The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-11-15
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CHAPTER 80.

AN ACT to carry into execuGiOn tn
trust conferred upon the State Of lows
in respect to the lands granted by a
act Of Congress, approved May Is, 1856
to aid in the construction Of Rail Roa,
from Lyons City across the State o
Iowa and near the forty-second paral
lei to the Missouri River.
Sec. l. Be It enacted BY the Genera
Assen,1ly Of Tie State Of Lo.oo, That s.
much Of the lands, interests, rights, pow
ers and privileges as have been or ma,
be granted and conferred in pursuance
Of the act Of Congress entitled can &C
making grant of lands to the State 0
Iowa, in alternate sections, to aid in tn,
construction Of Rail Roads in sail
Sta:e, approved May Is, 1850, to aid il
the construction Of Railroad from
LYONS CITY northwesterly to q poin
&C intersection with the main line Of tn,
Iowa Centra! Air Line Railroad, nea1
Maquoketa; thence on said main line
running as near as practicable to tht
forty-second parallel acr..ss the State
Of Iowa to the Missouri River, az here.
by disposed Of, granted and conferred
to and upon the Cedar Rapids and Mis-
souri, River Rail Road Company, a
body corporate, created and existing
under the laws Of the State Of Iowa,
Provided, however that no portion Of
the grants Of land provided for in this
act shall be applied to the liquidation of
any debt or obligation heretofore made
or contracted by the said Cedar Rapids
aud Missouri River Rail Road Com
pany, or Of the Chicago Iowa and Ne
braska Rail Road Company, Provided,
further that it is hereby declared to be
the true intent and meaning Of this act
that the State Of Iowa according to the
conditions herein specified-conveys and
grants to the Cedar Rapids and Mis-
souri, River Rail Road Company, her
right-titlc to and interest in the afore.
said lands, and nothing more, and in no
event shall said Company have any
claim or recourse against the State for
any defect in the title or conveyance Of
said lands.
Sec. 2. The grant by this Act con-
ferrcd upon said Company Is made up
on the express condition that in case
said Company shall fail to have COM
peted and equipped forty miles of its
road along the route aforesaid, and
West from some convenient point on
the Cedar River, near the 42nd parallel
within one year from the first day of
December next after the passage Of this
act, thirty miles in addition, each year
thereafter, for two years, and the re-
mainder Of their whole line Of road in
two years thereafter, or by the first day
Of December, 1865, then and in that
case it shall be competent for the State
Of Iowa to resume all rights conferred
by this act upon said Company 20 fail
ing, and to resume allrights to the lands
hereby granted and remaining undis-
posed Of to the Company 80 failing to
have the length Of road completed in
manner and time as aforesaid
Sec. 8. The provisions Of the ninth,
tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, four
teenth and fifteenth sections Of the first
chapter Of the laws Of Iowa, passed 1t
the Extra Session Of the Fifth General
Assembly, and approved July IA, 1855,
SO far as the same, are applicable to this
Company under the provisions Of this
act, and the one hundred and fifty-sec-
ond chapter Of the laws Of this State,
enacted by the Sixth General Assembly
and approved January 20, 1857, and
the eighty-fifth chapter Of the laws Of
this State enacted by the seventh General
Assembly and approved March 20,
1853, 50 far as said enactments are not
inconsistent with the provisions Of this
act, be and the same are hereby made
applicable to this Company receiving
the benefits Of the grant hereby confer
ed and it is further provided that said
Rail Road shall be and remain public
highway for the use Of the Government
Of the United States, free from toll o,
other charge upon the transportation ol
any property or troops Of the United
States, and if the said Company shall
accept this grant upon the condition
Aforesaid, which acceptance shall appca,
BY an express writing, under the seal o