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SEC. 6. This act being deemed of immediate importance, shall be in force and take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Des Moines Bulletin, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved, March 21, 1870.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register and Des Moines Bulletin, March 22, 1870.

ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 30.

MARCH 21.

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TOWN OF LEON.

AN ACT to Legalize the Incorporation of the Town of Leon, Decatur county, Iowa.

WHEREAS, The Mayor of the incorporated town of Leon, incorporated under the general incorporation laws of the State of Iowa, failed to call an election on the first Monday in March, A. D. 1869, for the election of a Annual election mayor, five councilmen, and one recorder, as required by law; and

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holding over legalized.

WHEREAS, The mayor, councilmen and recorder then in office held over and continued to discharge the duties of their respective offices in every respect as though they had been regularly elected; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Organization and the State of Iowa, That the organization of the said inof officers corporated town of Leon, in the county of Decatur and State of Iowa, and all acts done by said mayor and recorder, and all ordinances passed and published by said council, while holding over as aforesaid, be, and the same are hereby declared to be legal and valid, to all intents and purposes, as fully and completely as though the said mayor, council, and recorder had been elected as required by law.

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SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate public importance, shall take effect from and after its publication in the Decatur County Journal, and Leon Pioneer, newspapers published at Leon, Iowa, without expense to the State.

Approved, March 21, 1870.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Decatur County Journal, March 31, 1870, and in the Leon Pioneer, April 8, 1870.

ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 31.

LIST OF BLIND PERSONS.

AN ACT to Provide Information concerning the Blind.

MARCH 22.

Duty of county

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That it shall be the duty of each superintendent. county superintendent of common schools in this State to report on the first day of November of each year to the Superintendent of the Iowa institution for the blind, the name, age, residence, and post-office address of every blind person and every person blind to such an extent as to be unable to acquire an education in the common schools and who resides in the county in which he is superintendent.

Approved, March 22, 1870.

CHAPTER 32.

DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM.

AN ACT making further Appropriations for the Deaf and Dumb MARCH 22. Asylum.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

the State of Iowa, That Thomas Officer, Caleb Baldwin Former commisand G. M. Dodge, commissioners to superintend the sioners continued erection of buildings for a Deaf and Dumb Asylum near Council Bluffs, with the Governor, who shall be ex-officio

a commissioner, be and they are hereby continued as such commissioners.

SEC. 2. The said commissioners shall receive and Their duty. disburse all moneys hereby appropriated for the completion of that part of said building authorized and provided for in chapter 107, Acts of the Twelfth General Assembly, approved April 7, 1868, and for the erection of the necessary outbuildings, shops, and other necessary improvements. In case of vacancy in said board, caused Vacancy. by death, resignation, or otherwise, the same shall be filled by an appointment by the Governor.

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SEC. 3. That in addition to the sum heretofore approappropriated, there is hereby appropriated the sum of thirtyfive thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid. The same to be paid upon the drafts of said commissioners upon the Auditor of State.

SEC. 4. That all drafts drawn by said commissioners of upon the Auditor of State shall be audited and paid as other claims; provided, that no draft upon the Auditor by said commissioners except the first one for work done. or material furnished, shall be audited and paid until the commissioners shall have filed their vouchers with the Auditor for all moneys disbursed by them.

SEC. 5. That no draft shall be made or money paid No drafts except out of the Treasury, except for work done or material for work or ma- furnished, and in making estimates by the superintendent, it shall only be upon work done, material furnished, and actually upon the grounds, upon which said building is being erected.

Taking effect.

SEC. 6. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Daily Bugle and Daily Nonpareil, newspapers published in Council Bluffs in this State. Approved, March 22, 1870.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Daily Bugle March 25, and Daily Nonpareil March 30, 1870.

ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State,

MARCH 23.

CHAPTER 33.

CANAL IN POLK COUNTY AUTHORIZED.

AN ACT to Authorize Thomas Mitchell and others to cut a Canal across a Strip of Land, to straighten the Des Moines River.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That Thomas Mitchell, Erastus Smith, Certain persons Joseph Caldwell, A. E. Person, John Owens, C. D. Peracross bend of D. son, and others, owners of land in section thirty-one, M. River, in $31, township seventy-eight, north of range twenty-two, west

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of the fifth principal meridian of Iowa, be and they are hereby authorized to cut a ditch, or canal across the bend of said Des Moines river in section thirty-one, township seventy-eight, north of range twenty-two west of the fifth principal meridian, so as to allow the river to run across said bend through said ditch or canal.

SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate impor- Taking effect. tance shall take effect by publication in the State Register and Des Moines Bulletin, papers published at Des Moines, without expense to the State. Approved, March 23, 1870.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the State Register, and Des Moines Bulletin, March 24, 1870.

ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 34.

BOARD OF IMMIGRATION CREATED.

AN ACT to Encourage Immigration to the State of Iowa.

MARCH 28.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Composition of the State of Iowa, That there is hereby created a Board board. of Immigration, which shall be composed of seven members. The Governor of the State shall be ex officio President of the Board, and he shall appoint one member from each congressional district for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified.

SEC. 2. The Board of Immigration shall meet in the Meetings. city of Des Moines, on the first Monday in April of each year.

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SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of this Board to do all, Duty. and everything, which may and will enhance and encourage immigration into this State, either from the Eastern states of the United States, or from the Eastern hemisphere.

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SEC. 4. The Board shall elect at their first meeting, Secretary; a Secretary from their own number, or outside of the same. The secretary shall act as Commissioner of Immi- sioner of immigration. He shall be a person who is familiar with the gration; agricultural, mineral, and other resources of the State, qualifications; and it shall be his duty to prepare, publish, and distribute pamphlets and documents, setting forth facts and duty. statistics, illustrating the advantages and material resources of the State, and containing correct information for immigrants, in relation to its climate, soil, production[s], schools, railroads, and all other matters of interest to said immigrants. It shall further be the duty of

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Correspondence. said commissioner to maintain correspondence with associations and parties generally interested in immigration, and may publish, or cause to be published, in Eastern Essays and arti journals, essays and articles, treating on, and describing truly, the agricultural, mineral, commercial, social, and other characteristics of the State. The said secretary shall act under the control of the Board of Immigration, and shall [make a] report of his doings to the same, at their regular meeting.

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SEC. 5. The secretary shall receive a just compensation for his services, [to be] determined by the Board, [and] to be paid out of the funds created [as] hereinafter provided.

SEO. 6. The Board of Immigration shall have power, Board may ap whenever deemed expedient by them, to appoint an agent, or agents, either for the Eastern States of the United States or for Europe, for the purpose of aiding and advising immigration; and such agent, or agents, shall act solely under the instruction of the Board of Immigration, who shall also fix and allow them a just compensation for their services.

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SEC. 7. In case of a vacancy in the Board, occurring how by death, removal, resignation, or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled by the Governor.

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SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of said Board to coBoard to co-op- operate with the board of immigration at Washington at Washington; City, and to make regular reports of their labor and proceedings to the General Assembly of the State, accompanied by such references, suggestions and statistics, as may to make reports furnish good and reliable data, and a proper basis for further legislation on the subject of immigration.

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SEC. 9. The members of the Board shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed the same amount of mileage that is allowed the members of the General Assembly, to be paid out of the State treasury, but shall in no case be allowed for more than two meetings in one year.

SEC. 10. For the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into effect, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much of it as may be necessary, which amount shall include the salary of the secretary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be audited and paid as claims may accrue, under the provisions of this act; orders to be drawn by the president and countersigned by the secretary of the Board.

SEC. 11. This act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its

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