Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-08-14
CHAPTER sl.

AN ACT TO provide for the Incorporation
OF 1owns and Cities.
SEc. !. Be 1t sRGcted IN tie General As-
sesHtiy Of the Stale Of I0Eo, That no town
or city shall hereafter be incorporated in the
StAse OF Iowa in ano other manner than as
herein provided. None Of the provisions OF
this act shall apply to cities Or towns a.
ready Incorporated.
SEc. z. When the inhabitants Of any
part ot any county not embraced within tks
limits ot any city or incorporated town, shall
desire TO be organized into city or iHcor-
porated town, they may apply BY petition
writing, signed by aot iess than thirty OF tie
QuAllisd voters OF the territory to be e,nhra
csd in the proposed city OF incorporated
town, 70 The county court Ut the proper cocn-
~. which petition shall describe the terriio>
~ proposed to be embraced in such citv or
Unsupported town, and shall have annexed
thereto au accurate map or plat thereof, aud
state the name proposed for such city OF IN,
corporaled town, and shall b. accompanied
with satisfactory proofs Of the number of in>
hab,,ants within the territory embraced ia
said limits.
Ssc. 3. When such petition shall be pre-
sented the court shall forthwith appoint nve
commissioners, vho shall at once call aa
electi0u Of oil the qualified electors residing
within the territory embraced within sail
limits, - described aud plated, to be held
At some convenient place within said limits.
the uo,ics sor which shall BE- given b. pub
lica,ion in some newspaper published within
said limits, liz any there bel and by posting
notices in Ave public places within said lin
its, not less than three successive weeks pre-
cedi, z such election. Such notices shall
specify the place and time Of such election.
And description Of the limits Of said pro-
posed town " city, and that description
and plat thereof are on file 10 the othce of
the coanty Judge. Said commissioners shall
act as judges aud clerks Of election, and
shalt quality ~ reqeirvd by law for Judges
aud clerks Of thwuship elections, and shall
report the result Of the ballot To the cnuatv
Judge aforesaid. The baslo. used ut slch
sIessioa shall bs. For Incorporation"
"agNins, Incorporation
SIC. 4. lfa, sal! ell ction . majority Of
sail ballots shall be cast for ineorpora,lu,,
,hs county judge u all Immediately give n.>
,ice Of The result in newspaper for If there
be none, By posting, as aforesaid, and shall
state in 8, ch rs ice to which OF The classes
rs named in section 1918, Of the Revision Of
lS6n said Incorporated town or city belunns;
aud said county Judge shall endorse On sail
petition the substance Of the last mentioned
notice and said petition, 50 endorsed, t. :
ge,h, With the description end plat. shall
be filed aud rceorlesl in the record. RI cflia
Of the proper cosnty. and also copy OF the
same shsli Le deposited with the Secretary
Of State.
g, II Il
made, and said copy deposited rs required
in section I, and the election AMI qualifca-
iiou Vi officers hereinafter provided shall
limi,s described IN said petition shall b,
deemed An Incorporated town Or city rs tho
case may be. and notice OF its existence ~
such. shalt he taken in Ill judicial proceed-
ings in the State.
section four h. reof shall have ksn made,
said commissioners shall inmediately givs
public notice by publication two cssna eulive
weeks IN some newspaper III any ihe~ be-
puhlshed within the limits u sseh town
cil,, and also by posting up hosics in fso
public places IN sahl to~s or city, af Tho
fur ofhc~rs ,Aes~pf. 81 4 Commissioners
snult pfeSNuC NJ SaM eWttiou hf me >Su
manner ~ judges anl chrk. ~ township
elecsions. and sasl elee lion shall b. enadIei-
ed, and the osac~ss elected ana qualified il,
the manner preseri5cd BY las ior The elec-
ton and qualification " ,oss>hp officers.
Prev kled, The officers " b. s,eeisl shall BE-
the same required BY chapter 6fiy one. Of
,he Revision VI lS6a. Cor The clsss 10 uAIh
said town or city shall belong, ~ shows by
tho ceri6ca.e snd notices of the eooasv
Judge required BY section GGr heroE and
they shall eon,m0e in offce only sn6l III.
time Of the rega)Ar election Of said officers
and mill their successes are elected and
qualified.
SN I. Sections rosa. 1891, l032, lo3s,
lOis. 1895, 1886 and 1887. Of The Revision
OF 1850. and al Acss o. per,s Of sets ineoa>
sislen, With the provisions Of this act, ars
hsseby repealed.
Sn. 4. This ae. being deemed Of inne-
diate Importance shah sc in force from > ID
afler It's publication in The Ssaie R,ysttr
E,ss .Stsfesp,aa. Published ia Des Mon es.
Approved April i, 1862.