LAWS OF THE THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. CHAPTER 11. ADMISSION TO THE BAR. H. F. 408. [CH. 12 AN ACT to amend section three hundred ten (310) of the supplement to the code relating to qualification for admission to the bar. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Qualifications. That section three hundred ten (310) of the supplement to the code be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out of the last line of said section the word "three" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "four". SEC. 2. When effective. This act shall take effect, and be in force on and after July 1, 1909. Approved April 4, A. D. 1907. CHAPTER 12. NEW JURY LISTS. H. F. 104. AN ACT to provide for the preparation of new jury lists where, for any cause, a lawfully constituted grand jury or petit jury cannot be obtained, or lawfully qualified talesmen cannot be selected under the law from those persons who are returned by the election officers to serve as jurors. [Additional to chapter eleven (11) of title three (III) of the code, relating to jurors.] Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION. 1. District court to order lists prepared. Wherever it has been or hereafter shall be found or determined by the district court in any county that, for any cause, the lawfully constituted grand jury or a like petit jury has not or cannot be obtained by drawing from the names returned by the election officers to the county auditor to serve as jurors, or that lawfully qualified talesmen cannot be selected by drawing from the list of names, or that the term for which such lists were drawn has expired, the said court may order the board of supervisors of said county to prepare lists of names of persons having the qualifications required by law for grand jurors, petit jurors and talesmen. The court ordering shall fix the time of meeting of said board of supervisors therefor and shall prescribe the time and manner of notice thereof to be given the several members of such board. Said notice may be served by any person and proof of service shall be the same as that of original notice. SEC. 2. Supervisors to prepare lists-meeting. It is hereby made the duty of the members of said board of supervisors to obey the order of the district court made in accordance with the authority granted it in section one (1) hereof, and they are hereby empowered and authorized to hold a meeting. of said board for the said purpose and the preparation of jury lists by said board at said meeting shall have precedence over all other business. SEC. 3. Apportionment. The names to be drawn for grand jurors, petit jurors and talesmen shall be the number now required by law: they shall be apportioned among the several voting precincts by the county auditor as required by law, and such apportionment shall be certified by the auditor to the board of supervisors. CH. 13] LAWS OF THE THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. SEC. 4. Names selected-lists certified-filed with county auditor. In preparing such lists the board of supervisors shall select the names from the qualified electors from the several precincts as shown by the poll lists of the last preceding general election, selecting for grand jury, petit jury and talesmen lists, the number in each precinct shown by the auditor's apportionment provided for in this act. Such lists shall be separately certified by the board of supervisors, in substance and in form, as election officers are now required to certify lists returned by them and the lists shall be filed with the county auditor and recorded by him in the proper record, and shall stand as the regular jury list for the county for the year in which it is selected and shall be used therefor and juries chosen therefrom, in all respects except as to time of selection of list and panel and summoning of the jurors, as is now provided by law; the time of selection of list and panel and summoning of the jurors to be under the order of the court. SEC. 5. In effect. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its publication in the Register and Leader, and the Des Moines Capital, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved March 21, A. D. 1907. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Capital, March 22, 1907. W. C. HAYWARD, CHAPTER 13. NOTARIES PUBLIC. H. F. 303. AN ACT to repeal sections three hundred and seventy-three (373), three hundred and seventy-four (374), three hundred and seventy-five (375) and three hundred and seventy-six (376) of the code in relation to notaries public and enact substitutes therefor: also to amend section sixty-eight (68) of the code, in relation to the registration of commissions. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Repealed-appointment-commissions expire-notice. That section three hundred and seventy-three (373) of the code be repealed and the following enacted in lieu thereof: "The governor may appoint and commission one or more notaries public in each county and may at any time revoke such appointment. The commission of all notaries public heretofore or hereafter issued prior to the fourth day of July, A. D. 1909, shall expire on that day, and commissions subsequently issued shall be for no longer period than three years, and all such commissions shall expire on the fourth day of July in the same year. The governor shall, on or before the first day of May, A, D. 1909, and every three years thereafter, notify each notary when his commission will expire, sending such notice by mail and accompanying the notice with a blank application for re-appointment and a blank bond." SEC. 2. Repealed-conditions. That section three hundred and seventyfour (374) of the code be repealed and the following enacted in lieu thereof: "Before any such commission is delivered to the person appointed, he shall: "1. Procure a seal on which shall be engraved the words 'Notarial Seal' and 'Iowa', with his surname at length and at least the initials of his christian name; LAWS OF THE THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. [CH. 14 "2. Execute a bond to the state of Iowa in the sum of five hundred dollars conditioned for the true and faithful execution of the duties of his office, which bond, when secured by personal surety, shall be approved by the clerk of the district court of the county of his residence; all other bonds shall be approved by the governor. 