[93] RESOLUTION-NO. 15. PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE LAWS. JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the printing and distribution of the laws. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, Four thousand copies of laws and resolutions of present session printed-how distributed-remainder how disposed of. That there shall be four thousand copies of the laws and joint resolutions of the present session printed, and that the same shall be distributed as follows: To the counties of Lee, Van Buren, and Des Moines, each 140 copies. Wapello, Jackson, and Davis, each 120 copies. Linn, Mahaska, Scott, Louisa, Washington, Johnson, and Muscatine, each 100 copies. Keokuk, Cedar, Marion, Clayton, Polk, and Jones, each 90 copies. Appanoose, Jasper, Iowa, Benton, Dallas, and Buchanan, each 75 copies. And that the remainder of said copies be deposited in the secretary's office, subject to such further distribution as is or may be authorized by law. Unorganized counties how supplied. Resolved, That all unorganized counties shall be entitled to their proportion of the laws from the counties to which they are attached for judicial purposes. Duty of clerk of board of county commissioners. Resolved, That in the distribution of the laws aforesaid, the clerks of the boards of county commissioners shall be governed by the act relative to the distribution of the laws, approved, 16th Feb., 1844. Allowance to Elisha Cutler, Jr. Resolved, That Elisha Cutler, or.. shall be allowed the sum of $200 dollars, for superintending the printing and indexing, and for distributing said laws. Approved, January 25, 1848. RESOLUTION-NO. 16. COMMITTEE OF REVISION. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the Stale of Iowa, Permitted to take books from library-when to be returned. That the commissioners appointed to revise the statutes of Iowa be, and they are [94] hereby permitted to take from the library, such books as they may deem necessary in the prosecution of their labors, for which they shall give their receipt, with the liberty of returning them at any time prior to the meeting of the next general assembly. Approved, January 25, 1848. RESOLUTION-NO. 17. AUDITOR. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, His duty-proviso. That the auditor of state is hereby authorized and required to audit and allow the account of newspaper publishers, for publishing the laws of the present session of the general assembly; provided, that the same are certified to be correct by the secretary of state, at the prices established by law. Approved, January 25, 1848. RESOLUTION-NO. 18. DISTRIBUTION OF THE LAWS. JOINT RESOLUTION to distribute one copy of the laws to each member of the general assembly. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That each member of the general assembly receive one copy of the laws passed at the present session. Approved, January 25, 1848. RESOLUTION-NO. 19. WILLIAM KEMP'S HEIRS. JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the governor to make a deed for a certain lot in Iowa City to the heirs of William Kemp, deceased. Preamble. Whereas, William Kemp, (now deceased,) did at the sales of Iowa City property in May, 1842, purchase out lot number twenty-six, for [95] the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, which amount has all been paid to the state by said Kemp, and whereas, the certificate of purchase was lost or mislaid by said Kemp during his life-time, and although diligent search has been made for said certificate since his decease, no trace of it has been discovered, therefore, Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, Duty of governor to make deed to heirs. That the governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute a deed for said lot, to the heirs of William Kemp aforesaid. Approved, January 25. 1848. RESOLUTION-NO. 20. BUCHANAN COUNTY. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the secretary of state be directed to furnish to the county commissioners of Buchanan county, ten copies of the revised statutes and all other laws that are now in force, if he has the same in his possession. Approved, January 25, 1848. RESOLUTION-NO. 21. ORPHAN ASYLUM AND MANUAL LABOR SCHOOL. JOINT RESOLUTION for a donaton of land from congress for the purpose of erectng an orphan asylum and manual labor school. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That our representatives in congress be instructed to use their best endeavors to procure a donation of five sections of land out of any lands belonging to the general government not yet disposed of, in or near the township of Fairview in said county, or in the adjoining county of Linn, near the same township, as a commissioner appointed for that purpose may select, for the use of an orphan asylum and manual labor school. Said lands to be and remain a perpetual donation, the use or rents of which, are to be applied for the benefit of poor orphan children and such other indigent persons as may be admitted to the institution as objects of charity. Approved, January 25th, 1848. [96] RESOLUTION-NO. 22. NORTH LINE OF THIS STATE. JOINT RESOLUTION requesting our representatives in congress to procure the services of one of the topographical engineers to run the north line of this state. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That our representatives in congress be requested to use their influence to procure the services of one of the topographical engineers to run the north line of this state, also to have the Indian title extinguished to all lands within the state. Resolved, That his excellency, the governor, be requested to forward a copy of this resolution to our representatives in congress. Approved, January 25, 1848. RESOLUTION-NO. 23. MAIL ROUTE. JOINT RESOLUTION for a mail route from Cedar Rapids, in Linn county, to the falls of Cedar river, in Blackhawk county. