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CHAPTER 1913,

An.act TO amend chapter 172, of the acts OF
the Ninth General Assembly, passed
April 8, 1862, in relation to schools al
SO chapter 50, laws of the Tenth General
Assembly. ~ - - - -. - s.-.
SEC. 1. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Iowa, That
section 4, of said chapter l72, is hereby
amended by inserting therein Immediately
after the first word "when," the words,
changes in civil township boundaries are
made, or :" also by inserting Immediately
after the words s'for beth or all of the new
districts" the words. ."or parts of Districts
also to amend the last clause OF said section
4 to read as follows: "a similar division
shall be made in case of the formation or
changes of boundaries, of independent dis
tricts. or the consolidation, or other chang
es in the boundaries Of civil townships"
Sec. 2. Section sixty-nine of said chap
ter is hereby amended by adding thereto
the following, to-wit: "after an investi-
cation of the facts in the case, of which in
vestigationl the teacher shall have personal
notice, and he shall be permitted to be
present and make his defense" asGs@ -aasit
Sec. 3. Section ninety one OF said chap
ter is hereby amended by inserting imme-
diately after the words "may be changed"
the words, "or the independent district
abandoned. "5a Iia8a s1aaE5 -al6a9 1aLa72 ID
Sec. 4 This act, being deemed by the
General Assembly of immediate impor-
lance, shall take effect and be in force
from and after its publication in the Daily
State Register, Daily State Leader, news
papers published at Des MONIES. aLq @js Is
Approved April %, 1872 De s7a.aa1a
/ hereby certify that the foregoing act
was published in the daily Leader. May
/, and in the Daily Register, May 1,
1872. taga agsasTEaa aa $3.50 al ra@1ag
ii has ,ny.B ED WRIGHT, Sec. of State.
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the Tenth Ward with her, claws
around behind me, with the streets
and boundaries marked in my blood.
l rose to explain and said, "My dear,
L" but she caromed on my head
with well shot tea. cup, and
sprinkled my face with q quart of hot
tea, and / sat down. and counted
twenty five; but it killed the cat.
The old fellow died hard though.
could feel him settle as Ibis nine
lives went out one by one. ..i - -,
: A few days. practice of this rule,
under the instructions of Mary Ann,
has enabled me to conquer my tenn
per completely. Nobody can get
me mad now. am in a state of
perpetual calm, and ] want to see
the man that wrote the story
want to fit him for the hands OF an
under taker, and make demand for
mourning goods among his friends.
Then / can die happy, counting
tWenCY-uV0s a.gs E#E sEHS So aEgA9 =
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LAWS OF IOWA.
Published by AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER 232.

An TO repeal section two, o. chap
..s,..s hfty nine, Of tlses t,ws OF the
Twelfth General Assembly, and
enact substitute therefor. IA z.slr
a SEC. |. BE it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State OF Iowa,
That section two, CT chapter fifty
nine, of the laws of the Twelfth Gen.
eral Assembly, be, and the same is
hereby repealed, and the following
enacted in lieu thereof: "There
shall be a Board of trastees whose
name and style shall be the Board OF
Trustees of the Iowa Reform School,
which shall consist of five persons,
who shall be appointed by the Gen
eral Assembly, no two OF whom shall
be taken from the same congressional
district, and shall hold their Offices
for six years, and until their success.
ers are elected aud qualified. ALL
vacancies occurring in said board by
death, resignation or otherwise, shall
be filled by appointment Of q (by) the
Governor of the State. % saaa.a1a a'a ...1
Sec 2. This act being by the Generals Assem-
bly, deemed of Immediate importance, shall take
effect and.be ia force from and after It's pnDliea-
ion i'm the ID ally State Register and Daily State
Le.der, newspapers published at Des Moines,
Approved April 81, 1872. aaya
/ hereby certify that the foregoing act was pub
ilshed in the Iowa State Register aud the Daily
49," ~ 80. ED. WRIGHT.
... -- .s Secretary of Stats.
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CHAPTER 227.

