The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-04-23
1st day of April, 1868.
ED. WRIGHT, Sec'y of State.
CHAPTER AZ.


AN ACT to Enable Townships
and incorporated Towns and Cities
to aid in the construction of rail
roads
Section l. Be it enacted bv the
General Assembly Of tho State Of
Iowa, That it shall be lawful for any
township, incorporated city or town
in the State, through which any rail
way has been or hereafter may be
located, or to which it may be conti-
guous,to aid in the construction there
Of, as!hereinafter provided.
Set. 2. Whenever petition shall
be presented to the Council or Trus.
tees of any incorporated city ortown
or any township, signed by one third
Of the resident tax payers of such
township, city or town, asking tie
question of aiding in. the construction
Of any railway to be submitted to
the voters thereof, it shall be the
duty of the trustees, or council, or
boards of trustees, to Immediately
give notice of a special election,
such notice to be given in the
manner Of notices of general elec-
tions, which notices shall specify the
rate of tax to be raised, at which elec-
ton the question of Taxation" or
"No Taxation" shall be submitted
and if a majority ofthe votes be poll
ed for taxation" then in that case
the township trustees and councils, or
trustees of cities and towns, shall at
once determine the per centum of the
same, and cause their respective
clerks or recorders to prepare and
certify to the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors, as soon as practicable,
lists fsame, which shall be an equal
per centage on the taxable property
in such township, city or town, but
said rate shall not exceed five per
cent. upon the assessed value of the
property therein.
Sec. 3. That so soon as such tax
lists are prepared, the tax herein pro
vided snail be due and collectable in
the same manner as the county tax
is collected, and it shall be the duty
Of the treasurer of tho county to pro-
ceed by himself or deputy to collect
the same, and pay it into the treas
ury of such county; and the same
shall be paid out by such treasurerup
on the order of the president or man
aging director Of the railroad compa-
ny, whose road each tax is voted to
aid which order shall be accompanied
by estimates of the engineerin charge
of the work on such road, showing
that an equal amount has been expen
ded for the construction of such
work within such county, and it is
hereby provided that the taxes 80
raised by any township, city or town
shall be only expended to aid in the
construction ofsuch road within such
township or the one contiguous there
to, as near as practicable, Provided,
that any tax payer producing to
the county treasurer prior to the col
lection of the tax q voucher of the
proper officer of the railroad compa-
ny showing that his tax has been
paid to the satisfaction of the COM
pany, shall, on fling the same with
the county treasurer be discharged
from the tax.
Sec. 4. All acts or parts of acts
conflicting with the provisions Of this
act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. This Get being deemed Of
immediate Importance shall take eff
ect and be in force from and after it's
publication in the Iowa State Regis
ter and Iowa Evening Statesman,
newspapers published at Des Moines
Iowa.
This bill having remained with the
Governor three days, Sundays ex-
cepted,) the General Assembly being
in session, has become a law this 27
day Of March 1868.
ED. WRIGHT, Sec'y Estate.
hereby certify that the foregoing
act took effect by publication as re-
quired in Section 5 thereof, on the
30th day of March 1868.
ED. WRIGHT, Sec'y of State.