The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-07-25
WHOLE No. $40.
Register on the Sd day of April, 1866,
and in the Iowa Homestead on the lth
day of April. 1866
JAMES WRIGHT, Sec. of State
CHAPTER 70.
Settlement with l.. S.

CHAPTER -.
Settlement with l.. S.
AN ACT providing for the adjustment of certain land
claims with the General Government
WHEREAS, The excess ofland certified to
the State over and above the amount it
was entitled to receive under the Act of
Congress of September 1, 1871, known as
the 5OO,OOO acre grant, has not been re-
conveyed nor satisfaction therefor render
ed to the General Government and
WHEREAS, The lands falling to the State
under the Joint Resolutions of Congress of
March 81, 1861, entitled '.Joint Resolu-
tons to quiet titles in the State of Iowa.
and under the Act of Congress entitled
IAN Act confirming land claim in the
State of Iowa and for other PURPOSES"
approved July 18th, 1862, have not vet
been certified or approved to the State:
and
WHEREAS, The claims ofthc State against
the United States, arising under the Swamp
Land Grant, remain to very great extent
in an unsettled and unsatisfactory condi-
ton and
WHEREAS, The interests of the State. and
her grantees demand a speedy settlement
of all said matters therefore
oIS lioS 1. Dc u eVNCtCN W tfS LSHEFut
Assembly Of the State Of b,ra, That Jo-
siah A. Harvey, Register of the State Land
Ofhce be, and he is hereby appointed
commissioner on behalf of the State of To-
wa, to adjust with the General Govern
ment all the matters and claims aforesaid.
Sec. ?. Said Commissioner shall pro-
ceed to Washington City, and present said
claims to the Department of the Interior,
and urge the same to settlement us early
and as speedily as may be consistent with
the interest of the State, and he is hereby
authorized to adjust the said excess of the
ooo, 100 acre grant, by permitting the Uni
ted States to retain out Of the indemnity
land falling to the State under said Act of
Congress of July 18th, 1862. an amount
equivalent to such excess, Prorided, That
nothing herein contained shall be constru-
ed to be REIMBURSEMENT of the claim of
the State, under the said 100000 acre
grant to the 1913 5l-lOO acres selected as
part OF such grant, and subsequently re-
jected from supposed conflict with the
Act of Congress approved August Sth,
1916, known as the Des Moines River
Grant, and the said Commissioner is here
by instructed to secure restoration of
said selections as a part of the 100000
acre grant, and confirmation of the title
OF the state thereto, as part Of said
grant.
Sec. 3. AS soon as the claim or claims,
or matters of difference, under any one of
said acts, shall be adjusted, said Commits
s:oner shall report the same to the Census
Board, setting forth tee terms and mode of
adjustment, and said Boord shall examine
and pass upon said adjustment, so present
ed, and the approval of a majority of said
Board shall make the settlement of said
matters or claims, final and binding upon
the State of Iowa. Such approval shall be
IN writing signed by the members Of said
Board, agreeing thereto. and attested by
the great seal Of the State of Iowa.
Sec. 4. Said Commissioner shall re-
ceive as his compensation two dollars per
day tor the time actually engaged in the
discharge of the duties by this Act impos-
ed, with his necessary expenses in attend
ing to the same, and his account for such
time and expenses made out from time to
time, or at the conclusion of his services
as such commissioner, and sworn to by
him, shall be presented to the Census
Board for allowance and if approved and
allowed by them, the Auditor of State
shall draw his warrant on the State Treas
urer, who shall pay the same out of the
General Revenue of the State.
Sec. B. The amount of expenses incur
red and paid out of the Treasury, as pro-
vided in the preceding section, in carry
ing out the provision Of this Act, shall he
approved by the Census Board, as nearly
AS practicable, pro rata. among the par
ties receiving, or entitled to receive, the
benefits resulting from the adjustment of
said several matters with the General
Government, and the amount thus appor-
toned shall be paid into the State Treasu-
ry by such parties respectively before they
shall be entitled to receive the proceeds or
or benefits of such settlement.
Sec. g. All indemnity scrip received
from the General Government and all
swamp lands patented to the State shall be
to the counties to which they be-
long, and all money and indemnity scrip
from the Government shall be
placed under the control of the Board of
Supervisors of the several counties to
which they belong, leaving the counties
thereof through their respective Boards of
Supervisors to settle with their grantees.
Sec. 7. This Act being deemed by the
General Assembly Of the State, of immedi-
ate Importance, shall take effect, and be in
force, from and after its publication, in the
Iowa State Register and Iowa Homestead.
newspapers published at Des Moines.
Approved March 3Oth, 1866.
hereby certify that the foregoing Act
was published in the State Register on the
5lst day of March, 1866, and in the Iowa
JAMES WRIGHT, Sec. of State.