The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-07-04
Sec. 3. The Recorder shall keep book

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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 lcgible manner. Said plats
shall be lettered or numbered so that they
may be conveniently referred to by the
memoranda Of the transfer book and
shall be drawn on a scale of not less than
four inches to the mile.
Sec. 4. Whenever Il decd of uncondi-
tional conveyance of real estate is presen-
ted for record it shall be the duty of theRecor-
der after filing the same for record, and pre-
vious to recording the same, to enter in
the index book, in alphabetical order, the
name OF the grantee, 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 grant
ee, the name of the Srantor, the 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 marked; and,
also, the number of the page of the descrip-
ton book, it it becomes necessary to enter
the description therein.
Sec. 5. If the land or town lot is des-
cribed in the deed by mete, and bounds, he
shall enter the same upon the descriptive
book as follows: lst, The name of the
grantee I'd, A minute description 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...........
"A. D.......-," with the proper date insert
ed and shall sign his name thereto. For
every such transfer the Recorder shall be
entitled to receive fifteen cents from tho
person presenting the deed.
Sec. Z AS basis for said transfer, the
Recorder shall take the tax books of the
year 1865 and copy into said transfer book
the name of the owner Of each piece of
land or town lot, as shown on said tax
books; and in order to accomplish the
same, it is hereby made the duty of the
Treasurer to designate on the list opposite
each piece of land or town lot, the name
of the owner thereof, rs shown by the last
payment Of taxes, for which the Board Of
Supervisors shall allow as compensation
fifteen cents per hundred words.
Sec. s. The Recorder shall correct the
transfer books from time to time, as ho
shall find them incorrect.
Sec. 9. The Clerk of the Board of SUI
pervisors in each county shall, on the Sec
ond Monday of January, "A. ID. 1867, and
every two years thereafter, furnish Tin
books provided by the Board of Supervi-
sors, and ruled and headed as now re-
quired by law) each Township Assessor in
his county, complete list of all the real
estate in his township, subject to taxation,
together with plat or plats ofthc same
and said list shall be 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 valua-
ton is placed upon it.
Sec. 10. 1t shall be the duty of each
Assessor, to place the valuation
upon each tract of land or town lot in his
township, and return the same, together
with the personal property, to the Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors, as 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
he errors to the Recorder, who shall cor
.ect the same on transfer hooks and ASSESS
ncnt lists, if upon examination, he finds it
necessary.
Sec. II. In order to carry out more
ully the provisions Of this Act, it is hereby
made the duty of the Auditor. Of State to
urnish county Recorders with all such )
orms and instructions as he may see fit !; Il
nd the said Recorder shall observe and,
AIRY out such forms and Instructions.
Sec. II. All Acts and PARIS of Acts in,
onsistent with this Act, are hereby re-
'ealed.
Approved March Goth, 1866,