AN ACT to amend sections one and
two of chapter fifty-four of the acts
of the thirteenth General Assem-.
bly,. a. 4F
Section /. Belt enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Iowa, That section one of chapter
fifty-four of the Thirteenth General
Assembly, be, and the same is here.
by, amended by striking out the fig
ures $780," in the third line of said
section, and inserting in lieu thereof
the words sseven thousand;" and by
striking out sgures "lS70," in the
fourth line of said section, and insert.
ing in lieu thereof the figures aIs72"
and that section two of said chapter
be, and the same is hereby amended
by striking out the figures $780,"
In the ninth line of said section
two, and inserting in lieu thereof
the figures 1872" and by inserting
after the word exchange" in the
eleventh line of said section two.
the words, shut such bond shall not
be exchanged for any Indebtedness
OF the county, except by the APPROX
al of the board of supervisors OF said
county" los sc z. -
Sec, TO- This act being deemed of Immediate
importance shall take elect and be In force from
and after its publication In the Iowa State Reggie
Ter and Iowa state Leader, newspapers published
at Des Moines, Iowa. - E18t
Approved April "a, 1872.
hereby. certify that the foregoing act was pub
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AN ACT To amend chapter l72 laws
of the ninth GeneraiSv Assembly
and the acts amendatory thereto,
in relation La the vuilng and levy
ing of school taxes. bTr -9asE.s IS.
Section /. BE it enac ted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Iowa, That all taxes hereafter
voted and l..vied under the provis-
ions OF chapter l72, laws of the ninth
General Assembly, aud the acts
amrndatorS thereto, shall be after
the following manner, To. wit: Each
school district township and indepen-
dent school district shall vote the
several specific sums OF money DEEM
ed by them necessary TO be raised
for school-house fund, teachers fund,
contingent fund, respectively in their
respective school districts, at the
same time as now provided by law,
and the secretary of each district
township, or independent sehool-dis-
trict, shall certify the several sums
so voted TO the board of supervisors
designating the amount of school
house tax to be levied in each sub
district, who, in levying the said
taxes shall determine and Tx as near
as may be, the per centum neces
sary to be levied upon the prop
erty of each sub-district, town
ship or independent school district
in order to realize the respective
sums SO certified, due regsrd being
had in all Cases, to the proper ap.
portionment the school-hUuse fund
tax, bet cen the several sub-districts
OF any district TOWNSHIP p as now pro d
vided by law. Provided, always,
That the per centum so levied shall
in no case exceed the limit now fixed
by law, but in case the board of sup
ervisors ascertain that the specific
sum certified is greater than the
maximum per centum now authorize
ed will produce, the board shall
nevertheless, levy such maximum
limit; and the amount raised for
contingent fund "shall not exceed
FIVE dollars per scholar, and the
amount raised for teachers fund" in
Guiding the amount received from the
semi-annual apportionment, shall not
exceed fifteen dollars per scholar for
each scholar residing in the district
township or independent district for
which the tax is levied. The num-
Der ofpersons between the age of five
and twenty. one years, as shown by
the last report of the county superin-
dent, shall for the purposes of this
act, be deemed the number of scholars
IN each school. district. -. IS 80.
Sec. 2. All acts or parts of acts
inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed. -.. s..s.-. bee ;, p,
Approved, April "a, 1872.
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nave pcon mn, anu Unon Win ueau.
titul girl-the girl, most likely
who has really won his heart. Well,
we'll, must conquer his affection,
and this is not the surest way. ]
must be busy all the time giving re.
grets no chance to linger with me"
Again her fingers were busy with
the needle. How pretty she looked
in her neat chintz morning dress,
with snowy collar, cuffs and apron,
her bright brown hair, her wavy
tresses, confRed by blue ribbon.
A few moments more and she start
ed up, saying:
Il must find something more active
than sewing. aa
! just then peal from the door bell
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ED WRIGHT. g.
Secretary of State.
CHAPTER 221.

