Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-08-03
The descriptive book thus:
The index book thus:
Pages Of Transfer book.
Names Of grantees.

SEC. 3. The Recorder shall keep q
book Of plats, showing the number of
lot and block, or township and range,
divided into sections and subdivisions
as occasion may require; and he shall
designate on said plats each piece of
land or town lot, and mark in pencil
the name of the owner thereon in leg
ible manner. Said plats shall be letter
ed or numbered SO that they may be
conveniently referred to by the memo
randa Of the transfer book and shall
be drawn Oh scale of not less than
four inches to the mile.
SEC. 4. Whenever a deed of uncon-
ditional conveyance of real estate is pre-
scented for record, it shall be the duty of
the Recorder, after filing the same for
record and previous to recording the
same, to enter in the index book, in al
phabetical order, the name of the gran
tee, and opposite thereto the number of
the page OF the transfer book on which
such transfer is made; and upon the
transfer book he shall enter, in the
proper columns, the name of the gran
tee, the name of the grantor, tho date of
filing, date of instrument, the character
OF the instrument, the description of the
property, and the number or letter of
the plat on which the same is mark ed
and, also, the number of the page of the
description book, if it becomes nccessa-
~ to enter the description therein.
SEC. 5. If the land or town lot is de-
scribed in the deed by mctes and bounds,
he shall enter the same upon the de-
scriptive book as follows: LIST, The
name of the grantee; I'd, A minute de-
saription Of the land.
SEC. 6. After the Recorder has made
the entries contemplated in the last two
preceding sections, he shall endorse
upon the deed the following words
&" Entered for taxation this =. .. day
of \. u. :. ~ with
the proper date inserted; and shall
sign his name thereto. For every such
transfer the Recorder shall be entitled
to receive fifteen cents from the person
presenting the deed.
SEC. 7. AS basis for said transfer,
the Recorder shall take the tax books
of the Year 1860 and copy into said trans
fer book the name of the owner of each
piece of land or town lot, as shown on
said tax books; and in order to accom-
plish the same, it is hereby made the
duty of the Treasurer to designate on
the tax list opposite each piece of land
or town lot, the name OF the owner
thereof us shown by the Last paynent
of taxes, for which the hoard Of Super
Hisors shall allow as compensation fif-
teen cents per hundred words.
SEC. 8. The Recorder shall correct
the transfer books from time to time, as
he shall find them Incorrect.
SEC. 8. The Clerk Of the Board Of
in each county shall, on
the second Monday of January, A. d.
1861 and every two years thereafter,
furnish lin books provided by the Board
of Supervisors, and ruled and headed as
now required by law each Township
Assessor in his county, a complete list
Of all the real estate in his township,
subject to taxation, together with plat
or plats of the same; and said list shall
he so arranged as to present the owners
name in alphabetical order, and each
piece shall be designated in its proper
place on said plat or plats and checked
by the Assessor as the valuation is plac-
ed upon it.
SEC. 10. 1t shall be the duty of each
Township Assessor, to place the valua
ton upon each tract of land or town lot
in his township, and rctura the same,
with the personal property, to
the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors,
rs now required by law. The Assessor
shall also note any errors he may find
in the assessment lists furnished him
by the Recorder, and report the errors
to the Recorder, who shall correct the
same on transfer books and assessment
lists, if upon examination, he finds it
necessary. .g.r
SEC. II. In order to carry out more
fully the provisions of this Act, it is
hereby made the duty of the Auditor of
State to furnish county Recorders with
nil such forms and instructions as he
may see fit /; and the said Recordersha
observe and carry out such forms and
SEC. II. All Acts and parts of Acts
inconsistent with this Act, are hereby
repealed.
Approved March Goth, 1866. c..0.