Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-06-30

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AN ACT Tor sAs inssrporssioh u t'Isias
and Tuwns.

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assG In this Ssaaeg okh@Rwise than
IhsgeSn provided, sawa end exeeps 80
sfom aiKssa0ns 0E ghis ans.
Ga. Whaa shs Snhmb baksats az a pa
Of any seuaky nak embraced wfthin u
T IalmAts oz emg essys sK inaoxp saas s9wl
IsaAaAa desire ~ hhEa aFEazssasd iatc Aza 4
sDEnnS@ @ssve town, they may appiy BIZ p'
ssti6n III wrisin9, signed by n04 lses aha
thirty Of the qualified yeseEas gasadeni
sf ths terrisory 10 bs cmhgaee9 il u
proposad incorporated town % the souS
z 81 eeust, Of kaae proper Ssssntys Niaich ps
faisIoA shall describe ths territory pro
p0sasa Id BIO asabraesd In sush insorpog
sked town. and hare annexed thereto q
aeoagata map or plas thefaof, shall stat
the aanae proposed for sush lne0Rporn
led town, and shau also name the psg
sona authorised 10 aas ia behalf sf th
A .saSe
petitioners prosecuting said pesisi9n.
4 3. Whsre any such petition shali D.
! presented 10 the county e0urss the sam
shall bs hled in the once Of the count,
Judge, TO be there kept subject 20 the in
: spscsaon Of ans pssseu or persons inter
essaa, until ths time APpoinsed fsE sA'
! hearing khaRaof, the aaid Judge shall q
, a. beforo The time of sueh nling, fix ans
somnunicats 10 such petitioners, or theil
axengs, Q tins and place for the hear.
. ing Of such petition, which time shall
not be less than hfty days after time OF
sneh sling, and sharsupon tha pesision-
ara on thaiF agents, shall GAUSS . nstlee
10 be published in sorne nswpaper OF
Il general eireulation in the county, It ons
/ Is published in tbs county, not less than
four consecutive weeks aau copy OF
said notice to Be posted At some public
places within the limits Of the said pre-
posed Incorporated towns not lsas than
fsar assks previous 10 the time Of such
| hearinx, which notice shall contain she
/ stance Of said petition, and state the
/ kima and plaza for hearing thereof.
s 4, Every sueh hearing shall bs pub
+ Tic, and may be adjourned fEam tins TO
10 tins, and any pera0a interested, may
appeAr and contest the granting Of said
pesision, aud ap0n demand shall have
the right TO 8 jury Of ak men 70 hear
and decide the case, and athdagits or
Other testimony In supnors Of OF against
said petition, which may be prepared
and submitted, shall be examined and
heard By said court or jury and the court
may permit the agent OF agents named
in the original petition, 20 change or
anenea tbs sams, but no aIaendmsnt
shall be permitted whereby territory not
before embraced shall be added or the
character on extant Of said proposed in
eorporatsd towu materially changed,
without appointing another time for
hearing, and requiring new notice to bs
given 80 allows provided.
1 5, If ths court or jury after hearing
ZACH petition, sAail be satisfied that at
least ffty qualified voters actually re-
side with&n shss hHnfts descxihea As the
petition, and that said petition has been
signed By u majority OF the voters with /
in said limits, that said limits have been
sceurasely described and an accurate !
Mat or map thereof made aRd died, that !
the name proposed for said town Is prop /.
or and sufficient to distinguish il from /
others in the State, and it shall mbls- /
over be demmed right and proper II the (
Judgment of the court or jury, that said .
petition should be granted, the court
shall make and endorse on said petition, /
an oraarr 70 aha efheas that the incorpor- .
aGsd lown aa named, and described in .
the petition, may be organized, which /
order the court shall sign and deliver to- !
KetheF With she Fla4 or map 70 the Ea- /
eorder Of the county whose duty 1t shall .
be 10 record the same as soon ss prac- |
sfcabls, in the proper book Of records,
and to Gle and preserve IN his Office ths .
original papers, having certified there
on, thaG the same have been properly re-
corded, and ID shalt also be the tuty Of
said recorder to make out and certify
two transcripts Of said record, one Of
which be shall forward to the Secretary
of State, and the other he shall deliver
to the AGENT or agents Of said petition
ers with a certificate thereon; thas 3 s1m~
liar transcript has besn forwarded to
the Secretary Of State as aboEs provi-
ded
s 6. So soon as said record shall be
IA made aud said transcripts certified and
forwarded and delivered, the inhabitants
with the limits described in the petition
shalI be deemed an Incorporated town,
to be organised By an election Of its Of
foers as hereinafter provided, notice of
its existence as such shall be taken in
all Judicial proceedings IN ans State.
8 7. Two months shall slapss from the
time such transcripts are forwarded and
delivered before notice shall be given
for an election Of officers in any saoh
town, and any person interested may at
any time within said two months, make
complaint in writing, in the nature Of
an application fog an injunction TO the
District Court Of Ehs county or to the
Judge thereof in vacation having given
at least hvs days notice thereof, and fur
nished copy OF the complaint TO shs
sgsat or agents Of the petitioners, for 4
the purpose Of having the organization .
of such proposed town prevented. Et
shall be she aasy Of such Judge or court !
90 hear such complaint in q summary
manner, receiving such answers aida
wits, and proofs as may be deemed per- !
tinsnt, ana If it shall appear that the /
proposed town doss nos contain The re-
auisiss number Of Inhabitants, or that .
majority of them hare not signed the
petition, or that the limits Of said town /
are unEeasonahiy large, or snail, on ere !
not properly and sufficiently described, !
then tho said court Oh Judge akall order +.
thai aha resegd Of said town shall be an
nuIIed, and ii shall be the duty Of the /
County ResoEdeE 20 endorse On the rec \
ord the order 80 made, and to certify |
and transmit 10 khs Secretary Of State q |
copy thereof, but such proceeding shall |
in no manner, bar = subsequent petition
to the county court. i
Unless the agent og agents OF tha Pc !
TONERS shall, within two months after
the transcxips shall be delivered "a
abosn provided be netifed Of q son-
plant having been made to shs DisErisa
Court, or Judge thereof, then as tha end
of said two montAs, ox after the diamis-
sion Of said somplains, the said axent on
agenss ahali give public noSiee BIZ p0s-
ting sas same 81 shFes or aCra og tbs
rness pablia plaoss wishin ths Hmits Of
s@ia sowa, Of the time and place og hol-
ding ths hrss aaee4ion for officers Of said
town, which alaBsiaa shall bs conducted
and tbs oAReers elected and quaIi6ed ID
the manner prescribed by Law ID like
esees, tAs cIeFk sad oehsg olHesss of the
Township In which aaia proposed town
| Is situated, presiding at said sIecsion In
she same manner ~ st teMnship oAeSs.
ions, ard uaAking the sane returns, Pre-.
viaed the nf6eers 80 elected shall eonslrf.
~ n oI6ce only unsil che tgms of the
regular election 81 aaid ofiseggs. and ,an.