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That our representatives in congress are hereby requested to use their influence to procure the establishment of a mail route from Cedar Rapids, in Linn county, via the county seat of Benton county, to the falls of Cedar river, in the county of Blackhawk. Resolved, That the secretary of state is hereby instructed to forward a copy of these resolutions to our representative in congress. Approved, January 25, 1848. RESOLUTION-NO. 24. WAR WITH MEXICO. JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to the officers and soldiers in Mexico, from this state. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, Our citizens who are soldiers and officers in Mexico nobly sustained the honor of the state. That we feel a just pride at the intrepid conduct of those of our fellow citizens, both [97] officers and soldiers, who have so nobly aided in sustaining the honor and interests of our country in the present war with Mexico, and that the laurels they have won reflect the highest honor on our young state. Frederick D. Mills. Resolved, That in the death of Major Frederick D. Mills, the state has lost one of her brightest ornaments and the army one of its most chivalric soldiers, and that our exultation at the brilliancy of his brief military career, is only exceeded by our regret and sorrow at its extinction. Sympathy with the friends of the deceased Capt. E. Guthrie. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the bereaved family and friends of that true soldier and patriotic citizen, Captain Edwin Guthrie, who met the fate that the brave do not shun, in laying down his life for his country. Committee of two appointed to address letters to the relatives of deceased. Resolved, that a committee of two members from each branch of the general assembly be appointed to address letters to the nearest relatives of each of those gallant officers, expressive of the mixed feelings of congratulation and condolence, which are caused by their heroic conduct and their untimely fate. Capt. Benjamin S. Roberts. Resolved, That the thanks of the general assembly be tendered to our fellow citizen, Captain Benjamin S. Roberts, of the rifle regiment, whose name has been so honorably associated with the history of all the great battles fought since he joined the army in Mexico at the siege of Vera Cruz. Officers and soldiers of company commanded by Capt. Bowie. Resolved. That our thanks are also due and are hereby freely offered to the officers and soldiers of the Iowa company, commanded by Captain Bowie, whose ranks have been so thinned by Mexican weapons and the diseases of a Mexican climate, and yet none ever faltered or flinched to follow where duty led, and that we deeply and cordially sympathise with the friends of those who have thus become martyrs in the cause of their country. Resolved, That the governor be requested to forward a copy of these resolutions to Captains Roberts and Bowie, and that a copy of the papers containing the same be forwarded for one year to the nearest friends of Major Mills and Captain Guthrie, at the expense of the state. Approved, January 25, 1848. [98] RESOLUTION-NO. 25. ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. JOINT RESOLUTION for adjournment. Resolved, (the house concurring therein,) That the general assembly will adjourn, sine die, on Tuesday,the 25th inst. Approved, January 25, 1848. MEMORIAL-NO. 1. SCHOOL LANDS. To the Hon. Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: Your memorialists, the general assembly of the state of Iowa, would respectfully represent that an act was passed by the general assembly of this state at the last session, approved February 24th, 1847, prescribing the mode of selecting the five hundred thousand acres of land accruing to this state on her admission into the union, under the act of congress, of the 4th September, 1841, which provides that the selection shall be made in such manner as the legislature of the state may direct, and located in parcels conformably to sectional divisions and sub-divisions of not less than three hundred and twenty acres in any one location on any public lands, except such as are or may be reserved from sale by any law of congress or proclamation of the president of the United States. Your memorialists claim the benefit of a fair and legal interpretation of this act of congress, and earnestly protest against the instructions of the general land office at Washington, denying to the state the privilege of selecting lands upon which settlements and improvements have been made, a privilege clearly conferred upon the state by the act of congress of the 4th September, 1841. No such restrictions were contemplated by the general assembly in the passage of the act of the 24th February, 1847. This act provides for the selections of lands by the actual settlers and those who have made improvements thereon; the large portion of the lands which have been selected, are of this class of selections, and the advance payment of the purchase money made to the proper [99] officers of the state, to reject these selections under the circumstances will inflict a serious injury upon a meritorious class of citizens who prefer making their purchases from the state, on account of the benefit of a privilege of ten years credit on four-fifths of the purchase money. |