CHAPTER 11. MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES. AN ACT to Amend Section One of Chapter 104 of the Laws of the S. F. 295. Seventeenth General Assembly Relating to Mutual Insurance Companies. Re it enacted by the General Assembly of the State Iowa: SECTION 1. That section 1 of chapter 104 of the laws of the seventeenth general assembly is hereby amended by inserting Amendment. after the words fire or death" in the seventh line of said section the words "or loss or damage by tornadoes, lightning, hailstorms, cyclones or wind storms." SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance Publication. shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Iowa State Leader newspapers published in Des Moines. Approved, March 7, 1884. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register and Iowa State Leader March 11, 1884. J. A. T. HULL, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 12. LEGALIZING-TOWN OF FONDA. AN ACT to Legalize the Incorporation of the town of Fonda, in the s. F. 100. County of Pocahontas, in the State of Iowa, and the Ordinances and the Election and Acts of the Officers Thereof. WHEREAS, In incorporating the town of Fonda in the county of Pocahontas and state of Iowa under and by virtue of chapter ten of title four of the code a certified copy of all papers and record entries relating to the matter was not properly filed as required by said chapter and WHEREAS, Doubts have arisen in regard to the legality of said incorporation in consequence of the failure to file said copy as aforesaid and WHEREAS, The law in regard to the incorporation of towns was in all other respects fully complied with, and officers were elected and ordinances passed and official acts done as though said incorporation was legal, now therefor. [therefore] Preamble. Incorporation legalized. Elections etc., legalized. Publication. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SEC. 2. That all elections held by said incorporated town, SEC. 3. This act being deemed of immediate importance I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa 8. F. 200. Board of su CHAPTER 13. TOLL-BRIDGES OVER STREAMS DIVIDING COUNTIES. AN ACT Authorizing Boards of Supervisors to Purchase Keep up Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That boards of supervisors in adjoining counties each of which contains according to the last census a population pervisors may exceeding 10,000 inhabitants shall have authority to purchase purchase. and acquire any toll-bridge erected across any stream dividing Maintain at said counties at the place said bridge is erected and keep and Joint expense maintain the same at joint expense as a free public bridge, provided that the total cost of such bridge shall not exceed the sum of $10,000. -free. Cost limited. Proceedings where boards agree. SEC. 2. If said boards of supervisors are able to agree upon the terms upon which they will purchase such bridge and the of supervisors proportion each will pay towards the purchase and maintenance of the same, such agreement shall be reduced to writing signed by the respective chairmen and recorded in the records of their proceedings. But if they are unable to thus agree the county where boards desiring to purchase said bridge may institute a special proceeding in the circuit court of either of said counties, and said Proceedings are unable to agree. Finding of cause shall be conducted as an equitable cause and the court shall determine whether there is any public necessity for said bridge the relative benefit the same will be to the two counties and based upon such benefit the proportion each county shall court. bear in the purchase and maintenance of said bridge, and shall enter decree accordingly, either or both parties having the right Right of apof appeal to the supreme court. Upon entering of a decree peal. in favor of the purchase of such bridge it shall be the duty of said respective boards of supervisors at once to proceed to Completion of purchase. complete the purchase upon such terms as are determined on and to forthwith levy the necessary taxes to make the payments Tax levy for and said counties shall thereafter keep and maintain such bridge purchase. and be responsible for the safe condition thereof as provided by law. SEC. 3. This act being deemed by the general assembly of immediate importance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Leader and Iowa State Register, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved, March 14, 1884. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the lowa Publication. CHAPTER 14. ENABLING M. E. CHURCH OF IOWA CITY TO CONVEY CERTAIN LANDS. AN ACT to Enable the Methodist Episcopal Church of Iowa City, 8. . 148. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: Sale author SECTION 1. That the Methodist Episcopal Church of Iowa City, Johnson county, Iowa be and it is hereby authorized by and through its acting trustees, or their successors in office, to ized. sell and convey, by proper deeds of conveyance and at public or private sale as to them shall seem best, all or any part of lots numbered five and six (5 and 6) of block sixty-seven (67) in Iowa ed. City, the proceeds of such sale to be used in the erection or improvement of a church building for the use of said church as a Use of prohouse of worship in Iowa City and for no other purpose. Land describ ceeds. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Publication. Leader and the Iowa State Press, newspapers published in Iowa -at Des Moines and Iowa City respectively. Approved, March 14, 1884. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa S. F. 167. Appointment. Bond lost. Doubts. CHAPTER 15. LEGALIZING-JOHN COOK, J. P. AN ACT to Legalize the Official Acts of John Cook, a Justice of the WHEREAS, on the 2d day of April, 1883 John Cook was duly appointed by the trustees of Berlin township to the office of justice of the peace in and for the county of Clinton, to fill a vacancy in said office and WHEREAS, in consequence of circumstances over which said John Cook had no control, the bond required and by him executed, was never received and approved by the auditor or the board of supervisors and WHEREAS, doubts have arisen as to the legality of the official acts of the said John Cook, as justice of the peace in and for said county of Clinton from and after the 2d day of April 1883 and until his successor was elected and qualified therefor [therefore] Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That the official acts of John Cook, as justice of the peace in and for the county of Clinton from and after the Acts legalized. 2d day of April 1883 the day of his appointment and until his successor was elected and qualified be and the same are hereby legalized and declared valid in all respects the same as though his bond had been duly filed and approved as provided by law. Approved, March 14, 1884 S. F. 50. Preamble. Lacking may CHAPTER 16. LEGALIZING ORDINANCES OF TOWN OF VAIL. AN ACT to Legalize Certain Ordinances of the Town of Vail. WHEREAS, Certain of the ordinances of the incorporated town of Vail in Crawford county, Iowa, seem to have been passed without a suspension of the rule of the law requiring the same to be read three different days; and, WHEREAS, Certain of the ordinances of said town were not or's signature. signed by the mayor and recorder as required by law; there fore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That all the ordinances of said town of Vail, passed by a legal majority of the council, and published, and not in contravention of the laws of the state, are hereby legalized, and hereby declared to be as valid and binding as though the requirements of the law had been strictly complied with, and the said rule had been suspended by a three-fourths vote of the council, and the said ordinances had been signed by the mayor and recorder of the town. Legalized. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Publication. Leader, a newspaper published in Des Moines and the Vail Observer, a newspaper published in Vail, Iowa, without expense to the state. Approved, March 14, 1884. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa CHAPTER 17. CHANGING TERM OF OFFICE OF WARDEN OF PENITENTIARY. AN ACT to Amend Section 4746 of the Code, Relative to Term of H. F. 399. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That section 4746 of the code be amended by striking out the words, "from the date of his election" in the Term changed. third line of said section, and insert in lieu thereof the words "from the first day of April following his election." SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall take effect from and after its publication in the daily State Register and daily State Leader, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved, March 14, 1884. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register March 19; and in the Iowa State Leader March 18, 1884. J. A. T. HULL, Secretary of State. Publication. |