3. Write on said bond, or a paper attached thereto, his signature and place thereon a distinct impression of official seal; "4. File such bond with attached papers, if any, in the office of the governor; "5. Remit to the governor the fee required by law. "When the governor is satisfied that the foregoing requirements have been fully complied with, he shall execute and deliver a commission to the person appointed." SEC. 3. Repealed-certificate of appointment filed with clerk. That section three hundred and seventy-five (375) of the code be repealed and the following enacted in lieu thereof: "When the governor delivers a commission to the person appointed, he or his secretary shall make a certificate of such appointment and forward the same to the clerk of the district court of the proper county, who shall file and preserve the same in his office, and it shall be deemed sufficient evidence to enable such clerk to certify that the person so commissioned is a notary public during the time such commission is in force." SEC. 4. Repealed-revocation-notice. That section three hundred and seventy-six (376) of the code be repealed and the following enacted in lieu thereof: "Should the commission of any person appointed notary public be revoked by the governor, he shall immediately notify such person and also the clerk of the district court of the proper county, through the mail.” SEC. 5. Registration of notarial commissions. That section sixty-eight of the code be amended as follows: strike out the period at the end of said section, insert a semicolon in lieu thereof and the following in addition thereto "provided, however, that notarial commissions shall be registered only in the office of the governor. Approved April 13, A. D. 1907. CHAPTER 14. MEETINGS OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. H. F. 42. AN ACT to repeal section four hundred and twelve (412) of the code, and to enact a substitute therefor, relating to the time of holding meetings of the board of supervisors. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Repealed-meetings. That section four hundred and twelve (412) of the code be and the same is hereby repealed and the following enacted in lieu thereof: L The members of the board of supervisors shall meet at the county seat o their respective counties on the second secular day in January and on the first Monday in April and June and the second Monday in September in each year, and on the first Monday in November in the odd numbered years, and on the first Monday after the general election in the even numbered years, and shall hold such special meetings as are provided by law." Approved April 5, A. D. 1907. CH. 17] LAWS OF THE THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. CHAPTER 15. POWERS OF BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS. H. F. 131. AN ACT to amend section four hundred twenty-two (422) of the code, relative to the power of boards of supervisors, and granting additional powers. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Use of county lands for ornamental or art purposes. That paragraph nine (9) of section four hundred and twenty-two (422) of the code be, and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: 'And to permit any person, persons, or corporation to use any portion of the lands owned by the county for ornamental or art purposes, or for the erection of any monument or fountain under such restrictions and regulations as the board of supervisors may from time to time enact, provided that such use does not interfere with the use for which such real estate was originally acquired by the county." Approved February 28, A. D. 1907. CHAPTER 16. POWERS OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES. S. F. 164. AN ACT to amend the law as it appears in sections two (2) and three (3), chapter fourteen (14), acts of the Thirty-first General Assembly, granting township trustees power to contract for use of public libraries. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Certain provisions repealed. That the law as it appears in sections two (2) and three (3), chapter fourteen (14) of the acts of the Thirtyfirst General Assembly, be amended as follows: strike out all of section two (2) and all after the word "meeting" in line six of section three to, and including the comma before the word "levy" in line nine [eight]. SEC. 2. In effect. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Des Moines Register and Leader and the Des Moines Capital, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved March 28, A. D. 1907. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Capital, March 30, 1907. W. C. HAYWARD, CHAPTER 17. PURCHASE OF LAND FOR COUNTY FAIR SOCIETIES. H. F. 1. AN ACT to amend the law as it appears in section four hundred twenty-two (422) of the code, and section sixteen hundred sixty (1660) of the code, relating to the purchase of land for county fair societies. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Supervisors empowered to make purchase. That section four hundred twenty-two (422) of the code be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto as sub-division twenty-four (24) the following: LAWS OF THE THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. [CH. 18 "24. To purchase real estate for county fairs. The title of such real estate to be in the name of the county." SEC. 2. Question submitted-notice-title in county-control. Section sixteen hundred sixty (1660) of the code is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: "The board of supervisors are further authorized to purchase real estate for county fair purposes, in sums exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), providing however, that the board of supervisors shall first have submitted to the legal voters of the county a proposition therefor, and voted for by a majority of all persons voting for and against such proposition at a general or special election; notice to be given as provided in section four hundred twenty-three (423) of the supplement to the code. And the board of supervisors shall not exceed in the purchase of such real estate, the amount so voted for. The title of such real estate when purchased to be taken in the name of the county, and the board of supervisors shall place such real estate under the control and management of an incorporated county fair society, as long as an annual county fair is maintained by such corporation on said real estate. And said corporation is authorized to erect and maintain buildings and make such other improvements on said real estate as is necessary, but the county shall not be liable for such improvements, or the expenditures therefor. The right of such county fair society to the control and management of said real estate may be terminated by the board of supervisors whenever well conducted agricultural fairs are not annually held thereon." SEC. 3. In effect. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Register and Leader and Des Moines Capital, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved March 27, A. D. 1907. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Capital, March 29, 1907. W. C. HAYWARD, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 18. SOLDIERS' RELIEF COMMISSION. H. F. 150. AN ACT to amend section four hundred thirty-two (432) of the code, pertaining to meetings of the soldiers' relief commission. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Meetings. That section four hundred and thirty-two (432) of the code be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "first" in the second line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word "second". Approved March 20, A. D. 1907. |