under the provisions of this act, shall be subject to all regulations imposed by law in relation to township trustees. SEC. 6. Take effect. This act to take effect from and after its publication in the news-papers printed in Van Buren county. Approved, Dec. 16, 1848. Published in the Desmoines Valley Whig, Jan. 5, and in the Keosauqua Democrat, Jan. 22, 1849. CHAPTER 5. STATE ROAD. AN ACT to establish a state road from Cedar Rapids in Linn county, to Marengo in Iowa county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Commissioners duties. That Joseph Greene, James Ure and S. W. Durham, of Linn county, are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out' and establish a state road from Cedar Rapids in Linn county, thence on the best and most direct route to Scott's Grove, on Prairie creek, thence to Marengo in Iowa county. SEC. 2. When to meet. That said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at Cedar Rapids on the first day of April next, or within three months thereafter, and proceed to lay out and establish said road, being governed in all things according to the statute in such case made and provided. SEC. 3. Take effect. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved, Dec. 23, 1848. [31] CHAPTER 6. STATE ROAD. AN ACT to establish a state road from Delhi in Delaware county, to Independence in Buchanan county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Commissioners-Duties. That J. W. Clark and Clement Coffin of the county of Delaware, and S. P. Stoughton of the county of Buchanan, are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a state road from Delhi in Delaware county, to Independence in Buchanan county. SEC. 2. When to meet. That said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at Delhi on the first Monday in April next, or within sixty days thereafter, and proceed to lay out said road on the most practicable route to Coffin's Grove, from thence as nearly as may be, on the connection [dividing] line between towns [townships] eighty-eight and eighty-nine, to Independence in Buchanan county. SEC. 3. Employ surveyor. That said commissioners shall take to their assistance a surveyor and other necessary hands, and they shall receive such compensation, and in such manner, as is approved by law. SEC. 4. Take effect. This act to take effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER 7. DES MOINES RIVER. AN ACT to provide for the descending navigation of the Des Moines river between the mouth of the Raccoon Fork thereof, and the northern boundary of this state. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Obstructing the navigation-penalty-proviso. That if any person or persons shall in any wise obstruct the navigation of the Desmoines river, between the mouth of the Raccoon Fork thereof and the northern boundary of this state, or continue such interruption or obstruction, shall be subject. to indictment, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars, to be assessed by a jury: provided, however, that no person shall be liable for any [32] obstructions occasioned by a mill dam in said river, who shall construct and keep in repair to such dam a good and sufficient slope of the following dimensions to-wit: In length at the rate of six feet for one foot high at the entrance of the slope, with a notch in the dam the full width of the slope, of two feet deep for every six feet high from the bottom of the dam to the top, and said slope shall not be less than thirty feet wide. SEC. 2. Repealing section. That all acts and parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. Take effect. This act shall take effect from and after its publication according to law. Approved, Dec. 27, 1848. CHAPTER 8. PROBATE JUDGE. AN ACT to authorize the probate judge of Marion county to transcribe the records of the probate court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Probate judge authorized to transcribe records. That the judge of the probate court of the county of Marion, be authorized and required to transcribe the records of said court, and that he be allowed for transcribing said records the sum of eight cents for each and every one hundred words, to be audited and allowed by the board of commissioners, and paid out of the county treasury of the county of Marion. SEC. 2. Take effect. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, Dec. 27, 1848. CHAPTER 9. NEW COUNTIES. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to establish new counties and define their boundaries." Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Lucas county-boundaries. That the following shall be the boundaries of a new county which shall [33] be called Lucas, to-wit: Begin ning at the north-west corner of Monroe county, thence west to the north-west corner of township seventy-three (73) north of range twenty-three (23) west; thence south to the south-west corner of township seventy-one, (71) north of range twenty-three west; thence east to the south-west corner of Monroe county, thence north to the place of beginning. SEC. 2. Clark county-boundaries. That the following shall be the boundaries of Clark county, to-wit: Beginning at the north-west corner of Lucas county, thence west to the north-west corner of township seventythree, (73) north of range twenty-seven (27) west; thence south to the south-west corner of township seventy-one, (71) north of range twenty-seven (27) west; thence east to the south-east corner of Lucas county, and thence north to the place of beginning. SEC. 3. Repealing section. That all acts and parts of acts conflicting with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved. Dec. 27, 1848. CHAPTER 10. CITY OF BURLINGTON. AN ACT to amend the charter of the city of Burlington. