ceased, late a private in Co H 1st Regiment Iowa cavalry, in the war of 1861. SEC. 2. That this act or the right herein vested, shall not affect or interfere with the rights of third persons, legal or equitable, which may have vested or arisen under the laws, judgments or contracts heretofore in force. Approved April 13th, 1888. CHAPTER 189. AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF LAND AT HOSPITAL FOR INSANE, INDE PENDENCE. AN ACT Authorizing the Trustees of the Iowa Hospital for the In- H. F. 149. sane at Independence to Purchase 180 Acres of Land Adjoining the Lands now owned by the State. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: authorized. SECTION 1. The trustees of the Iowa Hospital for the insane Purchase of 180 at Independence are hereby authorized to purchase one hundred acres of land and eighty (180) acres of land adjoining that now owned by the State at that place and known as the Smyser farm, for the use of said hospital. SEC. 2. The trustees shall ascertain from the Department of Investigation the Interior at Washington if there is any claim of the United as to title. States to said land or if it has been regularly located and patented to some one, and shall cause an examination of the Records of Buchanan county to be made and see if the title from the person who located said land and to whom it was patented by the United States is complete to the person now holding the title. When said title is found to be complete and perfect the President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees shall so certify and shall also certify the price to be paid for said land. SEC. 3. There is hereby appropriated out of the money in Appropriation the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand of $6.500. five hundred (6500) dollars or so much thereof as may be neces sary to pay for said land. drawn. SEC. 4. On presentation of the certificates of the president Warrant and secretary as provided in section two (2) hereof, and a good and sufficient warrantee deed for said land to the Auditor of State, he shall draw his warrant on the treasurer for the amount certified, not to exceed the amount above appropriated, in payment for said land. SEC. 5. This act, being deemed by the General Assembly to Publication. be of immediate importance shall take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and the Buchanan County Bulletin. Approved April 11th, 1888. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register April 21, and the Buchanan County Bulletin May 4.. FRANK D. JACKSON, Secretary of State. H. F. 360. Commission appointed. Experience tion of Commission. CHAPTER 190. EMPLOYMENT OF BLIND PEOPLE WITHIN THE STATE. AN ACT to Provide for the Appointment of a Commission to Exam- Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That the Governor of the State is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a commission of three suitable persons (one of whom shall be a woman) for the purposes and the duties hereinafter provided. SEC. 2. Said commissioners shall be citizens of the State of and compensa- Iowa who have given attention to the instruction and employ. ment of blind people in useful and industriol [industrial] arts. Said Commissioners shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of three dollars for each day actually employed and their necessary travelling expenses to be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants to issue by the State Auditor on the order of the Executive Council and the itemized statement of each Commissioner shall be duly verified and filed with said Council and by said Council audited and approved before said order shall be given. Duties of Commission. Report required. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of such Commissioners to examine the various institutions in which the blind are employed in the useful and industrial arts, the machinery and material used, the different departments and kinds of employment in which blind people are and may be usefully and successfully engaged, the products of such employment, the facilities within the State or that can be secured, and propositions or proposals with reference thereto, and such other matters as they may find bearing on the question of proper and practicable employment for the blind people within this State. SEC. 4. Said Commissioners shall on or before the first day of September 1889, make a report of such investigation including any plans, propositions or proposals, together with such recommendations as they may deem expedient. Said Report to be made in writing to the Governor who shall cause the same to be printed for the use of the twenty third General Assembly. Sec. 5. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in Appropriation the treasury, not otherwise appropriated the sum of one thous. to carry out and dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. Approved April 13th, 1888. law. CHAPTER 191. TO APPORTION THE STATE INTO REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. AN ACT to Apportion the State into Representative Districts and H. F. 92. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That one representative for every twenty four Ratio of Repthousand inhabitants is hereby constituted the ratio of appor- resentation. tionment and that each representative district shall be as here inafter described. SEC. 2. Lee County shall be the first district and entitled to Lee, 1 Dist. one representative, 34,024. Dist. SEC. 3. Van Buren County shall be the second district and Van Buren, 2 entitled to one representative, 16170. SEC. 4. Davis County shall be the third district and entitled Davis, 3 Dist. to one representative, 15,170. Dist. SEC. 5. Appanoose County shall be the fourth district and Appanoose, 4 entitled to one representative, 16,941. SEC. 6. Wayne County shall be the fifth district and entitled Wayne, 5 Dist. to one representative 15,494. SEC. 7. Decatur County shall be the sixth district and en- Decatur, 6 titled to one representative, 15,083. Dist. SEC. 8. Ringgold County shall be the seventh district and Ringgold, 7 entitled to one representative, 12,730. Dist. SEC. 9. Taylor County shall be the eighth district and en- Taylor, 8 Dist. titled to one representative, 15,973. SEC. 10. Page County shall be the ninth district and entitled Page, 9 Dist. to one representative, 20,938. Dist. SEC. 11. Fremont County shall be the tenth district and en- Fremont, 10 titled to one representative, 15921. SEC. 12. Mills County shall be the eleventh district and en- Mills, 11 Dist. titled to one representative, 13,727. SEC. 13. Montgomery County shall be the twelfth district Montgomery, and entitled to one representative, 15,901. 