either branch of the General Assembly, or joint com mittee of both branches, is charged with an investigation requiring the personal attendance of witnesses for the purpose of giving testimony, or producing papers witnesses in evidence, any person may be compelled to appear May compel before such committee, as a witness, by serving upon attendance of him, in the same manner that a subpoena is required by how. law to be served, in a civil case, in the District Court, an order naming the time and place he is required to appear, signed by the presiding officer of the House appointing the committee; or, if a joint committee, by the presiding officer of either House, and attested by the Secretary or Clerk of that branch of the General Assembly over which the officer presides who issues such order. SEC. 2. Witnesses shall be entitled to the same com- Compensapensation, for attendance, in obedience to this Act, be- tion." fore an investigating committee, as provided by law for witnesses before the District Court, but shall not have the right to demand payment of their fees in advance. SEC. 3. This Act shall be in force from and after its Publication. publication in the Iowa Daily State Register and Iowa Daily Statesman, newspapers published in Des Moines. Approved January 29, 1866. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa Daily State Register on the 8th day of February, 1866, and in the Daily Statesman on the 6th day of February, 1866. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 4. DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN LAWS. AN ACT to provide for the early distribution of certain laws. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of State Printer. the State of Iowa, That the State Printer be required to print in quarto sheets two thousand [2,000] copies of 2,000 copies. each Act passed by this General Assembly and published in the Iowa State Register, immediately after the publication aforesaid; and transmit the same to the Transmit to Secretary of State; provided the aggregate cost of printing shall not exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars [$250.00.] Sec. State. Cost not to exceed $250. Sec. State to SEC. 2. The Secretary of State shall within ten distribute days after the receipt of the printed sheets from the how. |