CHAPTER 14. RELATING TO STEAM-BOILERS. H. F. 52. how to be [Ad AN ACT to Punish Carelessness in the Use of Steam-Boilers. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Steam boilers, State of Iowa, That it shall be the duty of any person ow[n]ing or operating steam-boilers in this State to provide such boilers with steam-gauge, safety-valve, and water-gauge and keep the same in good order. equipped. SEC. 2. That any person neglecting to comply with the proFine for neg visions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and lect, $50 to $500. shall be punished by fine not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. Approved March 12th, 1874. S. F. 30. County audi tor to furnish CHAPTER 15. DISTRIBUTION OF COPIES OF THE CODE. AN ACT to Provide State Institutions, Justices of the Peace, and SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That it shall be the duty of the auditor of each code to public county in the state to furnish to any state institution in his county, institutions, and to each justice of the peace and township clerk of such justices, and township county, a copy of the code, and take a receipt therefor, which reclerks. ceipt shall be a sufficient voucher for the county auditor in his settlement with the auditor of state: Provided, Such distribution can be made without a reprint of the code. Where already furnish SEC. 2. In all cases where the county auditors have already furnished copies of the code to the justices of the peace or towned, legalized. ship clerks or any of them in their respective counties, such action by said county auditors is hereby legalized, and his sworn statement of the number of copies, so furnished, shall be a sufficient voucher therefor in his settlement with the auditor of state. SEC. 3. Should the number of copies of the code in the posCounty audi- session of any county auditor at time of taking effect of this act be insufficient for the purposes herein before mentioned, it shall be lawful for him to draw upon the secretary of state [for the] number required to make up the deficiency, who shall as soon as practicable thereafter transmit the same to such county auditor, and shall certify to the auditor of state the number of copies so transmitted by him. The auditor of state shall charge to such county auditor the number of copies of the code furnished him by the state, and shall credit him with such as have been or may tor may draw upon secretary of state, when. be disposed of as provided in the first and second sections of this act. clerks to turn SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of every justice of the peace and Justices and township clerk, upon the expiration of his term of office, or when- over codes &c. ever his office becomes vacant, to deposit with his successor in of- to successors. fice, or with the county auditor, such copy of the code as well as all other books and papers which have come into his hands as such justice of the peace or township clerk. SEC. 5. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall Publication. take effect from and after its publication in The Iowa State Register and Iowa State Leader, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved March 12th, 1874. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in Des Moines, in The Daily Iowa State Register March 15, and in The Iowa Daily State Leader March 16, 1874. JOSIAH T. YOUNG, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 16. PAYMENT OF JURORS. AN ACT Relating to Payment of Jurors, [Amendatory of Code, Title S. F. 92. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That section 245, chapter 10, title 3, of the code Code, ? 245. of 1873, be and the same is hereby repealed, and that the following be enacted as section 245 of the Code: "Sec. 245. At the close of each term the clerk of the court In payment must make out a certificate to each juror of the amount to which of jurors. he is entitled for his services, which certificate shall authorize the county auditor to issue a warrant to each juror for the said Auditor to isamount on the county treasurer without the same being audited by the board of supervisors." sue warrant on clerk's certificate. clause. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall Publication take effect and be in force from and after its publication in The Daily State Register and The Daily Iowa State Leader, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved March 12th, 1874. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published at Des Moines in The Iowa Daily State Register and in The Iowa Daily State Leader March 16, 1874. JOSIAH T. YOUNG, Secretary of State. H. F. 9. Code Title Penalty for obstructing or defacing roads. Publication clause. CHAPTER 17. OBSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS. AN ACT to Amend Chapter 7 of Title 24 of the Code. [Concerning "Malicious Mischief and Trespass on Property."] 66 [SECTION 1.] Section 3992. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That chapter 7 of title 24 of the code be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section, to wit: "If any person without authority or permission from the proper road supervisor shall in any manner "obstruct, deface, or injure any public road or highway, by break"ing up, plowing, or digging within the boundary lines thereof, "he shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than "five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, or by imprison"ment in the county jail not more than thirty days, at the discre"tion of the court." [SEC. 2.] Section 39923. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in The Iowa State Register and State Leader, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved March 12th, 1874. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published at Des Moines in The Daily Iowa State Register March 15, and in The Iowa Daily State Leader March 16, 1874. JOSIAH T. YOUNG, Secretary of State. S. F. 201. Code: 21292 and 1293. tersecting oth how. CHAPTER 18. INTERSECTING RAILWAYS. AN ACT to Amend Section [s] 1292 and 1293 of the Code [Title X., Ch. 5: "Of Railways."] Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That section[s] 1292 and 1293, of the code, are hereby repealed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof: "Section 1292. Any railway corporation, operating a railway Railways in this state, intersecting or crossing any other line of railway, of crossing or in the same gauge, operated by any other company, shall, by means ers to connect, of a Y, or other suitable and proper means, be made to connect with such other railway so intersected or crossed; and railway companies where railroads shall be so connected shall draw over Companies to draw cars their respective roads the cars of such connecting railway; and from connect- also those of any other railway or railways connected with said roads made to connect as aforesaid, and also the cars of all transportation companies or persons, at reasonable terms, and for a compensation not exceeding their ordinary rates. ing roads. Compensa tion. to court or disagree; who "Sec. 1293. When such corporations are unable to agree upon Application the method and terms of connection and rates of transportation, judge when either, or any person interested in having such connection made, companies may make application to the district or circuit court in any county may make. in which said connection may be desired or located, or to the judge of said courts if in vacation, after ten days' notice in writ- Appointment ing to the companies. After hearing the parties, or on default, of commission the said judge shall appoint three disinterested persons, being to fix rates. presidents or superintendents of railways, or experts in railway business, without regard to their place of residence, as commissioners, to determine the method and terms of connection and rules and regulations necessary thereto: Provided, That the rates as fixed by the said commissioners, for freights offered or transported in the cars of the company offering the same, shall in pany's tariff. no case exceed the local rates per mile fixed by law or set forth Rates not to in the carrying companies' freight tariff prepared and made exceed compublic in accordance with the laws of the state." Approved March 13th, 1874. CHAPTER 19. OPENING AND WORKING HIGHWAYS. AN ACT to Amend Title Seven, Chapter One, Section 946 of the Code. H. F. 197. [Concerning the Establishment of Highways.] Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That title seven, chapter one, section 949 of the Code; 8949. code of 1873 be and the same is hereby amended by striking out said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: notes record [Sec. 949.] After the highway has been finally established, Plat and fieldthe plat and field-notes must be recorded by the auditor, and he ed. shall certify the same to the township clerk, and the township Duty of counclerk shall certify to and direct the supervisor of highways to ty auditor. have the same opened and worked subject to the provisions of the clerk to notify next section." Township supervisor. clause. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall Publication take effect and be in force on and after its publication in the Des Moines Daily State Register and The Daily State Journal, both newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved March 14th, 1874. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published at Des Moines, in The Daily State Journal March 19, and in The Iowa Daily State Regis ter March 21, 1874. JOSIAH T. YOUNG, Secretary of State. S. F. 188. Railway corporations may issue preferred stock to pay bonded debt. Code: § 1286. Publication clause. CHAPTER 20. PREFERRED STOCK IN RAILWAYS. AN ACT Authorizing Railway Corporations to issue Preferred Stock for its bonded Indebtedness. [Amendatory of Code, Title X., Chapter 5: "Of Railways."] SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That any railway corporation which has no surplus, after paying its running expenses, with which to pay the interest on its bonded indebtedness, with the assent of its bondholders, in addition to the right conferred by section 1286 of the code, may, with the assent of two-thirds of its stockholders, issue its preferred [stock], at par, to an amount equal to and not exceeding its bonded indebtedness, in exchange for its said bonded indebtedness. The said stock shall be entitled to such dividends from its net profits as the directors of the corporation may determine, not exceeding eight per cent per annum, if the same is earned in any one year, after payment of all interest on the indebtedness of the corporation, before any dividend is made to the common stock. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall take effect twenty days after its publication in The Iowa State Register and Iowa State Leader, newspapers printed and published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved March 14th, 1874. I herey certify that the foregoing act was published in Des Moines in The Iowa Daily State Leader March 20, and in The Daily Iowa State Register March 21, 1874. JOSIAH T. YOUNG, Secretary of State. S. F. 88. Appropria tion for support of reform school. CHAPTER 21. STATE REFORM SCHOOL. AN ACT for the Support of the State Reform School. [Additional to SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten dollars per month, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for each boy or girl actually supported in the state reform school, counting the average number sustained in the school for the month; and upon the presentation to the auditor of state, each How drawn. month, of a sworn statement by the superintendent of the average number of boys and girls supported by the school for the preceding month, the auditor of state shall draw his warrant on the treasurer of state in favor of the treasurer of the board of trus |