An act to amend section four hundred
and ninety eight of the Revision of 1860,
/ in relation to special elections.
5 Section l. Be it enacted by the Gener.
al Assembly of the State of Iowa, That
section four hundred and ninety. eight
of the Revision of 1860, be- and the same
is hereby amended to read as follows: -
If the ballots of any officer are found to
exceed the number of the voters in the
poll lists, that fact shall be certified with
the number of the, excess in !, the return,
and if it be found that the vote of the
township where the error occurred would
change the result in relation to the
county officer. if the person elected were
deprived of so many votes, then the cleo
tion shall be set aside as to ham, in the
township where such excess occurs, and
"a new election ordered therein, provided
that no person or persons residing in an
other township of the county, at the time
of the general election, shall be allowed
to vote at such special elections; but If
the error occur in relation to township
officer, the trustees may order new cleo
ton, or not, in their discretion. II the
error be in relation To district or State
officer. the error and the number of the
excess are to be certified toby the canvassers
and If it be found that the error would eff
feet the result as above, a new vote shall
be ordered in the county where the error
happened, and the canvass be suspended
until sdch new vote is taken and returned.
When there is a tie vote and such an ex.
cess, there shall be an election as above
directed. 5f a9A3 90
Approved, April "a 1872. 7olza as
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O.,u OaoO, ~ pIociuo az my On.o4 1900.
ments-one / shall be proud Of
Now, uncle you have the whole
truth
'And so my dear little Mary with
her artlessness, natural grace, and
requirements which should be con-
sidered accomplishments, is cast
aside for fashionable butterfly! All,
Frank, l fear you are not likely to
secure happiness by this decision
uncle, ! never once during the
months visited Mary, said one word
of love to her.
Words of love, may be not, but
what did your actions tell, Crank
your looks? ] understood them, and
SO did she, and every body else who
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.ays ED WRIGHT, Sec. of State.
CHAPTER 226
An act for the Improvement of the low,
State penitentiary at Fort Madison. OF

An act for the Improvement OF the Iowa
State penitentiary at Fort Madison. OF
SEC L. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Iowa, That
there is hereby appropriated out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, the sum of nine thousand six
hundred dollars, or so much thereofas may
be necessary for the Improvement of the
State penitentiary, as follows, to-wit !: Fol-
the construction of a second story to the
blacksmith shop inside the walls of said
penitentiary, and for putting new roof on
same the sum of two thousand two hun,
dred dollars for the construction of "a sec
ond story to the foundry, the sum of -four
thousand and four hundred dollars sis
Sec. g. There is hereby further appro
priated out OF any funds in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated the sum oil
three thousand dollars, for the purchase
of gas fixtures and all necessary apparatus
for the lighting OF the prison. .ag3.ssa
Sec. 3. The money hereby appropriated
shall be expended under the direction Of
the warden, the plans and estimates, first
being submitted to and approved by the
Census Board. "a 6g3a ssag CT Eza .sFz.
Sec 4. This act being deemed of i'm
mediate Importance, shall take effect and
be in force on and after its publication in
the Daily State Register and Iowa State
Leader, newspapers published in Des
Moines. $40 aeua .sa aaf.s fsfs.
Approved April "a, 1872. .ssI Hgesl ID.
/ hereby certify that the foregoing aci
was published in the Daily Iowa State
Register May 1, and in the Daily State
- :. ED WRIGHT.
a.a Secretary of State.
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CHAPTER 229.