12 Dist. SEC. 14. Adams County shall be the thirteenth district and Adams, 13 entitled to one representative 12,146. Dist. Union, 14 Dist. Clarke, 15 Dist. Lucas, 16 Dist. Monroe, 17 Wapello, 18 Jefferson, 19 Henry, 20 Dist. Des Moines, 21 Dist. Louisa, 22 Dist. Washington, 23 Dist. Keokuk, 24 Mahaska, 25 Marion, 26 Warren, 27 Madison, 28 Adair, 29 Dist. Cass, 30 Dist. Pott'a, 31 Dist. Harrison, 32 Shelby, 33 Dist. Audubon, 34 Guthrie, 35 Dallas, 36 Dist Polk, 37 Dist. Jasper, 38 Dist. SEC. 15. entitled to SEC. 16. Union County shall be the fourteenth district and one representative 16,502. Clarke County shall be the fifteenth district and entitled to one representative, 11,369. SEC. 17. Lucas County shall be the sixteenth district and entitled to one representative, 14791. SEC. 18. Monroe County shall be the seventeenth district and entitled to one representative, 12,324. SEC. 19. Wapello County shall be the eighteenth district and entitled to one representative 25,803. SEC. 20. Jefferson County shall be the nineteenth district and entitled to one representative, 15,995. SEC. 21. Henry County shall be the twentieth district and entitled to one representative 17,862. SEC. 22. Des Moines County shall be the twenty first dis trict and entitled to one representative 35,733. SEC. 23. Louisa County shall be the twenty second district and entitled to one representative 11,926. SEC. 24. Washington County shall be the twenty third district and entitled to one representative, 18,504. SEC. 25. Keokuk County shall be the twenty fourth district and entitled to one representative, 23,318. SEC. 26. Mahaska County shall be the twenty-fifth district and entitled to one representative, 27,131. SEC. 27. Marion County shall be the twenty-sixth district and entitled to one representative, 23,419. SEC. 28. Warren County shall be the twenty seventh district and entitled to one representative 17,868. SEC. 29. Madison County shall be the twenty-eighth district and entitled to one representatives, 16,240. SEC. 30. Adair County shall be the twenty-ninth district and entitled to one representative, 14,102. SEC. 31. Cass County shall be the thirtieth district and entitled to one representative, 19,019. SEC. 32. Pottawattamie County shall be the thirty first district and entitled to two representatives, 45,866. SEC. 33. Harrison County shall be the thirty-second district and entitled to one representative, 20,560. SEC. 34. Shelby County shall be the thirty third district and entitled to one representative 16,306. SEC. 35. Audubon County shall be the thirty-fourth district and entitled to one representative 10,825. SEC. 36. Guthrie County shall be the thirty fifth district and entitled to one representative, 16 439. SEC. 37. Dallas County shall be the thirty sixth district and entitled to one representative, 20,050. SEC. 38. Polk County shall be the thirty-seventh district and entitled to two representatives 51,907. SEC. 39. Jasper County shall be the thirty-eighth district and entitled to one representative, 25,247. Dist. SEC. 40. Poweshiek County shall be the thirty ninth district Poweshiek, 39 and entitled to one representative, 18,203. SEC. 41. Iowa County shall be the fortieth district and enti⚫ Iowa, 40 Dist. tled to one representative, 18,190. SEC. 42. Johnson County shall be the forty first district and Johnson, 41 entitled to one representative, 23,046. Dist. Dist. SEC. 43. Muscatine County shall be the forty second district Muscatine, 42 and entitled to one representative, 24,320. SEC. 44. Scott County shall be the forty third district and Scott, 43 Dist. entitled to two representatives, 41,956. SEC. 45. Cedar County shall be the forty fourth district and Cedar, 44 Dist. entitled to one representative, 17,832. SEC. 46. Clinton County shall be the forty-fifth district and Clinton, 45 entitled to two representatives 38,661. Dist. SEC. 47. Jackson County shall be the forty sixth district and Jackson, 46 entitled to one representative, 22,839. Dist. SEC. 48. Jones County shall be the forty seventh district and Jones, 47 Dist. entitled to one representative, 19654. SEC. 49. Linn County shall be the forty eighth district and Linn, 48 Dist. entitled to two representatives 40,720. SEC. 50. Benton County shall be the forty-ninth district and Benton, 49 entitled to one representative, 23,902. Dist. SEC. 51. Tama County shall be the fiftieth district and enti- Tama, 50 Dist. tled to one representative, 21,622. SEC. 52. Marshall County shall be the fifty-first district and Marshall, 51 entitled to one representative, 25,036. Dist. SEC. 53. Story County shall be the fifty-second district and story, 52 Dist. entitled to one representative, 17,527. SEC. 54. Boone County shall be the fifty-third district and Boone, 53 Dist. entitled to one representative 24,972. SEC. 55. Greene County shall be the fifty fourth district and Greene, 51 entitled to one representative. 15,923. Dist. SEC. 56. Carroll County shall be the fifty-fifth district and Carroll, 55 entitled to one representative. 16,329. Dist. SEC. 57. Crawford County shall be the fifty-sixth district and Crawford, 56 entitled to one representative, 16,131. Dist. SEC. 58. Monona County shall be the fifty-seventh district Monona, 57 and entitled to one representative 12,178. SEC. 59. Woodbury County shall be the fifty-eighth district Woodbury, 58 and entitled to one representative 32,289. Dist. Dist. SEC. 60. Ida County shall be the fifty-ninth district and enti- Ida, 59 Dist. tled to one representative 9,012. SEC. 61. Sac County shall be the sixtieth district and enti- Sac, 60 Dist. tled to one representative, 12,741. SEC. 62. Calhoun County shall be the sixty-first district and Calhoun, 61 entitled to one representative, 9,836. Dist. SEC. 63. Webster County shall be the sixty-second district Webster, 62 and entitled to one representative, 19,987. Dist. district Hamilton, 63 Dist. |