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CHAPTER 2.

COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

S. F. 452.

AN ACT to amend the law relating to the compensation of members of the general assembly as the same appears in section twelve (12) of the code, as amended by chapter one (1) of the acts of the thirty-fourth general assembly.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Compensation. That the law as it appears in section twelve (12) of the code, as amended by chapter one (1) of the acts of the thirtyfourth (34th) general assembly, be and the same is hereby amended by inserting after the word "each" in the second (2d) line of said section the word "full", and by striking out the word "six" in the last line of said section and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "ten"; and by adding to said section at the end thereof the following:

"When a vacancy occurs during a session of the general assembly, and by reason thereof the term of office of any member does not cover the entire session such members shall be paid as follows:

To members whose term of office covers fifteen (15) session days, or less, three hundred dollars ($300.00); to members whose term of office covers more than fifteen (15) session days, and less than thirty-one (31) such days, five hundred dollars ($500.00); to members whose term of office covers more than thirty (30) session days, and less than fifty-one (51) such days, seven hundred dollars ($700.00); and to members whose term of office covers more than fifty (50) session days, one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).”

Approved April 23 A. D. 1913.

CHAPTER 3.

FIXING DATE OF COUNTING VOTES AND INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

S. F. 152.

AN ACT to fix the date of the counting of the votes for governor and lieutenant governor and fixing the date of the inauguration of governor and lieutenant governor

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. General assembly-joint session-canvass votes-oath-message. The general assembly shall meet in joint session on the second Tuesday of January or as soon thereafter as both houses have been organized after the biennial election, and canvass the votes cast for governor and lieutenant governor and determine the election; and when the canvass is completed, the oath of office shall be administered to the persons so declared elected and the governor shall deliver to the joint assembly any message he may deem expedi

ent.

Approved April 2 A. D. 1913.

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CHAPTER 4.

GOVERNOR MAY DIRECT ATTORNEY GENERAL TO APPEAR FOR COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS IN CERTAIN CASES.

H. F. 517.

AN ACT to authorize the governor to direct the attorney general to appear in certain cases, for and on behalf of the counties, cities, towns, and other municipalities and officers and contractors thereof and to employ additional legal assistance in such cases and providing for payment therefor. [Additional to chapter one (1), title two (II) of the code relating to the executive department.]

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Validity of patents on bridge or culvert construction involvedhow paid. The governor, whenever he deems such action to be in the interest of the public, shall have power to direct the attorney general to appear for and on behalf of any county, city, town or other municipality of this state or for and on behalf of any officer thereof or contractor therewith, whenever any such county, city, town or other municipality or officer or contractor is a party to any action or proceeding in any court wherein is involved the validity of any alleged patent on any matter or thing entering into highway, bridge or culvert construction, or on any parts thereof, and may employ such legal assistance in addition to the attorney general as he may deem necessary and may pay for the same out of any fund in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. Whenever the attorney general is so directed by the governor it shall be his duty to comply therewith.

SEC. 2. In effect. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Register and Leader, and the Des Moines Capital, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa.

Approved April 16 A. D. 1913.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Capital April 19, 1913.

W. S. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 5.

SETTLEMENT OF ALL LIABILITIES OF THE STATE GROWING OUT OF SALE OF CERTAIN SCHOOL LANDS.

H. F. 564.

AN ACT making provisions for the settlement of all liabilities of the state growing out of the sale of certain lands of the Des Moines river, improvement grant as school lands. [Additional to section eighty-one (81) of the code, relating to the sale of certain lands.]

WHEREAS, prior to 1860 certain contracts had been entered into between school fund commissioners, acting under the directions of the superintendent of public instruction, an officer of this state, and citizens of the state, for the sale and purchase of a part of the school lands of the state, known as the 500,000 acre grant, and

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WHEREAS, the state of Iowa, subsequent to making said contracts, by a settlement with the Des Moines navigation and railroad company, did convey said lands in whole or in part to said navigation and railroad company: therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Webster-Hamilton counties-proof-amount paid-certificate or patent. Upon the presentation (or proof of loss) of any contract for the sale of any of said lands, situated in Webster or Hamilton county, executed by John Telman, the then acting school fund commissioner of Webster county, or of any certificate of final payment from said school fund commissioner, or of any patent for said lands under any contract made by said school fund commissioner, to the governor of the state, with proof satisfactory to him by the affidavit of the holder of said contract certificate, or patent, as the case may be, or such other proof as he may require of the amount of money paid upon any tract of said land, he shall make a complete statement, showing the amount of money so paid, whether as principal or interest, and the time when each sum of money was paid, and upon the delivering up of any contract, certificate or patent, as the case may be, to the governor, or in case of loss, upon proper proof, he shall deliver the statement aforesaid by him signed, to the holder of said contract, certificate or patent, as the case may be.

SEC. 2. Governor corrects errors. In case any such contract, certificate or patent shall have been returned to the governor, and shall have been filed in the office of the register of the state land office, said contracts, certificates or patents, shall, for the purpose of this act, be returned to the original grantee thereof, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, upon such proof by the heirs, executors, administrators or assigns of the original grantee of said contract, certificate or patent, as the governor may require.

