That there are now in Iowa three hundred and sixty (360) Indians all of the Fox tribe, and of the same tribe there are twenty (20) in the Indian Territory. There are of the Sac tribe of Indians only four hundred and twenty (420) all in the Indian Territory. That the Fox tribe of Indians in Iowa understand and believe, that said apportionment was made under a misapprehension of the facts, and under a belief that most of said joint tribes of Indians were in the Indian Territory. That the said Fox tribe of Indians have asked the Indian Commissioner to adjust the matter equitably, and pay them the amount justly due them, as their proportion of said fund, but he informs them that under existing laws, he is powerless and can do nothing while the law of 1860 is in force. WHEREFORE, The general assembly of the state of Iowa, hereby respectfully ask congress, to pass such laws, in relation thereto as shall give to each tribe such portion of said annuities, as shall be equitable and just and we especially ask that the members thereof from this state may use their influenue for the accomplishment of the same. Resolved, That the secretary of state is directed to forward a copy of this memorial and joint resolution to the president of the United States senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives with the request that they be laid before both houses composing the congress. Approved, February 16, 1884. NUMBER 2. IN RELATION TO DEATH OF GENARAL JAMES I. GILBERT. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: That we hereby express our sense of a public loss in the death of General James I. Gilbert, who was one of Iowa's most gallant soldiers, and for many years was one of her honored citizens. That we place on public record a tribute to his generous and high-minded nature, his moral worth, his lofty sentiments of patriotism, and his brave leadership upon the battle fields of the country, for the preservation of the unity and integrity of our government. That this resolution be spread upon the journals of the two houses, and that an engrossed copy thereof be forwarded to the bereaved family of the deceased, as a token of our sympathy and condolence in their irreparable loss. Approved, February 21, 1884. NUMBER 3. RELATIVE TO THE HENNEPIN CANAL. MEMORIAL AND JOINT RESOLUTION, Relative to the Construction of a Canal from the Mississippi River to the Illinois River at Hennepin, in the State of Illinois. WHEREAS, The question of cheap transportation by an uninterrupted water-route between the Mississippi river and the Atlantic seaboard, by way of the great lakes, has long been one of all-absorbing interest to the people of the food-producing states of the Northwest; and, WHEREAS, The general assembly of Iowa has repeatedly memorialized congress for the construction of such water-route; and expressly did, by memorial and joint resolution, approved February 24, 1876, urge upon congress, the construction of the same from some point on the Mississippi river, between the mouth of Rock river and Clinton, Iowa, to the the Illinois river at Hennepin; and WHEREAS, At a convention representing the people of the Mississippi valley and the Northwest, held at the city of Davenport, Iowa May 25 1881 it was resolved and unanimously declared First. That the congress of the United States should devise by law and sustain by liberal and efficient appropriations a system of cheap transportation by water-routes, connecting the Mississippi river and its tributaries, with the Eastern Atlantic seaboard and the Gulf of Mexico. Second. That it has been the policy of congress, and the desire of the people of the Northwest for many years, to inaugurate and complete a system of water-channel improvement having the Mississippi for its base, that to give greater efficiency to this policy there should be constructed from the Mississippi river, on the most feasible route to the Illinois river at Hernepin and thence to the lake at Chicago, a canal adequate to the present and future transportation needs of that great port of internal improvement is an imperative necessity for a relief from excessive freight rates on the produce and commerce of the country, and that the work so long needed should immediately be commenced; and WHEREAS, The congress of the United States, by act of Aug. 2 1882, authorized the secretary of war to cause a survey to be made for the purpose of ascertaining the most practicable route for such proposed canal which survey has been made and an official report thereof transmitted to the congress; and WHEREAS, The President of the United States, on the eighth day of January 1884, sent to congress his special message with respect to the construction of said Hennepin canal, and accompanying said message, with copies of the act of the general assembly of Illinois, ceding to the United States the Illinois and Michigan canal, and other documents in which special message the President says: I submit the communication of the governor of the state of Illinois, with a copy of the act of the general assembly of the state tendering to the United States the cession of the Illinois and Michigan canal upon condition that it be enlarged and maintained as a national water-way for commercial purposes. The proposed cession is an element of the subject congress had under considertion in directing by the act of Aug. 2 1882 a survey for a canal from a point on the Illinois river, at or near the town of Hennepin, by the most practicable route to the Mississippi river at or above the city of Rock Island, the canal to be not less than seventy feet wide at the water-line, and not less than seven feet depth of water, with a capacity for vessels at least two hundred and eighty tons, and also for a survey of the Illinois and Michigan canal, and the estimated cost of enlarging it to the dimensions of the proposed canal between Hennepin and the Mississippi river. The surveys ordered in the above act have been completed and the report upon them included in the last annual report of the secretary of war, and a copy is herewith submitted. It appears from these papers that the estimated yield of corn, wheat, and oats, for 1882, in the state[s] of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska, was more than 1,000,000,000 bushels. It is claimed that if a cheap water transportation route, which is now continuous from the Atlantic ocean to Chicago is extended to the upper Mississippi by such a canal, great benefit in the reduction of freight charges would result to the people of the upper Mississippi valley, whose productions I have only partly noted, not only on their own shipments, but upon the articles of commerce used by them which are now taken from Eastern States by water only [as] far as Chicago. As the matter is of great interest, especially to the citizens of that part of the country, I commend the general subject to your consideration. