PASSED AT

THE FIRST SESSION

OF THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF THE

STATE OF IOWA

WHICH CONVENED AT IOWA CITY, ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF

NOVEMBER, A. D. 1846.

ANSEL BRIGGS, Governor. | JOSEPH T. FALES, Auditor,
ELISHA CUTLER, JR., Secretary. | MORGAN RENO, Treasurer.

THOMAS BAKER, President of the Senate.
JESSE B. BROWXE, Speaker of the House o Representatives.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

IOWA CITY:
A. H. PALMER, PRINTER

L 5880

SECRETARY'S OFFICE, I IOWA CITY, May 1st, A. D. 1847. )

I HEREBY CERTIFY, That the Acts and Resolutions contained in this volume have been by me compared with the original enrolled acts on file in this office, and that the same are true and correct copies, except that the words enclosed in brackets (thus) have been added to aid the sense.

W ELISHA CUTLER, JR.,

Secretary of the State of Iowa.

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The Constitution of Iowa ..

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An Act staying the school fund in the hands of the holders thereof... ... 1925

An Act repealing “an act authorizing Joel C Walker to transcribe the records
of the district court of Lee county"............................

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Ali Act concerning the southern boundary of Iowa.....................

An Act to change the name of Prairie Laporte, in Clayton county.........

An act to change the name of the town of Chaldea, in Appanoose county...

An Act concerning the distribution of school funds.................... 21 27

An Act to review and relocate a portion of the territorial road from Rock-

ingham to Iowa City .........................

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An Act to provide for the taking of the enumeration of the white inhabit-

ants of the State of Iowa .........

An Act in relation to clerks and prosecuting attorneys..

An Act prescribing the general duties of treasurer of state...............

An Act to amend an act of the territorial legislature, entitled “An act for

the organization of townships," approved 17th February, 1842......

An Act to authorize J. A. Lefevre to establish a ferry at the town of

Montrose ....................................................

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An Act prescribing the general duties of the secretary of state. ...........

An Act relative to state seals..

An Act to establish the boundaries and seat of justice of the county of

Marion :

M arion .....................................................

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An Act to vacate the town of Brooklin, in Polk county.................

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An Act establishing the boundaries of Polk county.....

An Act to indemnify Samuel Riggs, sheriff of Davis county, for losses and

expenses incurred in defending himself against prosecutions com-

menced against him for exercising his office in the disputed territory

between Iowa and Missouri .......

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An Act to establish an additional precinct in Farmington township, Van

Buren county, Iowa ............

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An Act relative to a state road..............

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An Act to lay out and establish a state road from Knoxville to Newton....

An Act to change the name of Newton city ...........................

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An Act to define the boundaries of the counties of Clayton and Fayette....

An Act to locate a state road from Canton to Pioneer Grove....

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An Act relative to the county seat of Jones county .......

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An Aet to divide the state of Iowa into judicial districts...............

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An Act fixing the salaries of certain officers therein named, and providing

for their payment ............................................

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An Act to locate a state road therein named....

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An Act to locate a state road from West Point, in Lee county, to Bonaparte,

in Van Buren county .........

An Act to define the duties of prosecuting attorneys, and provide compen-

sation for their services ..

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