The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-05-14

the said railway company shall In like
manner, have completed its railway to
the Little Sioux River then the said
Governor shall cause patents to be is
sued to said company for oil the balance
Of the lands granted for that purpose ;
prorided, that the said railway COM
pany shall not convey or cucumber any
Of said lands prior to the time It shall
be entitled to patents therefor, - provi-
ded In this act, and this act shall be 80
constructed - to grant to said railway
company, or any person or persons,
whomsoever, any Of said lands for any
railroad heretofore built.
a.. All lands embraced In said grant
which were entered prior to January I,
1858, under the homestead laws Of the
United States. shall be patented by the
Governor Of this State to the parties by
whom the same were 40 entered or 70
their heirs or grantees, upon the pay
ment by them into the State Treasury,
within two years Of the passage Of this
act, Of the price Of such lands as home
steads under the laws Of the United
States, and the money 80 paid for such
lands shall be held for and paid over to
said railway company when such lands
would have been earned by said COM
pany by the extension Of such roads AZ
required in this act.
IS. 1t Is further expressly provided
that If said McGregor and Sioux City
Railway Company shall fail or refuse to
accept Of this grant upon the conditions
hereby imposed, and in time and man.
ner as herein required the 43d Parallel
Railway Company may accept the
grant, within sixty days thereafter, and
shall thereby become substituted to all
the rights and subjected to all the con-
ditions hereinbef ore mentioned to the
same extent as II said 43d Parallel Rail-
way Company had bee mentioned in
this act In the place Of the McGregor
and Sioux City Railroad Company
wherever the same occurs therein.
80. The said McGregor and Sioux
City Railway Company shall assent to
and accept the provisions Of this act by
a written instrument under the seal of
such corporation, with the signatures Of
the proper officers, within sixty days af-
ter the passage of this act, which said
acceptance 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 articles Of association.
And as further condition Of this
grant and at the time of the acceptance
hereinbefore required and IA part
thereof, the said McGregor h Sioux
City hallway Company shall procure
and file with the Secretary Of State,
n full, absolute, legal and effactunl
waiver, release and surrender Of all
claim, right or interest or pretended
claim right or interest Of the McGregor
Western Railroad Company, its success
sors or assigns in or to any Of the lands
granted to this State by act of Congress
approved May 18th, 1864, which claim,
right or interest arises out of or il on ac-
count Of any railroad already construct
ed. Provided. That If the Congress Of
the United States shall make any ad
ditional grant Of land to the United
States shall make any additional grant
Of land to the State of Iowa to aid in
the construction Of railroad from
McGregor or any intermediate point to
a point in O'Brien county, and the said
McGregor and Sioux City Railway
Company, their successors or assigns
shall comply with all the provisions Of
this act, and shall construct their rail-
road to O'Brien county in the manner
and time as provided in this act then
the release shall not operate to deprive
said last named company, their success
sors or assigns, Of land in said contem-
plated additional giant for any railroad
on said line between
McGregor and O'Brien county.
10. This act being deemed of i'm.
mediate importance shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's publica-
ton In the Daily State Register, and
Iova Euening Statesnsdn.
Approved March 81, 1863.
hereby certify that the foregoing
Act took effect, by publication, as re-
quired in section 10 thereof, on the Sd
day of April, A. d. 1863.
ED WRIGHT, Sec'y Of State.