The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-05-13

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AN ACTto Legalire, Confirm, and carry OF
Contract between the Dubuque a Sioux Cit
City Railroad Company, and to Extend the Tim
for completing said Railroad from Dubuque
Sioux City, ~ 6fshs certain Lands to the Du
buxue, Bellevue ! Sasula Railroad Compan
yfH The Rnitlipg Of the Tsss De 4p1s sHbnA
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of Ike Ssale of fora, That contract entered int
between the Dubuque Sioux City .Railspad Com
pany ofsthe aDt Pssk aid s6s I1GAs Falls an
Sioux City iroad Company Of the second par,
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with the franchises right Of WAY, depot grounds
and other appurtenAnces OF said road 10 be com
pleted, also Transferring al right and It'll. Of a.
said Dubs4us and Sioux luity tR.iIsosd Consss,
TO SO much Of the lands granted by Congress t
aid in the construction Of said road as shall ap
pertain TO- Or be legally applicable to the coustrue
ton ofthe unconF lstsd P6rs 81 Tie Dnbuo 81 an,
Sioux City Railroad as aforesaid, except as 10 th
lands hereinafter granted 70 the Dubuque Behave,
and Sabula Railroad Company be and is hersb,
Aicgalixed and confirmed. 90 tF {A& HF7EN =
SEC. 2. That the pro rdsn fisk sections d
land per mile, reserved by said contract 70 til,
Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad Company, and
sthe pro rata Of six Sections per mile cnaveyed by
taid'contract 70 said Iowa Fall L Sioux Ctr
Railroad Company, shall be adjusted between
said companies as follows, TO wit: The land actu-
TO saia Bubnbue and Sioux CITY Company NOT
exceeding six sections per mile for the road now
built, aad il over that number Of acres of land
have been conveyed, The excess over that amount
shall be taken of Of the west end Of the last in.
stallmsnt of the lands SO conveyed; aud in case
las @knf 4 .x,,t 10 L. Aar -.
ed as aforesaid, then sufficient amount shall be
taken to make up such pro raid from that portion
of the land grant next joining and immediate "
west practicable, 10 the Ian d. last con
veyed by said Dubuque and SOAK City Railroad
Company.
OF said land grant be and the same is hereby grant
ed to and conferred upon the Duhuque, Bellevue
and Sahua Railroad Company to aid in the con
struction Of said road. known rs the Tste Dss
Morris branch, required to be built by the act of
Congress granting said lands to the State Of lows
procided, That said company shall not cucumber
dispose of said lands until the said branch
road shall be completed and open for business and
that said branch shall be completed within two
years from the first day of January next. Said
lands shall be Of an average quality and value of
much of said lands granted by the united
States as remain undisposed Of, and tbs Gov
ernor of Iowa shall select, to be selected
the land hereby granted to said Dubuque Belle
vue and Sabula Railroad Company or cause the
same to be reserved from lands outside Of the ak
mile limits of said grant and upon ofsa
branch above provided. be shall execute pat
ent for said lands to saidcompany.
Sec 4 That much of said land grant az is
applicable to the nncompleted portion Of the road
as aforesaid, west Of Iowa Falls, excepting the
lands hereby granted to said Dubuque, Bellevue
and Sabnla Railroad Company, is hereby granted
to and conferred upon the said Iowa Falls 4 Sioux
City Railroad Company subject to the terms and
conditions of the act of Congress granting the said
lands, dated the fifteenth day Of May, A. D, 49, 8,
AID the act amcndatoIy thereto, and the act of
Congress passed the present session and also SUBJ
ject to the terms and conditions Of this act ~
herein expressed as follows, to-wt: The road
shall be completed first class road from Iowa
Falls on the route surveyed, located, and
partly graded, through Webster City and For.
