Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-04-24
NUMBER 4.
tHAprER 30.

AN ACT Supplemental to chapter %
OF the laws Of the Eleventh Geii-
eral Assembly, providing for tht
settlement Of contracts Riid tialffi-
growing out Of the Des Moincs
River Improvement.
SEC. ] BE it enacted bN the Gent
erdi assembly Of the the Syttfc Of Io,od;
That there In hereby appropriated
out of any moneys In the hands Of
the Treasurer of State arising front
the sales Of the lands mentioned III
section (4) four, chapters los OF the
laws Of the Tenth General Assembly,
the sum Of twenty-six thousand
three hundred and ninteen dollars
and thirty cents, for the payment Uf
fhe following claims, to witt Wells
q Co., for repairs on tlie Crot-
on dam, In the fiaIl uf 1881, the SUM-
OF fifteen hundred dollars Gray h
Co., for repairs on said dam, In the
year 1861 and 1863, the sum Of two
thousand aollarsi Wells n CO..
for repairs ON said dam, In tho yeaf
1888, the sum t1f twenty eight hun
dred and sixteen dollars; HogSett n
Chldester, for repairs on said dam, In
the year 1896, one hundred and sew.
enty-four 24-iO0 dollars; aud to
Wells d Co., the further sum of
eight thousand i've hundred and
nine dollars and sevcnty-five cents,
In consideration and for the purpose
of rebuilding said dam ut Croton,
and for the rcleaser as hereinafter
stipulated; and To q. III. p. Scott, for
the cancellation aud surrender of tho
original contracts Of the State of
Iowa, made through III. w. Sample.
as President of the Board of Public
Works, with John Mcclure and
Charles +. McCune, dated 9th Ut
March, 1S40, for the construction Of a
lock and dam ut Plymouth, together
with all the supplemental contracts
respecting said lock and dam, (which
original aud supplemental contracts
are now held by said Scott IA as
signee,) and also for the surrender cf
all rights to him, (Scottl accruing m
assignee of the contract Of the Stats
Of Iowa, made to Jonas Houghtou
for the lense Of water-power for
twelve rum Of stone at Plymouth, NJ
hereinafter stipulated, the sum of
eleven thousand dollars, aud tn the
estate of Il. Mayne the sum of one
hundred and sixteen and So 100 dol
lars; 10 Ed. johnson the sum vt
ninety-one and 50-i0U doliars; to j.
K. Jewit, ninety dollars and ta
Sample and I6enly twenty dollars
with interest from March 18th, 1864.
on each of the four last mentioned
sums; the same having been allowed
to said parties respectively by section
8, chapter los, Acts of the Tenth
General Assembly, and the Auditor
n Ia hA pxxSx xftf frxxd tx.s a
warrants therefor, upon the written
application of the said parties or
their assignees, which variants shall
be payable out of the moneys men
toned In section one, chapter ~, Of
Assembly, and shali draw interest at
the rate Of seven per cent, per rannum.
SEC. 2. The warrants issued un-
der the provisions VI this Act shall
be receivable In payment for lands
sold under. the provisions Of the vari-
Gus acts relating tn the sale OF lands
mentioned I'm section one OF this act.
SEC. 3. Before the said parties
mentioned In section one Of this net
shall be entitled 10 receive any Of the
warrants hereinbefOre provided for,
they shall surrender 20 the State OF
Iowa all leases held by them, of
every kindand description, and shalt
release the State OF Iowa and the
Des Moines Valley Railroad Conn
pany from all present and future lia-
bilities growing out OF or incident to
any of the matters by lease or other
wise pertaining to the Crot0n Dam.
And before said .. III. p. Scott shall
be entitled TO receive the warrnmts
coming to him as hereinbeforer pro-
vided, he shall surrender to the State
of Iowa, and release the state OF
Iowa, aud the Dcs Moines Valley
Railroad Company from NIL liability
upon the original contract Of tho
State of Iowa, and all supplemental
contracts for the building of q lock
and dam ut Plymouth, and shall Alses
surrender to the State of Iowa, all
rights arising hereunder, and re-.
lease the State and the Des Moines
Valley Railroad Company frow ali
past, present and future liability mp
ON or ON account of the contract or
lease of water-power originally made
by the State 10 Jonas HCughton, FIR
twelve run of stone at Piynoatli.
and shall also file In the Registers
Office satisfactory evidence OF the as-
slgnments Of the same, to him, ant
shall complete the same mt Plymouth
nc his own expensg and costs. within
Ave years from the passage of this Act ,
SRC. 4. Upon the execution of the
releases provided for In section 3 0f
this Act 10 the State Of Town, aud tho
Des Moines Valley Railroad Com.
pany, and upon filing satisfactory
evidence of such releases in the Reg-
ister's Office Of tho State of iowa, the
Governor shall upon written request
Of the said railroad company, execut~
a conveyance In tire lfanre Of the
State OF Iowa, To said Wells and
Company, without warranty OF the
lock and dam at Crot0ft, aiSd Of tile
lands appurtenant or either side of
the river, and the waterpower thereto
belonging. And when said q. III.
p. Scott shall surrender to the Statu
Of Iowa the original and supplement
tai contracts Aforesaid for the cous
struction OF lock and danf at PIyny-
outh and shall discharge the State
md tIse Des Moines Valley Railroad
Company from ah liability arising
Hereunder, aud when he shall dis
charge the State and said railroad
company from all past and future
liability upon the lease 0f water
power ut Plymouth Aforesaid. and
from all past end future liability
growing out OF or connected willis
said lock, dam, water-power Jr lense~,
and shall file satisfact0ry evidence Of
such releases aud discharge and sur
render In the Registers Office Of said
State, the Governor shall, upon the
certificate OF the Register OF tie State
Land Once Of the completion Of said
dam, execute q e0Bveyance without
warranty, In the name 0f the State
OF Iowa, to said q. ii. p. Scott, of
the lock and dsrn at plymouth, and of
tire lands appurtenafte on either side
Of the river, bought by the State VI
Iowa for the use Of mill-yards, being
about eight acres In all, with the ex-
elusive right To the said Scott, 10 use
the water power created by the con-
structlon Of such dam, and any other
privileges connected therewitli, and
the State Of Iowa Ii hereby released
from oil liability to keep said dam In
repair. - j.
past, present and future Of every
kind and description growing out Of
or connected with the water leases or
water-power, and with building Of
the locks and dams st Keosauqun,
Bentonsport, and Bonapart, have
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