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An act supplemental and amendatory to an act entitled "an act to

incorporate the city of Farmington, in Van Buren county,Iowa,

An act to lay out and establish a state road from Eddyville, in Wa-

pello county, to Chariton Point, in Lucas county.

An act to amend the several acts for the incorporation of the city

of Keosauqua.

An act to authorise Nicholas B. Brown and others, to re-survey a

portion of the town of Cedar Rapids, in Linn county, Iowa.

An act in relation to evidence,

An act in relation to deeds,

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An act supplemental and amendatory to "an act to amend an act

entitled an act for the organization of townships,"

An act to review a part of the state road from Walling's Landing

to Columbus City,

An act to amend "an act regulating mills and millers, and for other

purposes," approved, February 3rd, 1843,

An act reorganizing the Supreme Court,

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An act to organize the township of Lake Prairie, in the county of

Marion,

An act in relation to the printing and distribution of the laws of

this State,

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An act to amend the charter of the city of Burlington,

An act to authorize and empower the Board of Commissioners of

the county of Van Buren, to sell and convey lots in the town

of Portland, in said county,

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An act to repeal the not allowing the County Commissioner's Clerks
pay for filing panors,

An act to change the time of bolding courts in the second judicial

district of this state,

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An act to locate and establish a road therein named,

An act to authorise the directors of School District No. 3, in the

township of Brighton, in Washington county, to levy a tax

for school purposes,

An act for the relief of Harriet O'Reilly,

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An act to authorise John Brophy to keep a ferry across the Mis-
souri river,

An act to amend an act defihing the time of holding elections for

state, district, and county officers," approved, February 25th,

1847,

An act to amend an act entitled "an act to lay out and establish a

state road from Iowaville, in Van Buren county, to Lancas-

ter, in Keokuk county, by the way of Creaseville, in Jeffer-

son county," approved, Feb. 20th, 1847,

An act to vacate portions of certain roads therein named,

An act to permit the people of the town of Fairfield to repeal their

charter,

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An act authorising George L. Davenport, John Wilsen, A. Daven-

port, William Insly, A. C. Fulton, and others, to erect a toll ·

bridge across the Wapsipinicon river,

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An act to compensate the agent employed to select the University

lands for this state,

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An act to establish a state road from Elkader, in Clayton county,

to Quasquaton, in Buchanan county,-

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An act to license and tax pedlars,""

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An act to amend "an act to define the duties of Prosecuting Attor-

neys, and provide compensatton for their services,

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An act to provide for the election of Representatives in Congress, 31

An act relating to the school fund of Clayton county,

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An act to vacate a part of the territorial road from Davenport, via

Rochester, to Iowa City,

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An act for the confinement of prisoners under the authority of the

United States, in the jails of this state,

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An act to legalize the election of Samuel A. Evans, as a justice of

the peace of Richland township, Keokuk county,

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An act to amend an act entitled an act to divide the state into two

congressional districts,

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An act to relocate a portion of a state road therein named,

An act to authorise David Sterrit, his heirs and assigns, to build a

dam across the Pittsburg chute of the Iowa river, and a mill

race from thence to Wapello,

A bill for the relief of Edward Foster,

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An act, to amend an act entitled "an act to amend an act entitled an

act to incorporate the town of Bloomington," approved, De-

ecember 29th, 1840, ...

A bill for an act regulating the mode of selecting grand and petit

jurors for the several district courts in Lee county, -

An act supplemental to an act creating a Board of Public Works,

and providing for the improvement of the Des Moines river,

approved, l'ebruary 24th, 1847,.

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An act to provide for the descending navigation of Skunk river, 40.

