to be preserved in shall all be filed and preserved in the treasurer's office, treasurer's office. for the inspection of any one interested in the same. SEC. 6. Should the owner of the property so sold not Remaining un- make a demand upon the county treasurer for any money elaimed and un- that may be in the treasury to his credit, according to the proceeds to go to provisions of this act, the sum so unclaimed and uncalled called for one yr., school-fund. for shall be accounted for by the county treasurer, and placed to the credit of the county in the next subsequent settlement made by the treasurer with the county, and should the sum so uncalled for or unclaimed remain unclaimed and uncalled for during the period of one year, it shall then be paid into the school-fund to be distributed as other funds may be by law, which may be raised Ten years' re- by tax on other property of the county. But nothing demption. Taking effect. herein contained shall be a bar to any legal claimant from prosecuting and proving his claim for such money at any time within ten years, and, the claim being within that period prosecuetd and proved, it shall be paid out of the county treasury in which it was originally placed, without interest. SEC. 7. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect from and after its publication in the Daily State Register and Des Moines Bulletin, papers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved, April 16, 1870. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Daily Iowa State Register, April 28, 1870, and the Des Moines Daily Bulletin, April 28, 1870. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. APRIL 16. Rev, §1097. AN ACT to Repeal Section 1097 of the Revision of 1860, and enact a Substitute therefor. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That section 1097 of the Revision of 1860 be and the same is hereby repealed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof: SEC. 1097. The city council shall have the care, Control and re- supervision, and control of all public highways, bridges, streets, alleys, public squares, and commons within the pair. to construct and to be accepted. city, and shall cause the same to be kept open and in repair, and free from nuisances: Provided, All public Proviso: county bridges exceeding forty feet in length, over any stream repair certain crossing a State or county road, shall be constructed and de-cribed bridg's. kept in repair by the county. No street or alley which shall hereafter be dedicated to public use, by the proprietor of ground in any city, shall be deemed a public street or alley, or to be under the use or control of the city council, unless the dedication shall be accepted and con- Dedication of sts. firmed by an ordinance especially passed for such purpose. They shall have the power in cities of the first class to prescribe by ordinance the width of the tires of all wagons, carts, drays, and other vehicles habitually used in Powers of counthe transportation of persons or articles from one part of first class in refthe city to another, or in the transportation of coal, wood, ons, omnibuses, stone, or lumber into the city; to establish stands for etc. hackney-coaches, cabs, and omnibuses, and enforce the observance and use thereof; and to fix the rates and prices for the transportation of persons and property in such coaches, cabs, and omnibuses from one part of the city to another. Approved, April 16, 1870. cils in cities of erence to wag CHAPTER 180. HEARING IN ROAD CASES. AN ACT to Legalize the Laying-out of Roads under Section 840, APRIL 16. of the Revision of 1860. WHEREAS, Section 840, of the Revision [of 1860], re- Preamble. quires that the day of final hearing on the report of road commissioners shall be not more than ninety days from the filing of said report; and, WHEREAS, More than ninety days elapse between some of the meetings of the board of supervisors before whom the final hearing is had; therefore, tablished with SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That all county roads that have been County roads esestablished when the day of final hearing was more than more than 90 ninety days after the filing of the report of the commis- days between sioner are hereby declared as legally established as if the and final hearing final hearing had taken place within ninety days. Approved, April 16, 1870. filing of report legalized. APRIL 16. CHAPTER 181. REVENUE. AN ACT to Repeal Section 722 of the Revision of 1860, and to Provide a Substitute therefor, and to Prevent Fraud in Assess ments. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Revision: $722, the State of Iowa, That section 722 of the Revision of 1860 is hereby repealed, and the following is enacted in lieu thereof. repealed. Substitute. Deductions moneys and credits. SEC. 722. In making up the amount of money and credits, which any person is required to list, or have listed and assessed, he will be entitled to deduct from the gross amount all bona fide debts owing by him, but no for acknowledgment of indebtedness, not founded on actual consideration, and no such acknowledgment made for the purpose of being so deducted, shall be considered a debt within the intent of this section, and so much only of any liability of such person, as security for another, shall be deducted as the person making the list believes he is equitably or legally bound to pay, and so much only as he believes he will be compelled to pay on account of the inability of the principal debtor, and if there are other sureties able to contribute, then so much only as he in whose name the list is made will be bound to contribute; but no person will be entitled to any deduction, on account of any obligation of any kind, given to any insurance. company for the premiums of insurance, nor on account of any unpaid subscription to any institution, society, corporation, or company; and no person shall be entitled to any deduction on account of any indebtedness contracted bonds or other for the purchase of United States bonds, or other nontaxable property. None on account of debt for U. B. non-taxable pro perty. Approved, April 16, 1870. CHAPTER 182. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. AN ACT to Provide for due Reference and Publication of Propo. APRIL 16. sals to amend the Constitution of the State of Iowa. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the resolutions proposing to amend ments referred the constitution of the State of Iowa, which have been to next G. A. passed at the present session of the General Assembly of the said State, are hereby referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election. SEC. 2. The Secretary shall cause the same to be Sec'y of State to published, for three months previous to the time of the next publish. general election of members of the legislature, in one newspaper in each congressional district. Approved, April 16, 1870. CHAPTER 183. RE-SURVEY OF LANDS. AN ACT to Define the Manner in which the Re-survey of Lands APRIL 16. shall be made. lowed. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That in the re-survey and subdivisions Rules to be fol of lands by county surveyors, their deputies, or other person[s], the rules prescribed by acts of Congress and the instruction[s] of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be in all respects followed. Rules and regulished by Register lations to be pub. SEC. 2. Said rules and regulations shall be published in pamphlet form under direction of the Register of the State Land Office, and one copy furnished for the use of furnished to co. each county surveyor. Approved, April 16, 1870. of S. L. O., and surveyors. APRIL 16. fecting 8 sec. CHAPTER 184. RECORDS OF DEEDS OF CERTAIN LANDS. AN ACT to Amend Section 3 of Chapter 72 of the Laws of the SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 1866: chapter 72. State of Iowa, That section 3 of chapter seventy-two of the acts of regular session of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Iowa, be and is hereby amended as follows, to-wit: That hereafter all deeds and other conConveyances af- veyances and writings affecting the south half of section 34, tp. 67. range thirty-four, in township sixty-seven, range five west, in Lee county, Iowa, shall be filed and recorded in the recorder's office in the city of Keokuk, Lee county, Iowa; and that the records of all deeds and other writings affecting said Existing record land, heretofore recorded in the recorder's office at the said city of Keokuk, is hereby legalized and declared duly recorded for all legal purposes whatever. Approved, April 16, 1870. 5, to be recorded In Keokuk, legalized. APRIL 16. CHAPTER 185. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY. AN ACT to Amend Section 4235 of the Revision of 1860. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of $4235 amended. the State of Iowa, That section 4235 of the Revision [of 1860] be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: day-time, or en tent; SEC. 4235. If any person with intent to commit a Breaking-in in felony, in the day-time, break and enter, or in the night tering at night, time enter without breaking, any dwelling-house; or at with felonious in- any time break and enter any office, shop, store, warehouse, railroad-car, boat, or vessel, or any building in which any goods, merchandise, or valuable things are kept into allroad cars, for use, sale, or deposit, he shall be punished by imprisonhow pun- ment in the Penitentiary not more than ten years, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year. Approved, April 16, 1870. or at any time etc; ished. |