The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-06-27
McGREGoR, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 81, 1861
LAWS OF IOWA.
CHAPTER %,

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AN ACT SUPPLEMENTAL TO CHAPTER los LAW
OF THE TENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
AN ACT supplemental to Chapter los Laws Of IN
Tenth General Assembly.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Genera
assembly Of the State Of Zo,eo, That al
moneys received by the Register of tn,
State Land Office, as provided by Sectior
IL of Chapter l0S of the Laws of tn,
Tenth General Assembly, shall be pait
over to the State Treasurer, who shall pa,
out the same as follows: 1st, EXPENSE,
of such classification, appraiscment, adver
tisement and sale; I'd, sums due the State
for moneys advanced or due other parties
as mentioned in Section 9 of the Act tC
which this Act is supplemental; Sd, he
shall pay the warrants provided for in Sec.
tion 2 OF this Act, pro rata, as such mon.
eys shall be received.
| Sec. 2. That there is hereby appropri.
ated out of the money thus to be paid into
the State Treasury the sum of ono hun
dred and seventy thousand dollars, or 60
much thereof as may be necessary for the
payment Of the claims of the following per.
sons, or their assignees
James j. kinncrsley, Jonas Houghton,
Adam Hinc, VIM. Baker, r. jackson for
heirs Of A. Miller, VIM. Armstrong, Ed
win Manning, John Parker, II. d. Stew
art, Van Buren county; Meek & Bros,
Joseph Benning, George Grey, D. Kenne-.
dy, s. Dwight Eaton, Peter Tobie, Thorn
as Il. Harlan, Guy Wells, j. p. GRAY,
Robert P. Gray, Felix Deck, John Stafford, /,
j. Benning, Administrator, VIM. Meow,
an, Isaac P. Gray, Gray & Co., Wells,
Chadostnr & 10 Groov, R-o q ~ N
I. Cotton, Meek & Sons, o. II. p. Scott,
II. X. Love 4 Co. and the Auditor Of
State is hereby required to draw warrants
therefor upon the written application of
James j. kinnersly and the other parties
mentioned in this section, or their assign
ees, which warrants shall be payable out
of the moneys mentioned in Section of
this Act, and shall draw interest at the
rate OF seven per cent. per annum, provi-
ded such warrants shall not be construed
as rendering the State liable to pay the
said warrants except out Of the aforesaid
Fund
Sec. 3. The written application for said
warrants shall specify the amount of war
rants that shall be issued in the name of
each of the said parties, or their assignees,
the correctness of which shall be evidenced
by the certificate of the Register of the
State Land Office.
Sec. 4. The warrants issued under the
provisions Of this Act shall be receivable
in payment for lands sold under the pro-
visions of the Act to which this Act is sup
Elemental.
Sec. 5. The Des Moincs Valley Rail-
road Company may at any time pay any of
the warrants mentioned in this Act upon
the like condition that they are authorized
by the Act to which this is supplemental,
to pay of the claims therein mentioned
and if the said company shall be unadvised
OF the whereabouts of such warrants they
may pay the funds for the redemption
thereof into the State Treasury, from which
time interest shall cease to accrue on such
warrants; Provided, however, that no part
OF the lands mentioned in this Act or in
the Act to which this is supplemental,
shall be conveyed to said Railroad compa-
ny until all of said warrants shall have
been paid.
Sec, g.. When the funds for the redemp-
ton of said warrants shall be received by
the State Treasurer, he shall give no no
tice thereof in the manner now required to
be given for the redemption of outstanding
warrants.
See. 7. That after the lands mentioned
in section 4 of the Act to which this Act is
supplemental, shall have been offered for
sale, under the provisions of said Act, for
the space of three months and remain un-
sold, it shall be competent for the Register
OF the State Land Office with the advice and
approval of the Censns Board, to sell such
lands at less price per acre, if by said
Board deemed advisable, provided the said
lands should not be sold at price less than
81 ,25 per acre, and provided said Register
shall first give thirty days notice by publ
cation in the State Register, and the Iowa
of the time of said sale, at
such reduced price.
Sec. 8. All persons who may at the
date of the passage of this Act be in actual
occupation and possession of any portion
of said lands, shall have prior right to
purchase the same at g, 40 per acre, not
exceeding l6O acres to any one settler.
Sec. 9: This Act being deemed of i'm
mediate Importance, shall take effect and
be in force, from and after its publication
in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Home
stead, newspapers published at Des Moines.
Approved March 18th, 1866.
| hereby certify the foregoing Act was
published in the Iowa State Register,
March =, 1866, and in the Iowa Home
stead, March Il, 1866.
JAMES WRIGHT, Sec. of State.