An act to provide for the appointing of commissioners to draft, re-

vise and arrange a code of laws,

A bill for an act to repeal an act herein, named,

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An act fixing the compensation per diem of the members of the

General Assembly,

An act to amend an act.establishing the prices of public printing,

approved, February 2nd, 1843,

An act to repeal an act herein named,22 -

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An act to provide for the relocation of county seat in the county

of Jackson,

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An act to provide for the location of the connty seat of the county

of Clinton,

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An act to provide for the relocation of the seat of justice of Davis

county,"

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An act to, authorise the Mississippi Rapids Rail Road company to

acquire the right of way,

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An act fixing the times and places of holding the district courts in

the first judicial district, -.-

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An act concerning claimants on the half-breed tact, in Lee county, 53

An act to organise the county of Powesheik, and to provide for the

location of the county seat thereof,

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An act to amend an act entitled an act regulating practice in the

district courts in the Territory of Iowa, approved; January

the 10th, 1813, w

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An act to amend an act entitled "an ect fixing the times of holding

the district courts in this state,"approved, February 17th, 1847, 58.

An act to amend an act entitled an set to provide for the manage-

ment and distribution of the school fund, approved, 25th Feb-

ruary, 1847,

An act regulating the fees of jurors in Lee county,

An act to legalize the acts of S. A. Styles, as a justice of the peace,

A bill for an act to amend an act to incorporate the city of Keo-

kuk, approved, Feb. 23, 1847,

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An act for the relief of Dubuque county,

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A bill for an act to amend an act to provide for the management

and disposition of the school fund, approved, Feb. 25th, 1847, -62

An act to amend an act providing for levying and collecting reve-

nue for state and county purposes,

An act to incorporate and establish the town of Fort Madison, and

for revising and repealing all laws and parts of laws hereto-

fore enacted on the subject,

A bill for an act making county orders bear interest,

An act to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the city of

Dubuque," approved, February 24th, 1847,

An act to legalize the sale of school lands,

An act to authorise a district school tax,

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A bill requiring the assessors to take lists of persons subject to

military duty,

An act making an appropriation for the public buildings at Iowa

City,

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An act to provide for the compensation of members, officers and

printers of the General Assembly, and others,

An act to authorise Josephus Beall and James Brierly, their heirs
and assigns, to establish and keep a ferry across the Missis-
sippi river,

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An act to authorise Adam Hine, his heirs and assigns, to establish

and keep a ferry across the Mississippi river at the city of

Keokuk, in Lee county, -

An act to authorise A. W. Thompson to establish and keep a ferry
across the Mississippi at a point opposite Keithsburg,

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Joint Resolution relative to Museatine Island,

Joint Resolution relative to United States District Court room,

Joint resolution relative to postage,

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Joint resolution to furnish Poweshiek county with the statutes of

Iowa,

Joint resolution for a mail route from Mt. Pleasant to Oskaloosa,
Joint resolution for a grant of land from Congress,
Joint resolution to furnish Appanoose county with ten copies of
the revised statutes,

Joint resolution relative to common schools,

Joint resolution relative to books in the library,

Joint resolution providing for a mail route from Tipton, in Cedar

county, via Pioneer Grove and Marion, to the county seat of

Benton,

Jeint revolution authorising the Auditer of State to allow certain

certificates therein named,

Joint resolutions relative to certain mail routes,

Joint resolution for furnishing new counties with ten copies of the

statute laws of this state,

Joint resolution in relation to mails,

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Joint resolution relative to the printing and distribution of the laws, 93

Joint resolution authorising the commissioners appointed to revise

the laws of the State of Iowa, to use the book's of the library, 93

Joint resolution relative to laws published in newspapers, -

Joint resolution to distribute one copy of the laws to each member

of the General Assembly,

Joint resolution authorising the Governor to make a deed for a cer-

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tain lot in Iowa City to the heirs of William Kemp, deceased, 94

Joint resolution to furnish Buchanan county with the laws,

Joint resolution for a donation of land from Congress for the pur-

pose of erecting an Orphan Asylum and Manual Labor school, 95

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,

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Joint resolution for a mail route from Cedar Rapids, in Linn coun-

ty, to the falls of Cedar, in Buchanan county,

Joint resolution in relation to the officers and soldiers in Mexico,

from this State,

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Joint resolution for adjournment,

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Memorial relative to school lands,

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Memorial to Congress for a donation of the site of Fort Atkinson, 99

Memorial to Congress for a donation of land to aid in the construc-

tion of a rail road from Dubuque to Keokuk, in the State of