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. Executive Mansion Jan. 8, 1884. WHEREAS, It appears by the official report of Major W. H. H. Benyard of the United States Engineers by whom such survey was made that three routes were surveyed, to-wit., the Marais d' Osier route, Watertown route, and Rock Island route; now therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: That our senators and representavives in congress requested to vote for and use their active influence to effect such legislation by congress as will secure the construction at an early day of said canal upon such route as may be the most feasible and practicable and so designated by the secretary of war, and which will be for the best interests of the people at large, and to vote a liberal appropriation therefor, to the end that said canal may be completed and opened to the commerce of the country at the earliest possible date. Resolved, That the secretary of state be, and he is hereby instructed to forthwith transmit a copy hereof to each of our senators and representatives in congress. Approved, February 21, 1884. า . NUMBER 4. IN RELATION TO INTER-STATE COMMERCE. JOINT RESOLUTION. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, the Senate and That the interests of the people of Iowa and of the country require that the national congress assume the power granted in the federal constitution, of regulating commerce between the states, by the prompt enactment of laws regulating and controlling the transportation of freight and passengers on all lines of railroads within the United States engaged in inter state commerce. That by such laws, discrimination in charges for said transportation, shall be prevented, and whereby such charges shall be limited to the payment of a fair rate of income on the actual cost in money of the standard coin value, of the several lines of railway. Be it further resolved, That our senators and representatives in congress be, and are hereby requested to assist by their votes and influence, in securing the enactment of such just laws as will accomplish this end. Resolved, That the secretary of state be instructed to send to each of Iowa's senators and representatives in congress, a copy of this resolution, signed by the president of the senate and speaker of the house. Approved, March 3, 1884. NUMBER 5. JUDGMENTS IN FEDERAL COURTS. JOINT RESOLUTION in Relation to Liens of Judgments in Federal Courts. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: That our senators and representatives in congress be and they are hereby requested to use all proper efforts to secure the enactment of a law by congress providing that judgments in the federal courts shall not be a lien upon the property in any other counties than those in which such judg ments may be recovered unless a transcript of such judgments shall be filed in the proper office in the county where such judgments are sought to be made a lien. Resolved, That the secretary of state be and he is hereby instructed to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolution to each of our senators and representatives in congress. Approved, March 3, 1884. NUMBER 6. JOINT RESOLUTION in Relation to Liens of Judgments Rendered by the United States Courts. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: That the Representatives of Iowa in both branches of the national congress, are hereby respectfully requested and urged, to use their best efforts, to secure the enactment by the federal congress, of a law requiring the filing of Transcripts of judgments rendered in the United States courts in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county where real estate, affected thereby is located, before such judgment shall attach as a lien. Resolved, That the secretary of state is instructed to transmit to each of our senators and representatives in congress a copy of the foregoing resolution. Approved, March3, 1884. NUMBER 7. PLEURO PNEUMONIA IN CATTLE. MEMORIAL AND JOINT RESOLUTION of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, Relating to the Prevention and Suppression of Pleuro-Pneumonia in Neat Cattle. WHEREAS, The disease in neat cattle known as pleuro-pneumonia, or lung plague, has been shown by the experience of foreign nations to be a virulent poison of the most contagious character; and, WHEREAS, It has destroyed the business of cattle production, and desolated the cattle interests in Australia, the Cape of Good Hope, and other British possessions as well as in many European nations from which it has not been excluded by the most stringent police regulations; and, WHEREAS, This disease is known to have gained a foothold in several of the states east of the Alleghany mountains, and to-day, threatens, through the commerce in cattle between the eastern and western states, not only the cattle ranges of the western territosies, but the millions of capital involved in the stock business of the west; therefore Resolved, That our senators in congress be instructed and our representatives in congress be requested to do their utmost to secure legislation to prevent and suppress pleuro-pneumonia in neat cattle in the United States, |