Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-06-09

Ihsreby certify the forgoing 10 be .
tvus eopy from sas oEigiasi roll ga Ale
in my olaee.
! ELIJAH SELLS,
! Secretary Of State.
| CHAPTER 20.
An AsE dispossng oR she Grant Of Laud
made By an acs Of OoRgress granting
| land 20 she territory Of lowa 70 aid in
the improvement ok the RaEigatioa Of
the Des Noines rlveT.
sEcTIox /. Be IL saactss By The Gen
sral AsaszsbIy Of ihs State Of Loass, That
all the lands granted to tha then Terri
tory Of Iowa By al act eS Congress, Ap-
proved Angass sigth, eighteen hundred
and foFty-sixt entitled an aet granting
lands 10 the Eorritory Of Iowa, to aid in
the improvement Of tha navigation Of
the Dss MoinRS rivsT In said Territory,
ssz4 ali ali lands &=A compensation which
may be given in sxtanaioR ar in lea Of
any portion thereof hy the GaasEal Gov
cFnmieus, and aIao all stone, timber and
other material turned over 70 ihe State
By the Dea Moinss Navigation and Rail
road Company in settlement With tha
State Of Iowa, be and kha same are
hereby disposed Of to the ksokuk, Fort
Des Moines and Minnesota Railroad
Company, body ooEpoeates created and
eSistiag under the Laws of the State OF
Iowa, to aid in the construction Of 3
Railroad from the city OF keokuk, at
the mouth Of the Des Moines river, up
and along tha valley Of said rivsE by
way Of she sitT Of Des Mcinss, to the
northern line Of the State, Ia the dIEee-
tlon Of the southern bend of tha Mime
aoEa or Sc. Peters river, excepting all
the lands belonging TO s&id grant here
tofore sold By the staEs OF Iowa, OF
which may hereafter be conveyed TO the
Des Msinea Navigation and Railroad
Company by virtue Of q settlement now
pending bstweaa the Stats and said eoEa-
pany, and also 30 much Of the said tia
ber, stone and other material as may be
used ia the eomplstion Of the lOeAs and
dams at Croton, Plymouth, BsRtoRsport,
and ke0saaqns, this act to become ops
1asiva as seon as Congreas shall assent
to or permit d.ysrslsns e e .slg sRs 5tsG tile
"a H as 70 Be subjected TO grant,
& 4. That the keokuk, Ft. Dss A0iRss
aad Minnesota Railroad company shall
bay all liabilities Againss said Dea
Moinea rivar improvement and against
the State Of Iowa, growing oub OF said
improvements, whether BY contracts be-
vwsen the State and other parties or be-
tween the Dss Asines Navigation and
Railroad Company snd other parties, OF
between any parties whatever, which
have been assumed by the State in con
sequence Of the proposed settlement With
the Dss Moines Navigation and Railroad
Company, as contained in The joint res
olusion passed At the present session Of
the General Assembly, and said eompa-
nv shall also complete the loeks and
dams at OrotoR, Plymouth, Bsntonaport
and heosauqus, and 6fty thousand acres
OF the lands which may hereafter be eeT-
tilted by the General aovHxnmsns 20 The
State OF Iowa, shall ba sak apart By the
Register Of &hs State Laad 0ihes, which
SAID lands shall be held for she purpose
Of securing the payment Of said iiabili-
ties and eompieaion OF saia lssks and
drms, and that whsasEaR said company
shall pay thirty Thousand dollars Of said
liabilities properly audited and allowed
by the register of the ssata Land ofsss,
or shall do thirty Thousand doliAra worth
of work on said locks and dams, TO be
certified and allowed By aa engineer to
bo appointed By the Governor 70 super
! intend said works, thai then the register
! of the State Land 0aAes shall issue 90
/ aaid company d certificate for ten thou
sand acres Of said lands, 50 set apart
/ for every thirty thousand dollars so paid
or expended, uasil said liabilities sre
paid, and said looks and dams are eon-
pIsted, and IL any Of said ffty thousand
acres Of land shali rezaain after the pay
msnt of said liabilities Rad the compile
ton Of said locks and dams, il shall ba
certified to said Railroad company IN
the same manner provided in this seS,
PYevSdsd, that If the proceeds OF the
said atty Thousand acres Of land shati
at any time be found insufficient 10 dis
charge existing contracts foT ooassrus-
ton or repairing the WORKS at Ksosau-
qua, BentouspoEt, Plymouth and Grotoni
aud In oil respects preserve the Stass
harmless on account Of any lirbilitiei
now existing against the ssate, or thai
had been assumed by the proposed set
element with the Dea Moines Navigation
and Railroad compaay, ~ arising IN aHy
manner from the past improvement o.
| the Dss Moinea rivsr, Of the psymsnk o.
the of6csrs or ageat employod in ant
about said Improvement, then the said
Keoakk, Fort Des Moinss and Mime
sosa Railroad Company shall be lisblt
to pay the Sta3s tbs anaoans Of such do
6sfency. ........
s 8. WhenaYsr tbs prssidens an
Chief Engineer Of said Railroad Com
pany shall certify under oath 10 ahe reg
lister of tha Land 0Rae, shas twenk
miles of said Railroad In o continues
line from. the town Of Bentonsp0rt Vi
: the yalley az tbs Des Moines rivsr hay
been somplased and Ne ears rnnnlR
I thereon. sha Register shall Issue 10 aAi
company . certificate fer oas haadrs
: and tweHsy sections Of lana5 70 be lake
: Is nearly al practicable il body fFoi
] The remaining lands naaxess % ths soEz
pleted part eli said Kallgeaas and th
Goyeanog ahaIl apen pFassnkatioa of sai
/, sartiGemae iasus 70 aaia sampany pa
: ent for said Iansaa. ana u fRom time
= tima 40 swensy miles Axa aemplas@6, IN
eli khres- aunrshs IL aaia lamds are u
haasasd. prosamasS, shA& sha imma1 her
= nv rransef and 81 ssgkiKea a0 aasd oeH
= pany, shaII b exclusively applisd II II
u tending THE eonstxmcsson ~ said KAi
. road ii aonsinaoaa lins aboya Be-
. sonspogs, and shall be applied 10 no osl
g ar purpose whaiaTas, ard. pgovideas :
Q aos that ane.K KoarGh ID quantity Ok "a
= land shall Be applied b. sAid eoznpal
. in The sonsGxaesson of sAid Read abe
the atty og Dsa Moiasa, tha said os
foursh f0 ha easkiEled IN he mannsT
g. harasm pvaviasd, Igasa Ne apapaasien
4. each Ewsnty milss 1sam4 ne asGy ef ID
j. Agoinas up tAa Yallsy a kAa D@ Moin
3 xivAxs
~ 4. Tt gsaaa afoseaaia "A maaa
T. SAID oasmpany apen - aspssss aeaaiki
q shaA In saae saoA rallKaad aezapamg aasl
~ fail IL haga eomplaaaA - aaaiRR
D. ssgemay - mzfaas III Raaa - - visal
ya ok sAa g5as Meiass ESvaHs sama aAa ~
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