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Mayor to give bond-clerk of district court to approve bond. That the mayor of said city of Burlington, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall within five days after receiving his certificate, enter into bond to the board of commissioners of the county of Desmoines, with two or more good securities, to be by the clerk of the district court approved, in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned that he will faithfully pay over all monies that may come into his hands by virtue of his office as mayor or justice of the peace, and in other respects discharge the duties of a justice of the peace. SEC. 2. May bring suit. Be it further enacted, That suit or suits may be instituted against said justice and his sureties, by any person aggrieved by a breach of said bond, or other violation of his duty as a justice of the peace, which said suits may be instituted before any courts having jurisdiction of the amount of damage claimed or sum demanded, and judgment shall be rendered for so much as the party shall prove himself entitled to recover. SEC. 3. Take effect. This act to take effect from and after its passage. [34] CHAPTER 11. RECORDS OF CLAYTON COUNTY. AN ACT to authorize Frederick Andrews to transcribe the records of Clayton county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Frederick Andrews authorized to transcribe records. That Frederick Andrews, clerk of the district court for the county of Clayton, be and he is hereby authorized to transcribe all the records of said court, into books of record. SEC. 2. Procure books-compensation. And be it further enacted, That the said F. Andrews be and is hereby authorized to procure suitable books of record for said court, and that for such books and labor of transcribing, he shall receive out of the treasury of said county of Clayton, such compensation as the commissioners of said county shall deem just and equitable. SEC. 3. Take effect. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, Dec. 27, 1848. CHAPTER 12. STATE ROAD. AN ACT to locate a state road from Monona to Fort Atkinson. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Commissioners. That Joel Post, Robert Tucker, and Page Olmstead, of the county of Clayton, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a state road from the town of Monona, where the upper and lower ferry roads intersect, to Fort Atkinson, in the county of Winnesheik. SEC. 2. Where to meet-employ surveyor. Said commissioners shall meet at the conjunction of said roads on or before the first Monday of May next, and take to themselves a competent surveyor, two chain carriers, and one marker, and after being duly qualified according to law, shall proceed to locate said road and make returns thereof as the law requires. [35] SEC. 3. Compensation. That for such services they shall receive severally such compensation, and in such manner, as is prescribed by law. SEC. 4. Take effect. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, Dec. 27, 1848. CHAPTER 13. WARREN AND MADISON COUNTIES. AN ACT to locate the seat of justice of the counties of Warren and Madison. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Commissioners to locate seat of justice of Madison countywhen to meet. That Thomas Butler, of Dallas county, George Gillaspy, of Marion county, and Isaac Cooper, of Polk county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate and establish the seat of justice of the county of Madison. Said commissioners, or any two of them, shall meet at the house of John Butler in said county, on the first Monday of June next, or at such other time within the month of June next, as a majority of said commissioners shall agree, in pursuance of their duties under the provisions of this act. SEC. 2. Commissioners to locate seat of justice of Warren county-when to meet. That William Ferguson of Jasper county, William Ware, of Polk county, and Alfred D. Jones, of Madison county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate and establish the seat of justice of the county of Warren. Said commissioners, or any two of them, shall meet at the house of Alexander Ginder in said county, on the first Monday of June next, or at such other time within the month of June next, as a majority of said commissioners shall agree, in pursuance of their duties under this act. Commissioners to take oath-who to administer the oath-where oath to be filed. That said commissioners shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, take and subscribe the following oath, to-wit: "We do solemnly swear (or affirm) that we have no personal interest directly or indirectly in the location of the seat of justice of the county of Warren, (or Madison as the case may be) and that we will faithfully and impartially locate the same according to the best interest of said county, taking into consideration the future, as well as present population of said county;" which oath or affirmation shall be administered by the clerk of the district court, notary public, or some justice of the peace of the county whose seat of justice said commissioners are appointed to locate, and the officer administering the same shall certify [36] and file the same in the office of the clerk of the board of county commissioners of such county, whose duty it shall be to record the same. SEC. 4. Commissioners to proceed to locate seat of justice-make out certificate certificate to be filed, etc. That said commissioners, when met and qualified under the provisions of this act, shall proceed to locate the seat of justice of the respective counties for which they have been appointed, and as soon as they shall have come to a determination, they shall make out a certificate containing a particular description of the place so selected, naming therein the quarter. section, township and range, upon which they have located such seat of justice; which shall be signed by said commissioners and filed in the office of the clerk of the board of commissioners of such county, whose duty it shall be to record the same in his office; and the place thus designated shall be the seat of justice of said county. SEC. 5. Compensation. That said commissioners shall each receive the sum of two dollars per day while necessarily employed in the discharge of their duties under the provisions of this act, and two dollars for every twenty miles travel in going to and returning from said county, to be paid out of the funds arising from the sale of lots in said seat of justice. SEC. 6. Take effect. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, Dec. 27, 1848. CHAPTER 14. FERRY. AN ACT to authorize David W. King to establish and keep a ferry across Cedar, at a point opposite Cedar Rapids. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. David W. King to keep a ferry across Cedar-subject to laws in force proviso proviso. That David W. King, his heirs and assigns, are hereby authorized to establish and keep a ferry across Cedar river at a point |