North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-05-06
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compliance with the terms of this act: pro.
rided that il in any one year mere road
shall be built than is required by this act
it shall be regarded and treated as road
built the next succeeding year or years.
SEC. 4. This railway shall bo construct
ed upon the usual suagc Of other first
class raisoads in this State, aud shall be
constructed and finished in style amp of
a quality equal to tho average Of other
first-class western railroads.
SEC. S. The said company shall be en-
titled to tho benefit of the selections of
land already made under the grant to the
State of Iowa, Of lands to aid in the con-
structieu of railroad from McGregor
westward on or near the forty-third paral
lei, approved May 18th, 1864; and the
line located under said grant shall be
binding only so far as applicable to said
selections.
Sec. 6. 1t is hereby made the duty of
the Governor when ten consecutive miles
Of railroad has been built in accordance
with the provisions Of this act, to certify
that fact to the Secretary Of the Interior,
and so on for ,acE consecutive ten miles
! thereof as the same shall be completed,
and wherever the said McGregor and
Sioux City Railway Company shall have
completed in good running order, accord
ing to the provisions of this act, its rail-
way to point within one mile of st.
Charles City, in Floyd county, it shell be
the duty of the Governor Of this State to
cause patents to be issued to said railway
company for one hundred and fifty sections
Of said land, and when the said railway
company shall in like manner have COM
p!eted its railway to the east line of range
twenty-five, in Cerro Gordo county, then
the said Governor shall cause patents to
be issued to said railway company for one
hundred and fifty sections Of land; and
when the said railway company shall in
like manner have completed its railway to
q point within one mile of Algona, in Kos
suth county, then the Governor shall
cause patents to be issued to said company
for one hundred and fifty sections more Of
SAID lands. and when the said railway
company shall in like manner, have com
pleted its railway to the Little Sirux River
then the said Governor shall cause patents
to be issued to said comp ny for all the
| balance of the lands granted for that pur-
pose; prorided, that the said railway com
pamy shall not convey or encounter any
, of said lands prior to the time it shall be
entitled to patents thereof, as provided in
, this act, and this act shall not lie so con-
| strued as to grant to said railway com
pany, or any person or persons, whomsc-
ever, any of said lands for any railroad
heretofore built.
Sec. :. All lands embraced in said
| grant which were entered prior to January
|. 1865, under the homestead laws of the
e United States, shall be patented by the
e Governor of this State to the parties by
: whom the same were so entered or to their
: heirs or grantees, upon the payment by
t them into the State Treasury, within two
4 years from the passage of this act, of the
f price of such lands as homcsteads under
: the laws Of the United States, and the
: money so paid for such lands shall be
: held for and paid over to said railway COM
f pSny when such lands would have been
: earned by said company by the extension
of said road as requered in this act.
f SEC. s. 1t is further expressly provided
that if said McGregor Il Sioux City Rail
f way Company shall fail or refuse to ac-
$ cept of this grant upon the conditions
{ hereby imposed, and in time and manner
as herein required the 43d Parallel Rail
, way Company may accept this grant,
!, within sixty days thereafter, and shall
: thereby become substituted to all the
rights, and subject to all the conditions
! herein before mentioned to the same ex-
a tent as if the said 43d Parallel Railway
: Company had been mentioned in this act
in the place Of the McGregor and Sioux
City Railroad Company, wherever the
same occurs therein.
t SEC 9. The said McGregor and Sioux
|, City Railway Company shall assent to and
accept the provisions of this act by q writ
ten instrucment under the seal of such cor
poration, with the signatures of the prop
er officers, within sixty days after the pas
sage Of this act, which said acceptance
9 shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary
: of State and be by him recorded in the
: book by him kept for the recording Of ar.
: ticles of association. And, rs further
: condition Of this grant and at the time OF
D the acceptance hereinbeforc required and
t as part thel eof, the said McGregor and
q Sioux City Railway Company shall pro-
/ cure and file with the Secretary Of State,
full absolute, legal and effectual waiver.
I release and surrender of all claim, right
l or interest or pretended claim, right or in
e tercst of the McGregor Western Railroad
t Company, its successors or ASST gns in OIL
r to any Of the lands granted to this State
n by act of Congress approved May 18th A,
e d., 1864, which claim, right or interest
n arises out of or is on account of any rail.
e road already constructed. Porided, That
y if the Congress of the United States shall
1 make any additional grant Of land to the
i State of Iowa to aid in the construction Of
IA a railroad from McGregor to any interme
\ diate point to point in o Brien, and the
d said McGregor and Sioux City Railway
r Company, their successors or assigns shall
: comply with all the provisions Of this act.
e and shall construct their railroad to
1 O. Brien county, in the manner and time
$ as provided in this act then this releases
b shall not operate to deprive said last named
r company, their successors or assigns, ol
: land in said contemplated additional grant
d for any railroad constructed on said line
y between McGregor and O'Brien county.
t SEC. 10. This act being deemed Of i'm
5 mediate Importance shall take effect and
d be in force from and after its publication
5 in the Daily State Register, and Iowa Eve
ming Statesman.
g Approved March 81, 1868.
! hereby certify that the foregoing Act
i took effect, by publication, as required in
d Section ~ thereof, on The Sd day Of April
IS A. d. 1868.
S ED WRIGHT, Secy of State.
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