An act supplementary to chapter 20,
laws of the Thirteenth General
Assembly, being an act to restrain
stock from running at large. And
also supplemental to section six,
chapter one hundred and sixty,
nine, laws of the Ninth General
Assembly, in relation to railroad
fences. mr# Biz saHaaa 7.s-fr
Sec. l. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Iowa,
That nothing contained in chapter
twenty-six, laws of the Thirteenth
General Assembly shall affect the
provisions of chapter sixty-one, oil
the Revision of 1860, in relation TO
partition fences. Nor shall the same
effect the provisions of section six,
chapter one hundred and sixty nine
of the laws of the Ninth General AS.
sembly, in relation to railroad fences
and the duties of railroad companies
TO fence their road within the State,
Approved April "a, 1872. asla r..7s
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At about five minutes after Eve
o'clock Saturday afternoon, without
a moments warning, the town clock
building on the west eide of Main,
between Eighth and Ninth streets,
occupied as a dry goods store by
John Bell Co., fell in with terrible
crash, burying beneath the debris
those who happened to be in the
store at the moment, and endanger-
ing the lives of two or three parties
who were standing or passing on the
street at that time.-DasbaQsle
| Times. 26. 6f
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A Correspondent of the Cincin-
natti Gazette had an interview, a
few days since, with Mr.. Ottendoer-
nerf, editorin chief of the New York
Stats Zeit'tng, the most widely cir
culated German paper in the coun-
try. We questioned as to what he
thought of Grants prospects. Mr..
0. replied: "Why, sir, the election
OF Grant | consider beyond a perad-
venture. He will be nominated at
Philadelphia, and he will be elected.
1t is more than doubtful whether the
Democratic Convention will endorse
MIR. Greeley. His chances of draw
ing off Republican votes are so slim
that think the Democratic Conyen-
ton will hardly think it a paying in.
vestment to take stock in him. They
will undoubtedly make straight
Democratic nomination; but even
should they endorse Greeley and give
him their support, Grant will be
elected"
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COUNTING TWENTY-FIVE
HOW THE WIFE OF A UTICA EDITOR
CURBED HIS UNCOvERNABLE
From the Utica Herald

4sra
s#o#.s1#@ TEMPER. Tee # s.a
@ From the Utica Herald. +A e.5''
/ found the face of Maria, Ann
wreathed in smiles, the other even
ing when l returned from by ardu-
GUS toll. I am engaged as stand
ing man at a saloon. So many can
didates are treating, that the saloon
keeper highers six of US to be treat
ed.5 We all drink with every can
didate who comes in, and it makes
business pretty brisk. u ~...s NJ IT, W..
Said my chosen one, "Joshua, am
afraid you do rot always find me an
angel in disposition" - trazs2sa IS
Said /, "That's so-hic--my dear;
I don't seldom find you 'nangel in
in any thing. 49, 81 ra.s7..1.,,g1 ~,
"And," she added, "youa are not
always the most pleasant man in the
world.o 15a1@gs @sS@f ... a- a@a@
I did not feel called on to reply.
"Now," said she, "read that" goif
She had cut an item from the col
umns Of some paper, wherein some
demented writer told about some
impossible woman who, being trou-
bled with bad temper, counted
twenty five every time she got pro-
voked, and thus became a sweet,
amiable and dearly loved orn ament
of the house of her delighted hus-
band. read the article as we'll as
the condition of my head would al
low, and remarked, "Bosh."
| Marian paid no attention to me,
but unfolded her plan. She said ev-
ry time | got mad should count
twenty five. / asked her who she
thought would pay our rent while
we sat and counted twenty-five over
and over all day along. Then she
said was always raising objections
to her plan of mutual impro vement.
and / said ] was not, and she said I
was enough to try saint, and I said
she was too and she came for me,
and | told her to count twenty-five !;
but she forgot all about that and just
Tailed one on my left eye. as =
|, Then / was going to remonstrte
with the poker, and she told me to
count twenty-five and / said would
not; but did before she had pulled
more than one halfmy hair out. Then
she made me count twenty-five,
over and over, until / was out of
breath, and felt real pleasant and
good natured. So we went to sup
per. Now, the cat was curled up
in my chair, but I did not see it un-
til sat down; and / did not see it
then, but was pretty sure it was
there; / knew it was there as we'll as
| wanted to, and more too. I felt
inclined to rise up suddenly, but, as
/ gathered to spring she brandished
the teapot and murmured ssJoshua
your temper is rising |; count twen-
ty-fve, or I'll break your head %
and that cat was drawing a map of
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The first newspaper establish,

Inc HrSC newspaper estaDiiSne.
vocacy Of the organization OF a
party upon the ruins of the tradition
Democratic party, as the hope of the ma
ton in the contest between Democracy
and Imperialism, between Liberty and
Despotism, between Honesty and Cor
ruption. Its present editor was the first
Democratic editor on the Continent to
propose the policy now looming up, and
promising to be successful. 1t has ever
taken the lead in a fearless opposition to
the proposed Religious Amendment to
the Constitution, and as fearlessly de
clared: Our Rational Observations the
basis Of our National Obligations 1t pro-
poses to keep'the Devil out of the peo-
pie by keeping religion out of the Con-
stitution, and advancing the interests of
labor by advocating sober men for lead
ers and honest men for office. % i &c, ...te.
Terms, $500 year IN advance. Syr9s +
Address, p"REFORM LEADER" 4,
kH1E z55@ a8E zsas OsKaloosa, Iowa. ga
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, CHAPTER $50.