SEC. 3. Warrants without interest. Upon presentation of said statement so made by the governor, together with the original contract, certificate or patent, to the auditor of state, he shall audit the amount due as shown by said statement, without interest thereon, and shall draw his warrant on the treasurer of state for the amount so audited.

SEC. 4. Appropriations. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, an amount sufficient and necessary to pay any and all claims audited under the provisions of this act, not to exceed two hundred three and 87-100 dollars ($203.87).

Approved April 18 A. D. 1913.

CHAPTER 6.

DUBUQUE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY LAND GRANT.

S. F. 353.

AN ACT providing for the record title of lands granted to the Dubuque and Pacific Railroad company. [Additional to section eighty-two (82) of the code, relating to the secretary of state certifying to list of lands:]

WHEREAS, by act of congress of May 15, 1856, certain lands were granted to the state of Iowa, for the construction of a railroad from Dubuque to Sioux City, and thereafter selection of said lands were made and certified by the com

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missioner of the general land office and secretary of the interior of the state of Iowa, whereby the title thereto became vested in the state of Iowa, and WHEREAS, the state of Iowa granted said lands to the Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company by act of the general assembly of May 15, 1856, and,

WHEREAS, by supplemented act of the general assembly of July 14, 1856, said railroad company was authorized to make disposition of said lands so granted to it by mortgage or deed of trust for the purpose of securing construction bonds, and,

WHEREAS, said railroad company did execute trust deeds conveying said lands to trustees and in and by said deeds, did authorize and direct said. trustees to sell and convey said lands, and,

WHEREAS, the trustees under said deeds of trust, did sell and convey a part of the lands so conveyed to them in trust as aforesaid to individuals and partnerships who recorded their said deeds in the several counties in which said lands are located, and,

WHEREAS, said railroad by the construction of a part of said railroad, became entitled to the lands so conveyed by said trustees, to individuals and partnerships, and,

WHEREAS, the said lands have never been conveyed by the state of Iowa, and the record title to the lands derived under said conveyances executed by said trustees of said railroad company, is imperfect: Therefore

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Secretary of state authorized to issue certificate under seal of the state. That the secretary of state is hereby authorized upon the application of any person claiming title under the trust deeds executed by the Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company, to secure its construction bonds, to any lands included in the list of lands certified to the state of Iowa, by the commissioner of the general land office and approved by the secretary of the interior, as selected to satisfy the grant made to the state of Iowa, by act of congress approved May 15, 1856, in aid of the construction of a railroad from Dubuque to Sioux City; to certify said land as inuring to the grantees of the said Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company, which certificate shall be signed by the governor, and attested by the secretary of state, with the seal of the state, and deliver the same to such applicant who is hereby authorized to have said certificate recorded in the county in which the land so certified, is situated, and when so recorded, shall be notice to all persons the same as deeds now are, and shall be evidence of the title from the state of Iowa, to any person deriving title to said land under the Dubuque and Pacific. Railroad Company, to the land therein described under the grant of congress by which the land was certified to the state so far as the certified lists made by the commissioner aforesaid, conferred title to the state, but where lands embraced in such lists are not of the character embraced by such acts of congress or the acts of the general assembly of the state, and are not intended to be granted thereby, the lists so far as these lands are concerned, shall be void; nor shall the secretary include, in any of the lists so certified to the state, lands which have been adjudicated by the proper courts to belong to any other grant, or adjudicated to belong to any county or individual under the swamp-land grant, or any homestead or pre-emption settlement; nor shall said certificate so issued confer any right or title as against any person or company having any vested right, either legal or equitable, to any of the lands so certified.

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SEC. 2. In effect. This act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Register and Leader, a newspaper published in Des Moines, Iowa, and in the Webster City Herald, a newspaper published at Webster City, Iowa.

Approved March 31 A. D. 1913.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register and Leader April 2, 1913, and in the Webster City Herald April 3, 1913.

W. S. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 7.

COMPENSATION OF STATE OFFICERS.

Sub. for S. F. 252.

AN ACT to amend the law as it appears in sections eighty-six (86), ninety-eight (98), one hundred fifteen (115) and two hundred eleven (211) of the code, and section two hundred five (205), supplement to the code, 1907, relating to the compensation of the secretary of state, the auditor of state, the treasurer of state, the attorney general, and the clerk of the supreme court.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Salary of secretary. That the law, as it appears in section eightysix (86) of the code, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from the second line of said section the word "twenty-two" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "thirty-six".

SEC. 2. Salary of auditor. That the law, as it appears in section ninety-eight (98) of the code, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from the second line of said section the word "twenty-two" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "thirty-six".

SEC. 3. Salary of treasurer. That the law, as it appears in section one hundred fifteen (115) of the code, be and hereby is amended by striking from the second line of said section the word "twenty-two" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "thirty-six".

SEC. 4. Salary of attorney general. That the law, as it appears in section two hundred eleven (211) of the code, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from the second line of said section the word "four" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "five".

SEC. 5. Salary of clerk of supreme court. That the law, as it appears in section two hundred five (205) of the supplement to the code, 1907, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from the second line of said section the word "twenty-two" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "twenty-seven".

SEC. 6. No additional compensation. No other or additional compensation shall be paid by the state of Iowa to any of the officers herein named for services rendered to the state.

Approved April 19 A. D. 1913.