The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-05-15

provided. None Of The provisiors
Of this act shall apply to cities Or
towns alrcady incorpofa ted. u Y "A
SEC. 2. Vixen the inhabitants Of
any part Of any county not embrace
cd withinthc limits Of any city or
incorporated town, shall desire to
be organized into q city or incorpo-
rated town. they may apply by pc
ltition IA writing, signed by not less
than thirty of the qualified voters Of
the territory to be embraced in the
proposed city or incorporated town
70 tho county court Of the proper
county which petition shall des-
cribe the territory supposed to be
embraced in such city or incorpora-
ted town, and shall have s,anncxsd,
thcret6'an aectrate map Sos plat
thereof, and state the name proposed
for such city or incorporated town,
and shall b. accompanied by salts
factory proSn of the number u in
habitants within the territory en-
braced in said limits. arsts gsaes
SEC. 3. When such petition shall
be presented the court shall forth
with appoint, Eve commissic ncrs,
who shall at once call an election of
the qualified electors r:siding within
said limits, rs described and plated
to be held ut some Convenient place
within said limits, the notice for
which shall be given by publication
in some newspaper published with.
in said limits, (if any there be) and
by posting notices in Eve public pla-
ices within the limits, not less than
three successive weeks proceeding
such election. Such notice shall
specify the place and tins Of such
election, and description Of the
limits Of said proposed town or city,
and that a description and plat
thereof arc on flc in the Office Of the
county judge. Said commissioners
shall act as judges and clerks Of
election, and shall qualify as re.
quircd by law for judges and clerks
Of township elections, and shall re-
port the result Of the ballot to the
county judge aforesaid. The ballot
used at such election shall be, "Fo:
Incorporation Against Incorpo-
ration. &=t4# =rsf sa tfaw.r ~-r
SIC 4 If At such election a ma
jsrity of said ballots shall be cast
tor Incorporation, the county judge
shall Immediately give notice Of the
result in newspaper Cor if there be
none, by posting, as aforesaid, and
shall state, ia the notice to which Of
the classes as named ID ectien
1918, of The revision Of 1860, said
incorporated city or town belongs;
and said county judge shall endorse
on said petition the Substance ofthe
last mentioned notice, and said Pc
tition, so endorsed, togethcr with
the description and plat. shall be
|. filcdaam recorded iu tho recorders
Office ofthe proper county. and also
acopy Of the same shall he deposit
ed with the secretary Of state.
SEC. 5. So soon rs said record
shall be made and said copy depos-
tied as required in section four, and
the election and qualification Of Of
fcers hereinafter provided shall have
taken place, the inha bitants within
the limits described in said petition
shall be deemed an incorporated
town or city IS the case may be,
and notice Of its existence as such
shall be taken in all judicial pro-
ceedings in the state.
SEC. = When the record mention.
cd in section 4 hereof shall have
been made, said commissioners shall
Immediately give public notice by
pnblica ton 4 wo c on ecutiyc weeks
in some newspaper (ifanysthcre bc)
published within the limits Of such
town or city, and also by posting up
notices in Eve public places in said
town Or city, Of tho time and place
of holding tho first election Of Off
GERS thereof Said commissioners
shall preside ut such election in tho
macner prescribed by law for tho
election and qualification, Of town
ship officers. Provided, The officers
to BE- elected shall be The same re-
quircd by chapter tifty-onc of the
Revision Of 1860, for the class to
which said town Or city shall belong
as shown by the certificate and no
tees Of the county judge required
by section 4 thereof, and shall con-
tinue in Office only until The time "
the regular election of said officers
and until their successors. arc elect
ed and qualified.
SIC. Z. Sections 1890, 1881,
1892. 1888. 1884, 1885, 1896. and
1887, Of the revision Of 1860, and
all acts or parts Of acts inconsistent
with the provisions Of this act are,
hereby repealed. D IoBt4GJa
SEC. s. This act being deemed by
the general assensbly'of tho. ststs Of
Iowa, ofimsSediSts 4nports nec, shall
take effect, and be in force from and
after its publication in the State
Register, and Iowa Evening States
man, newspapers Published at Des'
Moines Iowa - 81 s ssaasgss =
Approved April I. 1853. @
CHAPTER lO4.
An actor the Improvement Of the