Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-08-14

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outside u TIC slxmile limits of said grant,
and upon completion of said branch as above
prov ld,d, be shall execute patent for SAID
lands To SAID company.
Sgo. 4. That SO much fsaid land>grsnt
as is applicable TO the uncompletcd portion
OF the road as aforesaid west Of Iowa Falls,
excepting the lands hereby granted TO said
Dubuque. Bellevue 4 sabula Railroad Com
parry. is nercey granted TO and conferred
upon the said Iowa Falls 4 Sioux City Rail.
road Company, subject To the terms and
conditions OF the act of Congress granting
tho said lands, dated the fifteenth day OF
Nav, A. u. 1856, and the net arendatefy
thereto, and the net OF Congress passed the
present session; and also subject TO the
terms aud coalitions of this act ms hsreir
expressed rs follows. to>wit The road shall
be completed ms trst>class road from Iowa
Falls ON the route now surveyed, located,
and partly graded, through Webster City
and Fort Dodge, and the depot buildings
shall bc erected on the grounds heretofore
donated by the people OF sail towns for that ,
purpose, and shall be completed thence 10
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 a good,
substantial rail, weighing not less than fifty
six pounds per linear yard. The road shall
be completed to Fort Dodge by the first day
OF Jay, 1869, the time now fixed by act OF
Congress one half of the balance within one
year from that time, and the remainder be,
fore the first day OF January. A. ID. 1872
and said road, when any twenty miles shall
be completed, shall be subject to the lease
OF the Illinois Central Railroad Company,
transferred TO the Iowa Falls 4 Sioux City,
by the Dubuque 4 Sioux City Railroad com
pany, and shall be operated IS one continu>
Gus and unbroken through line Of railroad
from Dabuqae TO Sioux City.
SIC. 5. Said lands SO granted as afore>
said, TO the Iowa Falls 4 Sioux City Rail-
road Company shall be patented by the Gov.
ernor to said company as the same shall be
earned BY the building of said road, but no
pa,en, shall be issued by him for any por.
ton OF said lands until at least seventy>Gye
miles of the road shall be completed, and
:. no patent shall be made for any lands
more than forty mile. in advance Of the point
to which said road may hs constructed from
tine TO time" as provided By said act Of
Congress. No patent shall be made for any
lands located within fifty nliles of Sioux Ci>
ty, until said company shall have its entire
road completed 10 Sioux City, except for
such road as said company NAV cause to be
built and operated from Sioux City eastward,
and when said company shall have forty
miles o. 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 c, mpany aud no pat.
ent shall include lar ds situated in more than
oue county, and such patent shall be, by
said company, recorded in the county where
said lands lie, anu certified copy Of the
record Of the same may be used MS evidence
with the same effect rs the original. and in
case any of said lands her.hy granted are
now, aud we're on the first day Of January
last, occupied by actual settlers residing
thereon AID improving the same, upon such
settler making proof TO the satisfaction Of
the Register of the State Laul Office of such
settlement and improvement, be shall be Ell.
htled to purchase not exceeding one-quarter
section OF laud Of the State at the rate Of
s. 80 per acre. and when such land shall
have been earned by the extension Of said
road, upon the payment to the said compa.
ny Of said sum, the Governor shall execute
! patent 10 each actual settler for said
and.
SIC. 6. The Legislature shall have the
power 10 resume the Lands not earned at the
Time Of such resumption. on default OF said
company 10 build said road to Fort Dodge
BY the frs; day OF july, 1869, or any portion
)f the road within the time limi.ed heiein,
,r in case they shall be satisfied that said
company is not pushing forward the work
IN said road with reasonable diligence, SO as
o warrant the belief that the whole line will
De completed to Sioux City by tie first day
If January, 1872.
Size. !. TIE said Iowa Falls / Sioux |
,iiy Railroad Company shall signify their |
.cerTiance of the terms and conditions of |
his act. bs written instrument, signed by |
he President Of said company, to he fled /
With the Governor, within thirty DAYS after |
he passage q this act. Tie company ae
'ep.iu1 the provisions Of this act shall st all |
iiaes, be subject to such rules, regulations. I
md rates os tariff for the l. anspor,aton oil |
rel sht and po.sengeis as may from time 70
ime be enacted bv the General Assembly |
1 the State Of Iowa. fthe said Iowa Fall. |
Sioux City Railroad Company shall fail
II refuse 10 accept Of this grant upon the
ondiiians hereby imposed ard in the time
nd manner as herein required, the census
'oard of this State is hereby authorized by
roper writing with the seal of the State afs
Xed thereto, TO confer the same upon such
ar,y or company as shall il their jadg>
nent. e competent to carry the enterprise
ereiuhefore provided for in good faith. aud
shch shall accept the grant by proner
written instrument duly executed aid at
esi-d. and shall sile the same in the Office
{ the Secretary OF this State, subject to all
he sections Of this act, and the same shall
'e applicable to such raaraut-e. suhjee, TO
II the terms and conditions Of this uct as if
uil; named originally herein.
Sfe. !. Nothing In This act contained
hall be construed to aFec, in any way the
ties, rights, or interests Of persons Or cor,
'orations not expressly named in this act.
SEC. 9. This act being deemed OF imme.
late importance shall be in force sf,er It's
publication in the Daily STATE Register. and
Daily Erening Statesman, newspapers pub,
ishea at Des MONIES. Iowa.
Approved April /. 1868
] hereby certify that the foregoing Ac,
ook effect by publication, as required bv
section 8 thereof, on the 22d dav OF April,
l. d. lsGe.
ED WRIGHT.