Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-10
LAWS OF IOWA.


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rights aequisel bv or under the laws Of hi
State, and aMlands in such case which hAv
been grantA3 to aid in the construction Q
said road, 81 any part thereof, by this Stat
or the United States, held by said consolida
ted company, or by any person or person
i, through or under them shall DO fOrfeits,
I'd shall revert TO this State, any convey
| ancc or membranes Of said company, /,
the contrary Notwithstanding.
SEc. ANY person who, u the date d
the fling in the proper department q Wash
ington, ofthe maps showing the location o.
the route or line, Of the Mississippi And Mis-
souri, Railroad. in compliance with the r..
qurcments Of section q, chapter l, Of TIL
acts ofthc Extra Session Of the Fifth 0cuss'
al Assembly, was in the actual occupation
and had made improvements on any Of said
lands, and has remained in the continuous
occupation off same to the daes Of the
taking effect Of this act, and the grantees ol
any person, having such occupancy with in
provements when such grantee aud his grant
or have been in such continuous occupation,
shall have the right to purchase one hum
dred and sixty acres, OF the land thus oecu>
pied, and improved, upon the tsrns end con.
ditions hereinafter provided.
SEC. s. Any person wishing 10 avail
himself Of the preceding section, shall with
in four months from the taking eject of this
file his application for such purpose 10 The
Comfy Court Of the county in which sscA
lands may be situated, with the proofs Il
writing, showing his right to make such par-
chase under the provisions Of he peecsd>
ing section, and showing that he ~ never
directly, OF indirectly, received any Of ths
benefits secured to actual settlers on any
lands embraced in said grant, either By this
act or BY the provisions Of sectious -, elsv.
en- and twelve Of an Act in the pssce1iae
section mentioned, . copy Of which applisa-
ton and proofs shall be personally served
upon the Secretary Of said Company. II
such proofs shall establish the rightof The ap.
rlicant to make such purchase, and that he
has rot directly or indirectly, purchased any
other lands embraced in said grant. under
the provisions Of this act or the act above
mentioned, the Count ahall give him Ser.
ti6cate setting forth such facts, . copy Of
which shall Be- personally served upon the
Secretary Of said Company. The applicant
shall, within ninety days after NE ssecstioa
of such certificate, pay to the Ttsasnser AZ
State, for the use ofsaid Company, one asi-
lar and twenty-five cents per aers ..s ~
lands described in the certificate, for Which
the Treasurer shall execute duplicate re-
ceipts, one Of which shall be endowed On
said certificate, and the other shall b dsliv>
eredto the Secretary Of said Company.
Either party shall have the right 70 appeal
from the decision Of the County Court to the
District Court in the same manaee a. sp.
psals are taken from the judgmsats o. NE
Justices Of the Peace, within niaety days ~
er the decision Of the County Court and the
,ause triable by the first method Of trying
EQUITY causes, the applicant being the plain
if and the Company the defendant, and the
court in its final decree, shall make such Or.
Ter touching the title rnd she deposition Of
he moneys deposited with the State Treas>
lrer as the law and the facts require. When
10 appeal is taken in the time above dcscrib.
d the title shall vest inthe applleant, and
he moneys 90 paved 10 the Treasurer Of
staae, shall be held By him and paid to said
Company, when il shall have been vested
With complete title to said lands under this
lct. As
SEC. s. That nothing contained 10 this
ct shall be so construed ~ TO AFFECT any
light heretofore acquired by third parties to
ny lands claimed under said grant, aad the
PROVISIONS of An act Of the General Assem-,
'ly Of Iowa, entitled I" An act 10 quiet the d.
lie to certain lands sold BY the State Of
owa, TO individuals as part Of tho Dss
ioines River Grant," approved April ID,
sec, are hereby ratified and coa6saei !,
nrocided, That said consolidated Railroad
company shall relinquish to the County Of
all right or claim which Il
'ow has, or may hereafter acquire, y cay
,onds or Agreements to take stock or in>
ebtedness heretofore voted BY the Cosuty
( Pottawattamie 10. or in aid Il ~ eoas
truction Of the Mississippi Ard Missouri
railroad, 20 far as said ccnsolidoAsd Hall
Dad Company is concerned, all acts. vooss,
lecrecs or, agreements on the part Of
County TO issue bonds 70 he
Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company
re hereby declared null and roid.
SEC. Z. This act being deemsa BY ths
GENERAL Assembly ofimmediase importance
hall take effect and be in force from and
fter its publication in the Daily State Rg.
ster and losra Ersning Nasesmas, sewsps.
'ers published Des Moines, Iowa.
Approved February llth, 1868.
hereby certify that the foregoing Act
ook effect BY publication a., seqsned in
'ection I thereof on the l3th day Of Feb
cary, AID. 1865.
EDWRIGhT, seey ofstaas.
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