Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1860-01-18
PROCLAMATION,

whereas, the undsrsignsd ga behalf 0f
the county Of Pottaw atlantic, In the Stats
oa Iowa, 80 the 9Th day o. IanasrysAs p.
1850, entered tnta . contract Win kas
Council Bluff q Saint Joseph Rail Rnad
Company, for the transfss Of kAe swamp
Lands ct the e0anty, and proceeds Asrsof
10 said Company puEAuzHa 10 the pFcyas-
lens Of Chapter la Of the Acts q that
General Assembly Of iewG, passed at their
ssasion Of 1857 and 1858, copy of which
said contract Ia herewith pabiishsA. Now
therefore Be Il known that the undersigned
az County Judge Of zaid county, doth here
by proclaim that the said Contract be sub
mittsd to a vote Of the people ef said coan~
ty, fog the rati6cAtian or Fsieckien thereof
and, ksRtheT procisiB that Eseeeial Efse-
tinm Be- held ca W@sAnesdays tbs 18th day
Of February, A. ID 1850, Coz aAa puFpess
Of voting thereon, said election to Be held
at the usual place Of holding tns gsaeTal
slsctioA Ia saek Of the Townships Of said
county, aRd TO be conducted By the same
saRxars ard On TIE same maaneT - gsasTal
elections are held, and that withih (51 Eve
days succeeding said election, the returns
thsrsof. be made to me, at nay oEies In
Council Bluffs. The FORM Of BubEaisskoM
aAalI be - foliaws; TAoss ystaag In espes,
shaIl vote sssor the eomtFact and sFsnsfsF .
those against, shall vote against the con-
Tract and traRSfsE."
J. P. Cassidy, Co. Judge.
Dated. Coankii bluffs, Jan. a0sh, 1890.
This Agreement made and entered into
on the 9th day of January, 1850, by and
hskwReaf thu county u PettawSssa md,
State OF lows, on tia Qua uakay and kka
C0saneil Bluffs 4 St. Joseph Railroad Com
pany on the ether part.
Witnesssth. that the said party Of the
6Est part Coz the confederation aid object
hsfainxEsez named, d0th hereby agree with
the said party OF the second part, to trsns-
fer and convey to the said party Of the
second part, all gf The SWAMP OF over-
flowed lard wfthin said county IF Rotfa-
Wate1mis, at the date hereof, and act sold
CT covered by = Bona fids pEe-smptioh
claim And should the said lands Be of
lssa value than forty thousand dollars, ss-
timAting the Same az one dollar and twan~
ty-Eya cents per aere, the said party Of the
| first part agree TO transfer to the said par
BY Of tbs second part, 50 much uR the gro
resds arising from the sale Of SWANS lands
in said county, by the United Seatsg, or
| from the sale OF pre-smpted Swamp lands,
g will, with the Swamp landa 40 agreed,
Co be transferred IS aforesaid, make up the
said can 81 forty Thousand dollars. Pxo-
vtAkag, there shall remain that amount, af-
] ter eayfag ali legal indebtedness against
khe naid 6waRsS land fund, with the visw
anA f0g tAa pugpaaN az aiding said party Of
| H. esSSad pazkE Ii MAklnR y mach Of The
fsouneii BhaHs n Dc. Joseph RailEo2d, as
nay ID na<eszKilF eznhEaeed within said
eoanky 81 Fa9sMW2ktsmaH. And the said
party II shs sseuna past In consideration
| Of shs pFamaabss A@xae With ths said party
sg she arsk peri, % aeesgt tia said trans
Ter, and eaavsyanea oE said Swamp lands
" shs proceeds thereof. "a aforesaid, fog
tbs purpose Aforesaid. Thsy fagkhsr agrees,
that,
They will faithfully and without uanse-
essaEy delay dsyota tie aama to the Goa.
struefien Of said road within the limits Of
said sonnky and they farther agree u Ne
time sg sueh tFWaafer, 60 sxseat9 end deifv-
sr 10 aaid party Of the first part certificates
of Skosk In said Raifresd Company to at
amount equal 10 the value Of the lands se
Transferred, q 0ue doll "a and twenty -HyE
cents per acre, and the other prosesdi
| aforesaid they also agree at the sams
time 70 release the State Of Iowa aad saiG
county from all liability for rsclaiming
said land as the Law provides, aud to exc.
safe 70 said eountY bonds for the pRrKogm.
aace a Tia aforesaid atfpaiakkoa. ! & 4.
further agreed By the parties that this een,
tract shall be submiktsd to a yets Of ths
people Of said county eoF ratification d
sejsetien d . special sssetian Ia be seAaf
81 and held Cor thar purpose, pursuant Il
the staknsssia such eases made and progl,
dsd and that In the event of the same be,
Ing ratified BY . vDks as aforesaid, th'
Enafkies Aforesaid aAaiI &na will withiI
sixty days altar the canvass % such vote
mutually perform their seveFal and re-
snsGtivs asipalaktons herein aheve eontaiR
Cd. J. y. GASADx, &C. gaags.
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