The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-04-30
LAWS OF IOWA.
FuBI.ISHED BY AUTHORITY,
CHAPTER 80.

CHAPTER 80.
AN ACT supplemental to chapter % OF
the laws Of the Eleventh General AS
sembly, providing for the settlement I
OF contracts and claims growing out Of
the Des Moines River Improvement
l. Be Il enacted by the General As
scn'bW Of the State Of Io,ca, That there
Is hereby appropriated out Of any
moneys In the hands Of the Treasurer of
State arising from the sales Of the lands
mentioned in section ~ four, ct-aptcr
los Of the laws Of the Tenth General
Assembly, the sum Of twenty-.ix thous-
and three hundred and nineteen dollars
and thirty cents, for the fruyrteat of the
following claims. to-wit Wells h Co.,
for repairs on the Croton dam, In the
fall Of 1861, the sum Of fifteen hundred
dollars; Gray 4 Co., for repairs upon
said dam, in the years 1862 and 1863. the
sum Of two thousand dollars; Wells &
Co, for repairs upon said dam, in the
year 1866, the sum oftwenty eight hund-
red and sixteen dollars; Hogsett &
Chidcster, for repairs on said dam in the
year 1866, one hundred and seventy four
2i-1OO dollars and to Wells & Co., the
further sum Of eight thousand five hund-
red and nine dollars and seventy five
cents, in consideration and for the pur-
pose OF rebuilding said dam ut Croton,
and for the refcases as hereinafter stipu.
lated; and to 0. IL. T.. Scott, for the
cancellation and surrender Of the origin
al contracts of the State ef Iowa, made
through II. w. Sample, AS President of
the Board U Public Works, with John,
McCune and Charles F. McCunc, dated
5th Of March, ls49, for the construction
of a lock and dam at Plymouth together
with all the supplemental contracts re.
specting said lock and dam, (which
original and supplemental contracts are
now held by said Scott as assignee and
also for the surrender of all rights to
him, (Scott) accruing rs assignee of the
contract Of the State of Iowa, made to
Jonas Houghton for the lease of water
power for twelve run of stone ut Ply
mouth, and for the releases hereinafter
provided, and for the building Of the
dam at Plymouth, as hereinafter s.ipu-
lated, the sum Of eleven thousand dol
lars, and to the estate of +. Mayns the
sum of one hundred and sixteen and
sO-lOO dollars; to Ed. johnson the sun,
OF ninety-one and 90 100 dollars; to J. T..
Jcwit, ninety dollars; and to Sample &
kenly twenty dollars; with interest
from March 2sth, 1864, OH each of the
four last mentioned sums; the same
having been allowed to- said parties re-
spectively by section 8, chapter lOS, Acts
OF the Tenth General Assembly, and
the Auditor Of State is hereby required
to draw warrants therefor, upon the
written application of the said parties or
their assignecs: which warrants s!,a:: be
payable out of the moneys mentioned in
section l, chapter %, Of the laws of the
Eleventh General Assembly, and shall
draw interest at the rate of seven per
cent. per annum.
az. The warrants issued under the
provisions of this Act shall be receivable
| III payment for lands sold under the
provisions Of the various acts relating to
the sale of lands mentioned in section
one of this act.
s3. Before the said parties mentioned
IN section one Of this act shall be entitled
to receive any of the warrants hereinbe-
fore provided for, they shall surrender
| tn the Stafp nf InSro oil l.. 4
them, of every kind and description,
and shall release the State of Iowa and
the Des Moines Valley Railroad Com
pahy from ail present and future liabil-
tiles growing out of or incident to any
OF the matters by lease or other wise
pertaining to the Croton Dam. And
before said o H p Scott shall be entitled
to receive the warrants coming to him
as hereinbefore provided, he shall sur
render to the State of Iowa, and release
the State of Iowa, and the Des Moines
Valley Railroad Company fram all liza
bility upon the original contract of the
State of Iowa, and all supplemental con-
tracts for the building of lock and dam
ut Plymouth, and shall also surrender to
the State of Iowa, all rights arising
hereunder, and release the State and
the Des Moines Valley Railroad Com
pany from all past, present and future
liability uyon or on account Of the con-
tract or lease of water-power originally
made by the State to Jonas Houghton,
for twelve run of stone at Plymouth,
and from all liability present and future
growing out Of or connected with said
dam and water-power at Plymouth, and
shall also fiji in the Registers office salts
factory evidence of the assignments of
the same, to him, and shall complete
the same at Plymoth at his own expense
and cost, within five years from the
passage of this Act.
"A. Upon the execution of the releases
provided for in section 3 of this Act to
the State of Iowa, and the Des Moines /