Legalized. Publication. WHEREAS, The law required other papers and proceedings to be so filed; and WHEREAS, The officers of said town of West Liberty have discharged all the duties pertaining to their respective offices in incorporated towns from the year 1867 to the present time, therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That the incorporation of the town of West Liberty is hereby declared legal, and that all ordinances passed and acts done by the officers of said town are hereby declared to be legal, as though all steps prescribed by law had been taken in the incorporation of said town by the filing of all copies of records by law required to be filed in the office of secretary of state. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication in "The Enterprise," a newspaper publised at West Liberty Iowa,and the Iowa State Register, a newspaper published at Des Moines, Iowa without expense to the state. Approved, March 29, 1884. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in The Weekly S. F. 232. Ordinances legalized. Publication. CHAPTER 91. ORDINANCES OF EDDYVILLE LEGALIZED. AN ACT to Legalize Certain Ordinances of the Town of Eddyville. SECTION 1. That certain ordinances of the town of Eddyville now in use in said town on the passage of which the yeas and nays have not been called or have not been recorded or have not been read on their passage or the same have not been certified to by the recorder in the manner provided by law, be and they are hereby severally declared to be as legal and binding in every respect as if the yeas and nays had been called and recorded as provided by law and as if the ordinances had been severally read on their passage and properly certified to by the recorder in the time and in the manner provided by law at the time of the passage thereof. SEC. 2. 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 the Eddyville Advertiser, newspapers published at Des Moines and Eddyville Iowa, without expense to the State. Approved, March 29, 1884. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register April 9, and Eddyville Advertiser April 5, 1884. J. A. T. HULL, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 92. TO PROVIDE FOR EDUCATION OF J. W. HALLOCK. AN ACT to Provide for the Education of J. W. Hallock at the Iowa S. F. 221. State University at the Expense of the State. Hal WHEREAS, On the 13th day of August, A. D. 1883, J. W. lock, of Audubon county, volunteered to assist the proper officers and a number of other citizens of the counties of Audubon and Shelby to patrol Elkhorn Grove, Shelby county, Iowa, and to aid in the arrest of the Clingan murderers, S. L. Crawford, and William Hardy; and WHEREAS, While the patroling parties were searching in the thick brush, one of the murderers shot the aforesaid J. W. Hallock from ambush, the ball taking effect in the right breast, passing entirely through the lungs, and coming out near the spinal column; and WHEREAS, The said Willis Hallock has not and probably never will fully recover from the effects of the aforesaid gunshot wound; therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: Preamble. SECTION 1. That there is hereby appropriated out of any funds $1,000 approin the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one priated, thousand dollars, to be placed in the hands of Hon. T. J. Caldwell of Adel, Iowa, as trustee, who shall invest the same as in his judgment shall seem most feasible to carry out the intent of this act, and use any interest arising therefrom or any part of the principal sum, until exhausted, toward defraying the expense of the education of said J. W. Hallock at the Iowa state university, including board, clothing and necessary textbooks, provided, that nothing in this bill shall be construed to Proviso. bind the state for the further education of said J. W. Hallock than that which said appropriation will provide. SEC. 2. That the auditor of state is hereby authorized and directed to issue a warrant to the order of said Hon. T. J. Cald- Warrant to well, trustee, for said entire appropriation on the written appli- Caldwell. issue to T. J. cation of said T. J. Caldwell therefor, and the treasurer of . F. 78. Unlawful to keep a place to deal in margins. Unlawful to make such contracts. Proviso. Punishment. CHAPTER 93. TO PUNISH GAMBLING IN GRAIN AND produce. AN ACT to Prevent Gambling by Means of Fictitious Contracts for the Buying or Selling of Grain or Other Produce, on Margins and to Provide a Punishment therefor. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful for any corporation, association or society, person, or persons to keep within this state any store, office or other place, wherein is conducted or permitted the pretended buying or selling of grain, pork, lard, or any mercantile or agricultural products on margins, without any intention of future delivery, whether such pretended contracts are to be performed within or without this state; and the keeping of all such places is hereby prohibited; and it shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, association or society, within this state, to make or enter into any contract, or pretended contract such as is above stated and referred to, and all such contracts are hereby prohibited. The intention of this act being to prevent and prohibit within this state the business now engaged in and conducted in places commonly known and designated as Bucket Shops. Provided, however that this act shall not apply to or in any way affect any contract for the actual buying or selling of any commodity whatever for present or future delivery, where the actual delivery or receipt of the thing sold is contemplated, and in good faith intended by either of the parties to the contract. SEC. 2. Any person whether acting individually or as a member of any copartnership, corporation, association or society, guilty of violating any of the provisions of this act shall upon conviction thereof be adjudged to pay a fine for each offense of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or be both fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the court. Approved, March 29, 1884. CHAPTER 94. CHANGE OF VENUE. AN ACT Relating to a Change of the Place of Trial of Civil Actions, s. F. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That section 2590 of the code of Iowa be Code, amended by adding to subdivision 3 of said section the fol- amended. lowing: But when either party files an affidavit as provided by this subdivision the other party shall have a reasonable time to file counter affidavits, and the court or judge, in the exercise of a sound discretion, must decide whether a change sha.1 be granted, when fully advised, according to the very right and merits of the matter. The court may in its discretion cause the affiants upon either side to be brought into court for examination upon the matters contained in their said affidavits. Approved, March 29, 1884. CHAPTER 95. CERTAIN TAXES IN VAN BUREN COUNTY LEGALIZED. AN ACT to Legalize the Levy of Certain Taxes in Van Buren S. F. 303. County, Iowa. WHEREAS, The board of supervisors of Van Buren county, Preamble. Iowa at their September meeting in the year A. D. 1883 did levy a five mill tax for county and poor purposes and this only being allowed to counties having a less population than fourteen thousand inhabitants and WHEREAS, Doubts have arisen as to the legality of said levy; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That the proceedings of the board of supervisors of Van Buren county, Iowa, and entered of record in making said levy be and the same is hereby legalized and made valid and binding to all intents and purposes as though said levy had been made in strict compliance with law. Legalized. Publication. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall be in force and effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and the Keosauqua Republican, newspapers published at Des Moines and Keosauqua, Iowa. Approved, March 29, 1884. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register April 24, and in the Keosauqua Republican April 3, 1884. J. A. T. HULL, Secretary of State. B. F. 370. Preamble. Legalized. Publication. CHAPTER 96. ORDINANCES OF TOWN OF HEPBURN LEGALIZED. AN ACT to Legalize the Ordinances and Acts of the Incorporated Town of Hepburn in the County of Page in the State of Iowa. WHEREAS, The town of Hepburn in the county of Page in the state of Iowa was incorporated, such act of incorporation being completed on the 13th day of January 1883 and, WHEREAS, At the first election of officers for such incorporated town, ensuing such incorporation held on the 5th day of March 1883 there were but five trustees elected, and WHEREAS, Doubts have arisen as to the legality of the ordinances and acts of the said town through and by the town council thus composed; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That all ordinances, heretofore adopted by the town council, and all of the acts of the said incorporated town of Hepburn be and the same are hereby legalized and made valid, notwithstanding the failure to elect more than five trustees as aforesaid. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register May 2, and in the Iowa State Leader April 10, 1884. J. A. T. HULL, Secretary of State. |