NUMBER 12.

RELATING TO THE SWAMP LAND INDEMNITY FUND.

1. Resolved by the General Asbembly of the State of Iowa, That all the evidence taken before the committee appointed to investigate the "supposed diversion of the Swamp Land Indemnity Fund,' " and the report of that committee to this General Assembly, be, and the same are hereby referred to the Attorney General, with instructions that said Attorney General be, and he is hereby required to proceed at once, to take such legal steps as he may deem advisable, against such person, or persons, or securities already given, as may be necessary to secure the amount of the deficit found by said committee, for the benefit of the counties interested.

2. Resolved, That all actions or suits which it may be necessary to institute in order to carry into effect this resolution may be prosecuted in the name of the State of Iowa for the use and benefit of the counties affected by said defalcation.

3. Resolved, That the State of Iowa shall pay all costs that may be legally expended in the prosecution of all suits by virtue of or under the foregoing Resolutions and the amount thereof shall be reported by the Attorney General to the Auditor of State, who shall draw his warrants for the same in favor of the parties to whom the same may be due.

4. Resolved, That all moneys which may be realized by the Attorney General in the performance of his duties in this respect, shall be paid over by him to the State Treasurer, who shall receipt in duplicate therefor in the usual manner, and the same shall be paid out by said Treasurer as now provided by law for paying Swamp Land Indemnity Funds, except that he shall divide the funds thus paid into his hands pro rata between the several counties affected by said defalcation: Provided, That nothing in this Resolution shall be so construed as to prevent the costs in such suits abiding the event thereof as now provided by law. Approved April 2d, 1866.

The following Joint Resolutions were passed by the 11th General Assembly, but not enrolled. Being of general interest, it is thought best to publish them with the other Acts and Resolutions of the Legislature.

NUMBER 13.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE GOVERNOR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS TO IOWA SOLDIERS IN THE FIELD.

Resolved, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby authorized to have printed and distributed forty copies of Governor Stone's Inaugural Address to each company of Iowa soldiers.

NUMBER 14.

RELATING TO THE TURKEY RIVER.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representatives requested to use their influence to procure the passage of a law declaring the river known as the Turkey River, in the State of Iowa, to be not a navigable stream from a point near Eldorado, in Fayette county, up to which the said river is now navigable, as per United States survey, down to the point of its confluence with the waters of the Volga river; and that the Secretary of State be directed to forward to each of our Senators and Representatives at Washington a certified copy of this Resolution.

NUMBER 15.

RELATING TO JEFFERSON DAVIS.

WHEREAS, The laws of the United States require that treason against the United States shall be punished with death; and Whereas, The Constitution requires that the President "shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed ;" and

Whereas, Jefferson Davis, a prisoner held by authority of the Government of the United States is subject to be tried for the crime of high treason; therefore, be it

1. Resolved, By the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That Jefferson Davis is not a proper subject for Executive clemency, and that it is the duty of the President of the United States. to cause the said Davis to be brought to a fair and impartial but

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speedy trial before the proper tribunal, and that if found guilty of the crime of treason, that he suffer the penalty provided by law.

2. That the Secretary of State be and is hereby requested to forward a certified copy of the foregoing resolutions to our delegation in Congress, with the request that they present the same to the President of the United States.

NUMBER 16.

CALLING FOR a Report from Commissions appointed to collect moneys due to the Permanent School Fund.

WHEREAS, By an act of the 10th General Assembly (Chapter 94) entitled "An act to provide for the collection of money due to the Permanent School Fund of the State of Iowa; for the purchase of the Capitol building and for the release of certain school fund securities," the Census Board, together with the AttorneyGeneral of the State, were constituted a Board of Commissioners, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of said Act as therein set forth; therefore,

Resolved, That the said Commissioners are requested to fully inform the Senate at the earliest practicable period of all their proceedings under said Act, and also as to the present condition of the several matters upon which they were authorized or required to act according to the provisions of said Chapter 94.

NUMBER 17.

AUTHOIZING DISTRIBUTION OF S. C. REPORTS TO MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the Secretary of State be instructed to furnish the members of the present General Assembly and the President of the Senate with a copy of all the Reports of the Supreme Court of this State now on hand or which shall be published during the present term of office of the members of this General Assembly.

NUMBER 18.

DONATING CERTAIN ADJUTANT-GENERAL REPORTS TO THE CHAPLAINS.

Resolved, That similar copies of the Adjutant-General's Reports distributed among the members of this General Assembly, be given to each of the clergymen of this city who have officiated as Chaplains to this House, provided it can be done from copies on hand undistributed.

NUMBER 19.

EIGHTH IOWA VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

WHEREAS, The 8th Regiment of Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry is still retained in the service of the United States; and WHEREAS, His Excellency, Gov. Wm. M. Stone and AdjutantGeneral N. B. Baker, have urged upon the authorities at Washington, D. C., the request that the said regiment be mustered out of service; and

WHEREAS, The answer received is that the matter is in the hands of the Commanding Officer, Major-General Thomas; and WHEREAS, The families of these noble men are suffering from their protracted absence; therefore,

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That we most respectfully and earnestly request and urge MajorGeneral Thomas, Com'd'g Mil. Div. Miss., to cause to be mustered out of the service the said 8th Iowa Vet. Vol. Infantry at an early date.

Resolved, That the Secretary of State be requested to forward through the Secretary of War a copy of this resolution to Maj.Gen. Thomas.

NUMBER 20.

GIVING ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORTS TO EXAMINING SURGEONS.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That one copy of each Volume of the Adjutant-General's Reports

be furnished to each United States Examining Surgeon in this State, and the Secretary of State is directed to carry this resolution into effect: Provided it shall not require a reprint; and provided further, that in distributing said Reports, preference shall be given to those surgeons who are not already supplied by law.

NUMBER 21.

AMERICAN EMIGRANT COMPANY.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the Register of the State Land Office be, and is hereby, instructed to inform the counties in which contracts referring to swamp lands have been made with the American Emigrant Company, of the substance of the report of the Joint Committee appointed to investigate the alleged frauds and misrepresentations of that Company.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the Governor be, and is hereby, requested to inform the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, of the substance of the report of the Joint Committee appointed to investigate the alleged frauds and misrepresentations of the American Emigrant Company.

NUMBER 22.

R. R. BRIDGES ACROSS THE MISS. RIVER AT CLINTON.

WHEREAS, The Albany Bridge Company have built a Railroad bridge from the Illinois shore of the Mississippi river across the eastern channel of the same to Little Rock Island, and the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company have connected the same with a Railroad bridge built by them across the western channel of the said river, at or near the city of Clinton, in Iowa, a part or section of which is a draw-bridge, so constructed as to admit of the passage of vessels, steamboats, and other river craft up and down the river, and

WHEREAS, These two Railroad bridges, with the connection across Little Rock Island, are operated together as one to facilitate the transportation of the United States mail, passengers, merchan