Dodge,a the depot buildings shall be erected on
the grounds heretofore donated by the people of
said towns for that purpose, and shall be comple,-
ed thence to Sioux City, which route shall be at
all points within the limits of said land grant
The track Of said road shall be laid with good sub
staneial rail Weighing not less than hfty-six
pounds per linear yard The road shall be
pleted Fort Dodge by the first day Of July, lsfs,
The time now xed by act Of Congress one half
Of the balance within one year from thattime, and
the remainder before the first day of January, A.
b. 1872; and said road, when any twenty miles
shall completed subject 10 the lease Of the
the Iowa Falls and Sioux City, by the Dubuque
and Sioux City Railroad Company, and shall be
operated as one continuous and unbroken throug Oh
line of railroad from Dubuque 10 Sioux City.
Egn. 5. Said lands granted aforesaid. TO
the Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad Company
shall be patented by the Governor to said com
pany as the shall be earned by the building
Of said road, but no patent shall be isped by him
for any portion Of said lands until It least screen
ty Eve miles of road shall be completed, and tno
patent shall be made for any lands more than
forty miles in advance Of the point to which said
road may be constructed from time to time" as
provided by said act Of Congress. No patent shall
be made for any lands located within fifty miles
of Sioux City, until said company shall hare its
entire road completed to Sioux City, except for
such road as said company may cause TO he hull,
and operated from Sioux City eastward, and when
said company shall have forty miles Of road
built and operated from Sioux City eastward, then
this restriction shall cease, and such lands may be
patented for any road built by said compsny; and
no patent shall include land situate in more than
one county, and such patent shall he, by said CON
pany recorded in the county where said lands lie
end = certified eeP5 81 tie fteafa IF tic s4ue may
be used as evidence with the same effect as the
original, and in case any Of said lands hereby
granted now. and were on the first day Of
January last, occupied by actual settlers residing
thereon and improving the same upon such set
tier making proof to the satisfaction Of the Regis.
ter Of The State Land Office of such settlement and
Improvement, he shall be entitled TO purchase not
exceeding one quarter section ofland of the State
ut the rate of 81 80 per acre, and when such land
shall have been earned BY the extension Of said
road upon tue payment To the said company Of
said sum, the Governor shall execute patent to
such actual settler for said land.
SEC G. The legislature shall have the power 10
resume the lands not earned at the time Of such
resumption, on default OF said company to bnild
said road to Fort Dodge by the frst day Of July,
q ~ xrtft I, fba
limited herein, or in case they shall be satisfied
that said company is nc pushing forward the work
on said road with req Fable diligence, so as TO
warrant the belief that the whole line will be
pieed to Sioux City by the first day of January,
ls72.
Railroad Company shall signify their acceptance
of the terms and conditions OF this act, by q writ
ten instrument, signed by the President OF SAID
company, 10 be filed with the Governor, within
thirty days after the pass age of this act. The
company accepting the provisions of this act shall
at all times. be subject such rules regulations,
and of tariff for the transportation Of freight
apd Messengers mas from time to time be en-
acted by the General Assembly Of the State of
II the said Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad
Company shall fail refuse to accept Of this grant
upon the conditions hereby imposed and in the
time ard manner herein required, the census
board Of this State is hereby authorized by proper
writing with the seal of the State aixed thereto,
to confer the upon such party or company
as shall in their judgement, be competent to car
ri the enterprise provided for IN good
faith and which shall accept the grant hy 4 prop
er written instrument duly executed and attested,
and shall file the in the Office OF the secreta
~ Of this State subject to all the sections OF this
act, and the sane shall be applicable 20 such
grantee subject TO all the terms and conditions Of
this act as If fully named originally herein.
SEC S. Nothing in this act contained ehali be
construed to affect in any way the titles rights ar
interests qf persons corporations not express
ly named in this act.
SEC .. This act being deemed of immediate
Importance shall take eject and be in force from
and after its publication in the Daily State Re5s
Ter and fora Ereaing Stattsmaa, newspapers pub
lshsd at Dts Moines, Iowa.
Approved April 7, 1858.
hereby certify that the foregoing act took ef
feet by publication required in Section there
>of on the ed day Of April, A. D. 1883,
Ep WRIgar, Sec'y Of State
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AN ACT for the Encouragement Of Agriculture
and to Provide for the Distributions Of Reports
Of the State Agricultural Society.
Sgonos !. Be it enacted ~ he Ffserot A.
.eatis of tie State Of Io,co, That when any coun-
ty or district agricultural society, composed Of
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