An act supplementary to chapter fif,
ty-six, laws of the Tenth General
{ Assembly, relating to weighmas.
tiers of public scales. Ia
SEC. l. Be it enacted by the, Gen
eral Assembly of the State oflIowa,
That it shall be the duty of any
weighmaster, or keeper of public
scales, kept for the purpose of weigh,
ing stock or grain, to provide, and
keep a standard weight of not less
than fifty pounds avordupois, for the
purpose of testing such scales, and
he shall, at least once a month, and
oftener if requested, make a satisfac
tory test OF the correctness of such
scales. Gro O.. .a-aaa a# #aas a=a .assrrr
Sec. 2. Amy keeper of public
scales failing to comply with the
provisions of this act, shall be liable
to the same penalty as is provided
by section three, chapter ffty-six OF
the laws of the Tenth General As.
sembly.. ses es a.s. .g-.a.s..-s ~ ~
Approved April "a, 1872. esa -.
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CHAPTER 243.

>AA&ha ASAs
An act amendatory of the school
laws of the State, and relative to
the formation of independent
schOol-districts in certain cases. ga
Sec. /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State Of
Iowa, That where, under the school
laws of the State heretofore in force,
from the necessities of localities arr
sing from unnatural observ atoms, the
organization of school-districts under
said laws and for the convenience
and accommodation of the people,
school-districts were formed of por-
tons OF two counties of the terrific
ry lying contiguous to each other,
and where under present laws, such
districts are not provided for, at the
written request of FIVE legal voters
residing in portions of said territory
in each county, the boad of directors
of the district township to which
such territory belongs, having a ma.
jorlty OF, the legal voters, shall FIX
the boundaries of an independent
school-district composed of such Sec
tions of land, or portions thereof, as
may be specified and described in
the petition of such independent
district, and shall give At least ten
days notice of the submission of the
question of the formation of said in
dependent district to the lega voters
fthe contemplated independent dis
trict, at the special election for said
purpose, specifying the boundaries
of the district, the time of place of
meeting of the electors of the district
containing majesty of the legal
voters, at which meeting the electors
in the contemplated district shall
vote by ballot for or against sep
crate organization, the said board of
directors shall proceed by ballot to
elect, in the manner'now provided
by law, the necessary officers, and
organize said independent district.
So This ct being deemed of immedi-
ate importance shall take effect and be in
force from and after its publication in the
Iowa State Register and State Leader.
Approved May 6, 1872. I'D h ...s.-a sz.
thereby certify that the foregoing was
published in the Daily Iowa State Regis
ter May 8, and Daily State Leader May 8,
1872. EzaB 5zaa Es.z - EasesE saas
/ 60 Lard haE ED WRIGHT a8.
-...-.eas-E .se# Secretary of State d
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HORACE GREELEY
for President and - 9
B. GRAFT BROWN
for Vice Presi dent.
The Iowa Reform Leader

supports these nominations,
and fearlessly continues in
advocacy of a new party to
take the place of the old DEM
ocratic party of the past in
the political contests Of the
future, as the hope Of the Ma
ton for the accomplishment
Of a true Radical Reform. ,
Terms, $500 a year in adj
vance. ' .. - - go e@...,. . ss eS 49,.
This is the best new party
paper in Iowa, and you can
have it till January LIST, 1878,
N BE- -. s.ss g.
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There is no excuse, now for
not taking a good newspaper.
This is cheap enough. DE- Let
the friends Of the cause unite
in an effort to make this the
BEST PAPER In IOWA..
Every friend of the cause is
authorized to act as an agent.
Commence with the campaign
and keep the people posted,
and the new party will sweep
the state Of Iowa and the
Union like a whirlwind. sa3 10
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letter or P. o. money order at
our risk. Office in Union
Block, Address Leader" Os-
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