North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-08
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CHAPTER 26.
AN ACT resuming certain rights confer.
red upon the Dubuque and Pacific (now
Dubuque and Sioux City, Railroad Com
pany, by an Act approved July Ia, 1856,
and Acts amendatory thereof, and to re-
peal certain laws in relation thereto.
WHEREAS, By an act of Congress, ap--
proved May Is, 1856, there was granted
to the State Of Iowa, certain lands to aid
in the construction Of certain railroads in
said State, upon certain terms, conditions
and restrictions under which said lands
might be disposed Of, and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly of
the State of Iowa, by an act approved
July II, 1856, accepted said grant of
lands upon on the terms, conditions and
restrictions contained in said act Of Con.
gress, and transferred and .ranted to the
Dubuque and Pacific (now Dubuque and
Sioux City, Railroad Company that por-
ton of said lands granted by said act Of
Congress, to aid in the construction of u
railroad from the city of Dubuque, to a
point on the Missouri river, at or near
Sioux City, with branch from the mouth
of the Tetc Dcs Morts, to the nearest
point on said road, in consideration on
the part of said company that it would
complete and equip within the time there.
in specified; and
WHEREAS, Said company having failed
to complete and equip said road, as re.
quired in said act, obtained by an act of
the General Assembly Of Iowa, approved
April I. 1862, an extension Of time for the
completion Of said road in further consid.
GRAFTON of the release Of certain lands in
said last mentioned act described; and
WHEREAS, The said dubuque and Pa
cifc (now Dubuque and Sioux City, Rail-
road Company, has failed and refused to
execute the said releases; and has failed
to complete and equip the number of miles
of their said road as by said acts Of trans
ter and extension they were required t,
have completed and equipped at this time;
thereby, at the option Of the State. ar
nuiling all their right and title to the
lands so transferred to said company by
said act Of July IA. 1856, excepting only
one hundred and twenty sections Of said
land FOR each twenty miles Of said road,
now completed and equipped, whereby the
State has the right to resume all the right,
title and interest in uad to the remainder
and residue of the land originally granted
to said company, and
WHEREAS, The good faith Of the State
in carrying into execution the trlst con-
ferred upon her by said act of Congress,
requires that the remaining land and ali
title to the same should be resumed, TO
the end that the road, to aid which the
same was granted, may be speedily COM
pleted. Now, therefore,
SEC. /. BE IL enacted by the General A.
semby Of the State Of loaca, That all the
right title or interest in and to the land
heretofore granted, or intended to be
granted, to the Dubuque and Pacific (now
Dubuque and Sioux City, Railroad Com
p.ny, by an act approved July IA, 1856,
entitled IAN act to accept the grant and
carry into execution the trust conferred
upon the State of Iowa by an act of Con-
gress, entitled AN act making grant of
land to the State Of Iowa, in alternate
sections, to aid in the construction of GER
tain railroads in said State, approved May
10, 1885, and acts amendatory and sup
plementive Of the same be and the same
are hereby absolutely and entirely resum-
ed by the State. P'opided, houerer, that
nothing in this act contained shall be con-
strued to effect or in any manner impair
the title of said company, to the one hun
dred and twenty sections Of said land for
each and every twenty miles of their road
which is now completed and equipped.
Sec. 2. The fifth section of said act,
July ID, 1856, and all other acts
and parts Of acts inconsistent with this
act, are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act being deemed of i'm
mediate Importance, shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publication
in the Iowa State Register, published at
Des Moines, and the Iowa North West,
published at Fort Dodge. Iowa.
Approved March 10, 1868.