The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-04-16
CHAPTER 20,

day of March, A. ID. 1868.
ED WRIGHT, Sec'y OF State.
CHAPTER 20.
AN ACT resuming certain rights con-
lerred upon the Dubuque and Pacific
lNow Dubuque and Sioux City, Rail-
road Company. by an Act ann:oyed
July -, 1883, and Acts amendatory
thereof, and to repeal certain laws ii.
relation thereto.
WHEREAS, by an act Of Congress,
approved May Is, 1856, there was grant
ed to the State Of Iowa, certain land to
aid In the construction of certain rail-
roads 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 cf Iowa, by an act approved
July IA. 1856, accepted said grant of
lands upon the terms, condition and re-
strictions contained in said act OF Con-
gress, and transferred and granted to
the Dubuque and Pacific (now Dubuque
and Sioux City Railroad Company that
portion of said lands granted by said act
of Congress, to aid in the construction of
railroad from the city of Dubuque, to
point on the Missouri river, at or ne,r
Sioux City, with . branch from the
month - =, --.~ oso 1'A"st-, 10 the
nearest point on said road, in considera-
ton Oh the part of said company that it
would complete and equip within the
time therein specified; and
WHEREAS, Said Company having
failed to complete and equip said road,
as required in said act, obtained by an
act Of the General Assembly Of Iowa,
approved April Z, 1862, an extension OF
time for the completion of said road in
further consideration OF tive release OF
certain lands in said last mentioned act
described; and
WHEREAS, The said Dubuque and
Pacific (now Dubuqe and Sioux City
Railroad Company has failed and re-
fused to execute the said release and
has failed to complete and equip the
nnmberof miles of their seid road :ss by
said acts of transfer and extension they
were required to have completed at this
time; thereby, at the option of the State,
annulling all their rights and title to
the lanes 20 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 re-
sumo all the rights, title and interest in
and to the remainder and residue Of the
land originally granted to said company,
and
WHEREAS, The gold faith of the State
in carrying into execution the trust con-
ferred upon her by said act of Congress,
requires that the remaining land and all
title to the same should be resumed to
the end that the road, to aid which the
same was granted, may be speedily
completed. Now, therefore,
IL. BE 1t enacted by the General as
scmby Of the State Of Io,po, That all
the right, title or interest in and to the
land heretofore granted, or intended to
be granted, to the Dubuque & Pacific
(now Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad
Company, by an act approved July IA,
1856, entitled can Act to accept the
grant and carry into execution the trust
conferred upon the State of Iowa by an
acs of Congress, entitled AN Act max
ing grant of land to the State of Iowa,
in alternate sections, to aid in the con-
struction of certain railroads in said
State, approved May Is, 1856" and act
amendatory and supplementive of the
same be and the same are hereby ahso-
lutely and entirely resumed by the State
Provided hotoeoer, that nothing in this
act contained shall be construed to effect
or in any manner impair the title of said
company, to the one hundred and
twenty sections Of said land foreach and
every twenty miles Of their read which
is now completed and equipped.
az. The fifth section of said act, ap-
proved July IA, 1856, and all other acts
and parts OF acts inconsistent with this
Act, are hereby repealed.
26. This act, being deemed of fimmedi-
ate Importance, shall take effect and be
in force from and after its publication in
the Iowa State Register, published at
Des Moines, Iowa, and the IoWu North
Kcse, ptsbtished at Fort Dodge, Iowa
Approved March 10th, 1888.