The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-05-07

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or 50 mucl thereof as may be neces
raiy to construct "a i,nee around thf
premises of the State Arsenal and
five thousand dollars or 80 much
thereof as may be necessary to erect
q proper building on said Arsenal
i premises for workshop for cleaning
and repairing the arms and accoutre.
ments belonging to the State.
SEC. 2. The plans for said fence,
furniture and building shall first be
presented to the Governor for his
approval, and shall not be erected
until his approval is endorsed thereon.
| SEC. B. Said sums hereby appro.
priated shall be expended under the
direction of the Adjutant General,
who shall before drawing said sums
from the State Treasury, file his
bond, with sureties to the acceptance
Of the Auditor of State in the sum
of twice the amount Of said appro-
priation, conditioned to the faithful
performance of his duties in the ex-
penditure of said appropriation, and
a rendition Of q true and Just account
of the expenditure thereof, to be
made to the acceptance of said
Auditor of State. 5g, aI
SEC. 4. Said Adjutant General,
shall, upon the request Of the
Governor, when the iron furniture ia
supplied for said Adjutant Generals
ohice, turn over to any officer of
State, any Of the furniture, tables,
or cases which are now in said
Adjutant Generals office, and which
may be doomed necessary for any
office in the State house. The bal
ance of the furniture shall be sold by
said Adjutant General, and the pro-
ceeds paid into the State Treasury.
SEC. 5. The Adjutant General Is
hereby authorized to draw the money
hereby appropriated under this act
from the State Treasury, and upon
the expenditure thereof or 30 much
thereof as may be necessary. shall
file with the Auditor of State full
statement Of receipts and expendi-
lures accompanied with proper
vouchers, to the acceptance Of the
Auditor of State. sj5.EH
SIC. 6. This act being deemedio Of
immediate importance shall be in
full force from and after its publica-
tion in the Iowa State Register and
Iowa Evening Statesman, newspa>
tpers published at Des Moines, Iowa.
Approved April 7th, 1868. m ~.
! hereby certify that the foregoing
act took effect by publication, as
required in section 8 thereof, on the
9th day Of April, 1868. aAh eii
ED WRIGHT, Sec'y Of State.
CHAPTER 80. e2n
AN ACT Relating to Towns Incor-
porated under the provisions of
chapter AZ, of the Code of 1851.
SECTION /. Be it Enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Iowa, That upon the filing in the
Office of the Secretary of State of
copy of the record of any instrument
purporting 70 be the charter of incor-
poration, under chapter AZ of the
Code of Iowa, of 1851, of any town
therein named and described, duly
certified, by the recorder of the
county wherein such town is situated,
to be correct copy of the record OF
such character as the same appears
on record in his Office, such town, 80
named and described, shall be
deemed to have been at the date
therein mentioned, for the taking
effect of said charter, duly incorpo-
rated Hereunder as such town; and
such town shall be advanced to the
grade of city of the second class
in like manner and on like conditions
as provided by chapter 81 of the
revision.
SEC. 2. II shall be the duty Of
every county recorder, in whose
Office there shall appear record Of
any instrument purporting as afore-
said, forthwith to make and deposit
by mail in the Office of the Secretary
Of State a correct copy Of such
record as the same appears in his
office, duly certified by him in
manner as aforesaid, upon the per-
formance of which service such
recorder shall be entitled to demand
and receive from such incorporated
town his legal fees therefor, and on
receipt of such certified copy by the
Secretary Of State it shall be the
duty of the said Secretary to file the
same ia the Office. and to endo ,se
thereon the date of such fling and
thereafter his certificate of such tact
OF filing and of the date of the same
shall be evidence thereof in all courts
aud places. ~,
SIC. 3. Any town that may have
been incorporated under chapter 42,
of the code of 1851, and that since
the taking effect of chapter l57, Of
the laws ofthe 7th General Assembly,
entitled an act for the incorpora-
tion of cities and towns shall have
manifested by the election Of the
officers mentioned in section 81, Of
said act (section 1851 of the revision).
its intention to organize rs an ineor...
porated town, under the provision Of
said Act, shall, from the time Of the
election Of any such officers, be-
deemed to be thereby organized,
under such act, as such incorporated
town, and all the provisions Of said
act, and the amendments thereto,
shall be held to apply to such incor-
poratcd town, from the date OF such
election, as fully and in like manner,
as If the said town had been origi-