168 LAWS EXTRA SESSION FORTIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY [CH. 70 respects and received a permit from the auditor of state to transact a banking business as a savings bank in the state of Iowa, and WHEREAS, said St. Anthony Savings Bank has at all times since said date been engaged in the banking business at St. Anthony, Iowa, and has at all times fully complied with the laws of this state, and WHEREAS, the period of corporate existence of said bank expired on May 1, 1922, and WHEREAS, through inadvertence and under the assumption upon the part of its officers and directors that its period of corporate existence con­ tinued for a period of fifty years from the 29th day of April, 1902, said bank failed to renew its period of corporate existence within three months before or after the expiration thereof; now f1 before Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: 1 SECTION 1. Renewal corporate existence. That the St. Anthony Sav- 2 ings bank at St. Anthony, Iowa, is expressly authorized to take, at any 3 time prior to July 1, 1924, the proper and necessary action in accord- 4 ance with law, to renew its period of corporate existence for a term 5 not to exceed fifty years from May 1, 1922, and all action which has 6 been or may be taken by the stockholders, board of directors and 7 officers of such bank for the purpose of effecting such renewal, and 8 all acts of said bank purporting to be performed since May 1, 1922, 9 as a corporation are hereby expressly declared to be as legal and 10 as valid as if proper action had been taken for the renewal of the 11 corporate existence of said bank within the time prescribed by statute 12 and as if the same had been renewed according to law. 1 SEC 2. Litigation. Nothing in this act shall affect pending litiga- 2 tion. 1 SEC 3. Publication. This act being deemed of immediate impor- 2 tance shall be in full force and effect from and after its publication 3 in the Des Moines Register, a newspaper published in Des Moines, 4 Iowa, and in the Times Republican, a newspaper published at Mar- 5 shalltown, Iowa, without expense to the state. Approved March 31, A. D. 1924. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Des Moines Register, April 4, 1924, and the Times Republican, Marshalltown, April 3, 1924. W. C. RAMSAY, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 70 CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LAURENS S. F. 307 AN ACT to legalize the transfer of money from the general fund to the school house fund of the consolidated independent school district of Laurens, Pocahontas county, Iowa. WHEREAS, at a meeting of the board of directors of the consolidated independent school district of Laurens, in Pocahontas county, Iowa, held on March 1st, 1924, and by virtue of a resolution then passed, ten thou- 169 CH. 71] LAWS EXTRA SESSION FORTIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY sand dollars of money in the general fund of the district was transferred to the school house fund thereof for the purpose of paying school house bonds of the district, and WHEREAS, doubts have arisen as to the legality of such transfer and resolution and these doubts should be removed and the transfer validated; therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: 1 SECTION 1. Transfer legalized. That the transfer of ten thousand 2 dollars of money from the general fund of such school district unto 3 the school house fund *s made and provided by the resolution of said 4 board of directors passed on March 1st, 1924, is hereby confirmed and 5 declared to be legal and valid. 1 SEC 2. Litigation. Nothing in this act shall affect pending litiga- 2 tion. 1 SEC 3. Publication. This act heing deemed of immediate impor- 2 tance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its publica- 3 tion in the Des Moines Register, a newspaper published in Des Moines, 4 Iowa, and in the Laurens Sun, a newspaper published in Laurens, Iowa, 5 all without expense to the state. Approved April 9, A. D. 1924. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Laurens Sun, April 17, 1924, and the Des Moines Register, April 17, 1924. W. C. RAMSAY, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 71 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE S. F. 324 AN ACT to make an emergency appropriation for the department of agriculture. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: 1 SECTION 1. Weather and crop service. There is hereby appropri- 2 ated, out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appro- 3 priated, to the department of agriculture for use in the weather and 4 crop service of such department, the sum of two hundred dollars 5 ($200.00). The emergency appropriation provided for in this section 6' shall be available immediately upon taking effect of this act. 1 SEC 2. Publication. This act, being deemed of immediate impor- 2 tance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication 3 in the Des Moines Register and the Des Moines Capital, newspapers 4 published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 25, A. D. 1924. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Des Moines Register, April 30, 1924, and the Des Moines Capital, April 29, 1924. W. C. RAMSAY, Secretary of State. .