CHAPTER 47. WORTH COUNTY ATTACHED TO CERRO GORDO. AN ACT to attach the County of Worth to the County of Cerro Gordo, for certain purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the county of Worth is hereby tached to the county of Cerro Gordo, for judicial, elecfon and revenue purposes. Co. attached. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this Conflicting acts act are hereby repealed. repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its Take effect. publication in the Iowa Citizen and Iowa State Journal. Approved March 12th, 1858. Thereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa Citizen March 24th. and in the Iowa State Journal March 20th, 1558. ELIJAH SELLS, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 48. FIRE COMPANIES. AN ACT to encourage the organization of Fire Companies, and for the protection of SECTION 1. Any person ob ges of Aremen fined and im Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That any person who shall either by taining privile misrepresentation or by the use of a false certificate, or by faise papers the certificate of any other person, endeavor to avail prisoned. Himself of the benefits of Chapter 156 of the Acts of the Sixth General Assembly, approved January 28th, 1857, upon conviction thereof before any Mayor, Recorder, or Magistrate of any incorporated city or town in the State of Iowa, or before any District Court of said State, shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six months, or less than one. month, and to pay a fine of not less than ten dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars. fire apparates and imprison ment. Destruction of SEC. 2. That any person or persons who shall wilpunished by fine fully destroy or injure any Engine, Hose carriage, Hose, Hook and Ladder carriage, or anything whatever, used for the extinguishment of fires, belonging to any Fire Company, on conviction thereof shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of not less than one year, nor more than three years. fire apparatus SEC. 3. That it shall not be lawful for any person to Wilful removal of remove any Engine or other apparatus for the extinpunished. guishment of fire, from the house or other place where the same shall be kept or deposited, except in time of fire or alaris of fire, unless properly authorized so to do by the President and Directors or foreman of the Company to whom the same shall belong, or their duly au thorized agent, and any person offending against the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay a sum not fine paid to less than five dollars, nor more than twenty dollars, to be sued for, and recovered in the name of the State, for the use of the School Fund, before any Mayor, Recorder, or Magistrate of the city or town wherein the offence has been committed. Suit bro't and school fund. SEC. 4. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to cause false alarm of fire, either by setting fire False alarms of to any combustible material or by giving an alarm of fire punished. fire without cause, and any person offending against the provisions of this section shall be fined a sum of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars, to be sued for and recovered as specified in the foregoing sections. Approved March 12th, 1858. CHAPTER 49. TENANCY. AN ACT to amend Section 1209, Chapter 75, of the Code. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of terminate ten the State of Iowa, That section 1209, chapter 78, of the Notice given to Code be so far amended as to read as follows: Thirty ancy. days notice in writing is necessary to be given by either party, before he or she can terminate a tenancy at will; but when in any case rent is reserved, payable at intervais of less than thirty days, the length of notice need not be greater than such interval between the days of payment. In case of tenants occupying and cultivating Farmers leave farms, the notice must fix the termination of the tenan- less special acy, to take place on the first day of March; Provided, greement made. That where an express agreement is made, whether the same has been reduced to writing or not. the tenancy shall cease at the time agreed upon without notice. SEO. 2. All acts and parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved March 12th, 1858. March 1st, un CHAPTER 50. JURISDICTION OF JUSTICES. AN ACT qualifying the Criminal Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the punishment clause in each Code amendedof the following sections of the Code of Iowa, namely, sections 2597, 2687, 2688, 2716, 2723, 2725, 2717, 2718, 2728, 2730, 2737, 2738, 2739, 2740, 2742, 2685, 2719, shall be so changed as to read "shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than thirty days, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and not otherwise, in the discretion of the Court. Imprisonment SEC. 2. That section 2612 of the Code of Iowa be so changed as that when the value of the property stolen does not exceed twenty dollars, the punishment shall be by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprison- The punishment ment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days. SEC. 3. Section 3322 of the Code of Iowa is repealed, Justices defin'd. Jurisdiction of and Justices of the Peace in their respective counties, have jurisdiction of, and may hear, try and determine all public offences, when the punishment imposed by law does not exceed one hundred dollars fine or thirty days imprisonment. Code explained. der information filed. SEC. 4. That part of Chapter 165 of the Code, which is of force only applies to those offences which the magistrate has not by section third of this Act, the jurisdiction to try and determine. SEC. 5. In proceedings under Chapter 165 of the Justice may or Code, when it shall appear to the examining magistrate that the offence committed is one which he has jurisdic tion to try and determine, he shall, before discharging the accused on such examination, order an information to be filed against him, upon which proceedings shall be had as in other cases within his jurisdiction to try and determine. Approved March 12th, 1858. CHAPTER 51. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, BREMER COUNTY. AN ACT to amend Chapter 167 of the laws of the Sixth General Assembly. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That Chapter one hundred and sixtyWashington Tp. seven of the laws enacted by the Sixth General Assem substituted for Jakson Tp. bly of the State of Iowa, be amended, and the same is hereby so amended as to read and mean Washington township instead of Jackson township, and that all the privileges intended to be conferred upon the electors of Jackson township by the Act to which this is an.endatory, are hereby conferred upon the electors of Washington township. Provided, That the Justice, when elected, shall hold his office in Waverly, as therein provided. SEC. 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa Citizen and Waver- Take effect. ly Republican, without expense to the State. Approved March 12th, 1858. I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa Citizen on the 24th day of March, 1558, and in the Waverly Republican on the →→→ day of 1958. ELIJAH SELLS, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 52. AN ACT for the Pullic Instruction of the State of Iowa. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That each civil township in the several counties of this State is hereby declared a School rp. dist's may be divided into sub Cities and towns District for all the purposes of this act, the boundaries of districts. said township being the boundaries of said School District, and every township hereafter laid out and organized, a school district, and such district as at present organized, shall become a sub-district for the purpose hereinafter provided. Provided, That each incorporated city or town including the territory annexed thereto for school purposes and which contains not less than one thousand separate dist. inhabitants, shall be and is hereby created a separate school district, which shall elect its officers in the same manner that officers are elected in other school districts, and the electors and officers of said district, shall possess and exercise the same powers, and perform the same duties as are by this act required of like officers in other school districts, and said district shall be in all respects. subject to the provisions of this act so far as the same are applicable, and the remaining part of such township or townships shall each be considered as a separate township as provided in this act. SEC. 2. In each sub-district there shall be taught one or more Schools for the instruction of the youth between five and twenty-one years of age, residing therein for at least sixteen weeks of five school days each, in each year, and in case of failure so to keep up such school unless sub-dist, requirschool sixteen ed to keep up weeks each year or forfeit fund. |