The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-03-29
LAWS OF IOWA.
Published ny Authority.

CRATER %,
An ACT resumlng certain rights conferred upon
the Dubuque and Pacific NOW Dubuque and
Sioux City, Railroad Company, by an Act APP
proved July IA, 1855. aud Acts ancndstory
thereof, and 10 repeal certain laws In relation
thereto.
WHEREAS, BY an act Of Congress. approved
Nav IL, 1875. there WIS granted 10 the state Of
Iowa. certain land 10 aid IN the construction 81
certain railroads in said State, upon eeriain terms,
conditions and restrictions under which said lands
might be disposed Of, and
WnEaFss, The General Assembly Of the State
81 Taxa, By az aes aYpFayedJely1A. lSa6 accept
ed said graat Of lamb upan the terms, conditions
and restrictions contained in snid act Of Coagress,
ami transferred and granted to toe Dubuque and
pacillc {now DIALOGUE and sioux City Railroad
Company that portion OF said lands granted by
said act OF Congress, 10 aid in tine construction Of
q railroad from the city Of Dubuque, TO q point
on the Missouri river. at or near Sioux city, with
3 bfeneA trsm the Snouth OF the Tede Bes Merits.
to the nearest point on sid read. III consideration
On the part Of said company that I. would cainristc
ami equip within the time therein specified and
wHrEBks, Said company having failed to com
piete and eaaip said road as required in said aet,ob-
famed hy an set afthe General assembly Of Iowa,
aprrored April Z, 1852, an extension Of time for
tic completion Of said road in further coEsiaieFa
ton gf the release og eertain lands N said last men
TONED net described and
WHEREAS, The said Dubuque ana Pacific fncW
Du6aqae and Sieux City Railroad Company. has
failed and refused to execute the said releases /;
and has failed to complete ard equip tae number
oil miles IL their said roadas by sad acts oftraus-
fer and extension they were required to haze COM
,lesea and equipped at thls tilie thereby, at the
snntioa af lie stars, aanuliag all their right and
title 10 the land 20 transferred 70 said Company
by said act Of july II, 1855, exeeptiug only one
hundred and twenty ~scetioas 81 said Land fQt each
twenty miles of sail road, now completed and
equipped. wher&y tic STATE has the right, 70
resnfaa al the rigtt, title and interest in and to
the remainder AMI residue ct the LAID originally
grated to said company, AMI
EuggEAs, Tho good faith oil the State ii carry
ing iuto execution the trust eoflisrred upon here
by SAID act OF Congress, requires that the remain
ing land ard all title te the same should be re-
.as,ol To the end that the road, to aid which the
sans vas grated, may be speedily completed
Row, therefore,
sscrrox. j. he Il snaefed ayaie feaeeaI 4fssem-
1y 81 The sstaie 81 Eosea, That all the right title OF
Interest in and 10 the land heretofore granted, OF
intend 10 be granted. tothe Dubuque 4 Pacific
fnow Dubuque and Sioux City, Railroad Com.
pany, by az act approved duly ~, 1921, enflaea
ian act h accept the grant and carrying into ex-
eeutioa the trust conferred upon the State Of Iowa
hy an act Of Congress. entitled An act making =
CANT Of land 10 the State ~ofiows. in alternate
sections. 10 aid la the construction Of cerssiu rail
roads in said STATE, approved May 10, 1896
aud aots aIacpdatary ana snfpiehenttseoi tat
same lie ard the sarne are hershy Absolutely ans
entirely resumed hY the State. Prorfaea, hasrerer
t:,at nbti,inr in This aet contained ahsIlbeeonstra
al 10 effect or in any manner impair the title o
said company, 70 the one hundred and twenty sec
TONS OF said land for each and every twenty
miles Of their road which IS now completed ant
equipped.
SIC. 2. Tho Gfsh section Of said Act appreFe'
Iu,y IL. 1850, and all other acts and parts OF act
t.couxistent with this Act, ara hereby repealed
SEC. 4. This set being deemed Of infncaiat,
;,,nortanee. shall take effect ard be in force .lou
and after its publication in the Ioas SssfeRsgixrr
published at Des Moines, and the 10 "a North
Wes,, pablishd at Fort Dodge, lows.
Approved March 10, 1885,