CH. 47.] CHAPTER XVII. [H. F. 24. MARCH 20. council may raise 1-mill tax for library. PROVIDING FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN CITIES AND TOWNS. AN ACT to Provide for the Establishment and Maintenance of free SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of City or town the State of Iowa, [That] the council of any city or incorporated town in this State may raise and appropriate money, not exceeding in amount one mill upon the dollar, of the assessed valuation of the taxable property of such city or incorporated town, in any one year, to procure books, maps, charts, periodicals, and other publications, for the establishment and perpetual maintenance of a free public library within the limits of such city or incorporated May purchase or town. And the council of such city or incorporated town, out of the fund so raised, may appropriate money for the purchase of such land and the erection of such buildings as may be necessary for the suitable accommodation thereof, or for the hiring or leasing of rooms for such purpose, and for the compensation of such officers or agents as may be necessarily employed in the establishment and management of such library. lease property for same. cil in reference to library. SEC. 2. The council of any such city or incorporated Powers of coun- town, accepting the provisions of this act, may enact rules, by-laws, and ordinances for the establishment and maintenance of such library, provide for the election or appointment of officers and agents, and may assess and levy a yearly tax for the support and maintenance thereof, not exceeding the amount named in the first section of this to all. Rules and regu lations to act. SEC. 3. Every public library, established and maintained under the provision of this act, shall be open to the Library to be free free use of every inhabitant of the municipal corporation by which it is established, for the general diffusion of intelligence among all classes of the community, subject to such rules and regulations for the well-ordering and be careful preservation thereof, as may be established and ordained by the council of such city or incorporated town. SEC. 4. Any such city or incorporated town may Cities and towns receive, hold, and possess, or sell and dispose of, any and control gifts for all gifts, donations, devises, bequests, and legacies, as [that] may be made to such city or incorporated town for the purpose of establishing, increasing, or improving any such public library; and the city or town council thereof made by council. may receive and libraries. council.. may apply the use, profits, proceeds, interest, and rents Authority of accruing therefrom in such manner as will best promote the prosperity and utility of such library. ceive copies of SEC. 5. Every city or incorporated town, in which Libraries to resuch a public library shall be established and maintained public docu under the provisions of this act, shall be entitled to ments. receive a copy of the laws, journals, and all other works published by authority of the State, after the establishment of such library, for the use of such library, and the Secretary of State is hereby authorized and required to Secretary of State furnish the same from year to year to such city or incorporated town. to furnish same. ple. SEC. 6. Any city or incorporated town of this State, Vote of the peoproposing to accept the benefits of this act, shall, before exercising the powers herein conferred, submit to a vote of the people at any municipal election of such city or incorporated town, the question, "Shall the city or town "council (as the case may be) accept the benefit of an act "of the legislature for the creation and maintenance of a "free public library? Yes-No." 45. SEC. 7. So much of chapter forty-five, of the acts of the Repeal, 1870; ch. Thirteenth General Assembly as conflicts with this act, is hereby repealed. SEO. 8. This act, being deemed of immediate impor- In force, when. ance, shall take effect from and after its publication in the Daily State Register and State Leader, newspapers published in Des Moines. Approved, March 20th, 1872. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Daily State Leader, March 22, and the Daily Iowa State Register, March 26, 1872. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CH. 55.] CHAPTER XVIII. [S. F. 8. ALLOWING TOWNSHIPS TO ADOPT THE HERD LAW. AN ACT to Enable Civil Townships to adopt the Provisions of MARCH 20. adopt act re SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Townships may of the State of Iowa, That it shall be lawful for any straining stock. civil township to adopt the provisions of chapter 26 of 1870: ch. 26. adoption may be submitted to peo election. the laws of the Thirteenth General Assembly, entitled "An act to restrain stock from running at large," in the manner hereinafter provided. SEO. 2. When a petition shall be presented to the Question upon trustees of any township, signed by one-third of the legal voters of such township, asking the question of the ple at general adoption of the provisions of said act to be submitted to the legal voters thereof, at the next general election, it shall be the duty of the trustees to publish a notice of the submission of said question, at least four weeks before said election, in some newspaper published in the county, if any be published therein, and also by posting a copy of such notice in five public places in said township. Notice. tive vote SEC. 3. There shall be written or printed on the balForm of ballots. lots the same sentences required by section eight of said act; and, if a majority of all the votes cast for and against Effect of affirma. the proposition in the township be for said act, the provis ions thereof shall take effect and be in force ninety days after the election. Notice of the result of said election shall be posted by the township clerk in five public places in the township within ten days thereafter. Approved, March 20th, 1872. Notice. CH. 58.] CHAPTER XIX. [H. F. 218. MARCH 25 counties author CITY, TOWN, AND COUNTY DEBTS. AN ACT to Enable Cities, Towns, and Counties to settle, adjust, and compound their Indebtedness. and to provide for the Payment of the same. