The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-07-12
" CHAPTER -. T.
Settlement with q. 8.
AN ACT providing for the adjustment Of
certain land elnius with the General

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certain land elaims with the General
GovoFnmons. .='s'-oa..%e.saa-saaeT1s
WHEREAS, the excess Of land certified
TO the State ov9. And shows tho amount
1t was emitted - Fsssivs under ~ ase
Of Congrss olGepeamhsr 4 lS4a, known
~ the 500, 900 acre grant, ,has not hsen ~
conveyed nor satAsnction therefor rsu-
dered to the General Government; and
WHEREAS, The lands falling to the
State, under the Joint Resolutions Of
Congress Of March Sd, 1881, entitled
"Joint Resolutions to quiet titles In the
State Of lows, (" and under the actof Con-
gress entitled IAN oct confirming land
claim in the State Of Iowa and for other
purposes" approved July 18th, 1889,
have not yet been certified or approved
to the State; and
WHEREAS, The claims Of the State
against the United States, arising under
the Swamp Land Grant, remain 70 .
very great extent II an unsettled end un-
satisfactory conditioaa; and
WHEREAS, The Interests Of the State,
..,d her grantees dsmand speedy set-
tlement ofsll said matters; therefore
IL. BE 1t enacted by the General A.
sembly Of the State Of Iowa, That Josiah
A Harvey, Register Of the State Land
Once be, and Il hereby appointed
Commissioner ON behalf Of the State
Of Iowa to adjust with the General Gov
ernmentall the ihattsn and claims aSore-
said.
l2. Said Commissioner shall proceed
to Washington City, and present said
claims to the Department Of the Interior,
and urge the same to the settlement as
early and as speedily ~ may be consist
ent with the interest Of the State, and he
is hereby authorised to adjust the said
excess Of the 500, 900 acre grant, by per-
mitting the United States, to retain out
of the indemnity land falling to the
State under said act of Congress Of
July 18th, 1882, an amount equivalent
to such excess, Provided, That nothing
herein contained shall be construed to
be REIMBURSEMENT of the claim Of the
State under the said SOC, 900 acre grant to
the 1888 5l-lOO acres selected as part
of such grant, and subsequently rejected
from q supposed conflict with the act of
Congress approved August sth, ls48,
known as the Des Moines River Grant,
and the said Commissioner is hereby in
structed to secure q restoration of said
selections as part of the 100000 acre
grant, and confirmation Of the title Of
State thereto, as q part Of such grant.
as. As soon as the claim or claims, or
matters of difference, under any one Of
said acts, shall be adjusted, said Com
missioner shall report the same to the
Census Board, setting forth the terms
and mode ofadjustment, and said Board
shall examine and pass upon said adjust
ment, 80 presented, and the approval Of
majority ofsaid Board shall make the
settlement Of said matters, or claims A.
nal and binding upon the State Of Iowa.
Such approval shall be in writing sign
ed by the members Of said Board, agree
ing thereto, and attested by the great
seal Of the State Of Iowa.
IA. Said Commissioners shall receive
q his compensation two dollars Per day
for the time actually engaged In the dis
charge Of the duties by this act imposed,
with his necessary expenses in attend
ing to the same, and his account for such
time and expenses made out from time,
or at the conclusion Of his services =
such Commissionsr, and sworn 70 ~
him, shall - peessntsd to the Csnsus
Board for aa3owancs and II appsoved
and allowed by them, the Auditor Of
State shall dfsW His warrant "a the
Stats Treasures, who shall pay ths ilzne
out Of the general nvenus o. To etAts.
iG The amount q expsnsss insutss1
aud paid out 4 ths treasury; = psoviAa1
in the presiding ses(tAa IN aarrytne oat
tho prcNi1onS of ~ 81, shell ~
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