The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-06-30

at the next ensuing election for
supervisors, the requisite additional
supervisors shall be elected, whose
terms of office shall be determined
by lot, in such manner that one
half of the additional members shall
hold their office for threo years, and
one-half for two years.
Sec. 8. All acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.
Approved April IA, 1870.
CHAPTER 167.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Civil
Practice.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State Of
Iowa, That sections 27O8, 2724, 2728
1928, 1880, 2732, 2733, 2741, 2746, 2771
2776, 1903, 2SO5, 1924, 2S43, 1856
1907, 3OO7, 31S9, 1922, 1925, 1927
1912, 1906, 1908, 1923, 1902, 36Oa
and 4O66 of the Revision of 1860, as
now constituted, be and the same are
hereby repealed, and there are en-
acted in lieu of, and as such sections
the following:
Sec. 2. (Sec. 27Os) An attorney
has a lien tor a general balance o.
compensation upon any papers of hi;
client, which have come into his pos
session in the course of his profes
sional employment; upon money in
his hands belonging to his client, and
upon money due to his client and in
the hands of the adverse party OF
his attorney in Can] action or.pro
ceeding in which the attorney wa:
employed, from the time of giving
notice of the lien to that party, which
after Judgment may be by entering
in the margin of the Judgment record
o memorandum Of the claim and the
amount due, signed by the attorney
and attcsted by the clerk Of tho court
Sec. 8. (Sec. 2724.) Should there
be less than that number of sncl
persons In any county, the list shall
comprise all those who answer the
above description; and in counties
containing a population Of over TWEEN
ty thousand inhabitants, the list o.
petit jurors shall consist of two hun
dred and fifty persons.
Sec. 4. lSec. 272S.) The auditor
| shall thereupon file said lists in hi'
Office, and cause copy thereof to be
| recorded in the election book.
Sec. 5. (Sec. 2729.) Grand juror:
shall be selected for the first torn il
the year at which said jurors are re
quired, commencing next after the
first day of January in each year
! and shall serve for one year. Petit
Jurors shall be selected fer each tern
| wherein they are required, but nc
person shall be required to attend as
petit Jurors more than two terms o
| court in the same year. And il
counties containing population O
more than five thousand inhabitants
it shall be cause for challenge, thai
| tho person has already served two
terms as Juror during that year.
| Sec. 6. (Sec. 273O) AT least twcn
ty days previous to the first day o
| any term, at which a jury of eithel
kind is to be selected, the clerk mus
write out the names on the list.
aforesaid, which have not been pre-
viously drawn as jurors during thai
year, on separate ballots, and thu
county auditor and sheriff having
compared said ballots with the jury
lists and rectified tho same, if neces
sary, shall place the ballots in bo,
to be provided for that purpose.
Sec. Z. (Sec. 2732.) When grant
Jurors are to be selected, their mum
Der must be fifteen, and they shall
serve for one entire year thereafter
tho number of petit jurors shall b.
fifteen unless the judge OF the distric
or circuit court shall, for tho cour
over which he presides, in writing
direct the county auditor to select |
greater number, in which case sucl
greater number shall be selected, ant
separate lists shall be made for tn
district and circuit courts.
Sec. s. (Sec. 2733.) Within thre,
days after such drawing, the clerl
must issue o precept to the sheriff
commanding him to summon th'
said jurors to appear before the cour
for which they were selected, at elev
en- O'Clock, A. NJ, Of the first day O
the next term thereof (naming tn
month and day. unless the judge o
the court has previously directed
different hour or day for their ap
pearance, in which case such direc
ton must be observed.
| Soc. 8. (Soc. 2741.) In actions fo
relief on the ground of fraud, and il
actions for trespass to property, tn
cause of action shall not be deeme,
to have accrued until the fraud o
trespass complained of shall hav'
been discovered by the party agriov
ed.
Sec. 10. (Sec. 2746.) But when
cause of action has been fully barre,
| by the laws of any country whcr
the defendant has previously resided
such bar shall be the same detens
here as though it had arisen undo
! the provisions of this chapter bu
this section shall not apply to cause
of action arising within this State.
| Sec. IL, (See. 2,771.) A marrie'
woman may in all cases sue and b
sued without joining her HUSBAND
| with her, except in cases where tn
cause of action exists in favor of o
against both.
Soc. IL. (soc. 2,776.) When a hus
band being father, has deserted hi
family, tho wife, being mother
may prosecute or defend in bis nam
any action which he might hay
prosecuted or dofonded, and sha
have the samo powers aud right
therein as he might have had, an
under liho circumstances, the sam
right shall apply to tho husband NJ
, on tho desertion of tho wife.
{ See, 13. (Soc. 2,903) \ change I
venue in any civil action, may be ha
in any Of the following cases
, lst. Whore the county in whio
| the suit is nendinp is q party theret