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Cities, towns, and of the State of Iowa, That cities, towns, and counties ized to adjust are hereby authorized to settle, adjust, compound, extend, ness, and to issue or renew debts, owing by or claimed against them, evinew securities. denced by the bonds or other negotiable promissory instruments of such corporations, and to issue new securities their indebted for such debts. SEC. 2. Said corporations are hereby authorized, whenSame authorized ever any extension or renewal of said indebtedness is tolery the nec-made, to provide by the levy and collection of annual taxes, at the same time and in the same manner as for the essary taxes. levy and collection of other taxes, for the prompt payment of the interest and principal of such renewed debt; and the levy, collection, and payment of taxes, to liquidate Liquidation of the principal and interest of said renewed debt, may be may be enforced. enforced, in case of default, by writ of mandamus or other proper legal process. renewed debt SEC. 3. Said corporations may settle, adjust, com- Terms of adjustpound, extend, or renew such indebtedness upon such ment. terms as they may deem just and for their welfare. SEO. 4. This act is intended to apply only to the settle- Application of ment of bonds and securities heretofore issued not includ- act. ing warrants, or other evidences of debt, issued for current expenses, and outstanding at the time of the passage and approval hereof. amount of bonds. SEC. 5. New bonds, issued by virtue hereof, shall in no Limitation of E case be for a greater sum than the principal and accrued or earned interest unpaid on the bond or debts in place of which, or for the payment of which, they shall be given. SEC. 6. This act, being deemed of immediate impor- In force, when. tance, shall be in force and effect from and after its publication in the Des Moines Daily Register, and Daily Leader, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved, March 25th, 1872. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Daily State Leader, March 26, and in the Daily Iowa State Register, March 28, 1872. CH. 60.] ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State. CHAPTER XX. [H. F. 203. ESTRAY RAFTS AND LOGS. AN ACT to Provide for the Taking-up of Rafts, Logs, and Sawed MARCH 29. Lumber. or logs, in SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Duty of person of the State of Iowa, That if any person shall hereafter taking up rafts, stop or take up any raft of logs, or part thereof, or any streams. logs suitable for making lumber, or hewn timber found adrift on any water-course within the limits, or upon the boundaries of this State, it shall be the duty of such person within five days thereafter, provided the same sha Affidavit. public to trans not have been previously proven and restored to the owner, to go before some justice of the peace, or notary public of the county in which the same was taken up, and make affidavit in writing, setting forth an exact description of such raft or part thereof, or logs, when and where the same were found, the number of logs and the marks and brands thereon, that the same have not been altered or defaced since the taking-up by him or by any other person to his Justice or notary knowledge. And it shall be the duty of such justice of mit papers to the peace or notary public, within five days thereafter, to clerk of district transmit such affidavit to the clerk of the district court of said county, and the said clerk shall thereupon file the Clerk of district same in his office, and enter in his estray-book the description of the said property, the time and place when and where, and the name and residence of the person by whom the same was taken up, and the said clerk shall and to publish also publish a notice thereof for three weeks successively in some newspaper printed in the county. court. court to file and enter; notice. Disposal of the property if unclaimed. SEC. 2. In all cases where the number of logs taken up shall not exceed five, and no person shall appear to claim and prove the same within three months after the publication of such notice, then the property in the same shall vest in the person taking them up; but if the number thereof shall exceed five, and the same be not claimed or proven within six months after such publication, then it shall be the duty of the finder to deliver them to the sheriff of said county, and thereupon the same proceedings shall be had, and the same disposition be made of the proceeds arising from the sale thereof, as is provided for Rev.: ch. 60, art. in chapter 60, article 2, of the Revision of 1860, in relation to boats, vessels, &c., the value of which exceeds twenty dollars. 2. SEC. 3. As a reward for the taking-up of any such Reward to finder, logs, or rafts of logs, or any part thereof, there shall be paid by the owner to the person taking up the same, for each log, not exceeding ten, twenty-five cents, and for each log exceeding ten and not exceeding fifty, twenty cents. Fees of officers. SEO. 4. All the provisions of chapter 60, article 2, of the Revision of 1860, in relation to the fees of officers, and compensation for services performed, and expenses incurred for publication of notice, except as herein before provided for, and to fines and forfeitures for non-compliFines and for- ance with the requirements of said act, shall apply to this Expenses of notice. feiture. Ast to apply to act. SEC. 5. The provisions of this act shall apply to sawed lumber; sawed lumber, and the parties taking up the same shall reward for find- be entitled to fifty cents per thousand feet. ing same. |