North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-04-22
ED WRIGHT, Scc'y of State.
CHAPTER IS.
AN ACT to Enable Townships and In
cornorated Towns AID Cities to aid !,

AN ACT to Enable Townships and In
covporated Towns AID Cities to aid in
the construction Of Railroads
SECTION |. Be ii enacted jy tie General
assembly Of the State qf Iowa, That il shall
be lawful for any township. incorporated
city or town in this State, through which
any railway has been or hereafter may lie
| located. or to which it may be contiguous,
to aid in the construction thereof, rs here
matter provided.
SECTION 2. Whenever petition shall
be presented to the Council or Trustees of
any Incorporated city or town, or any
| township, signed by one-third Of the resi-
dent taxpayers OF such township, city or
town. asking the question Of aiding in the
construction Of any railway to be submit
ted to the voters thereof, it shall be the
duty of the trustees, or council, or boards
of ,rustses, to Immediately give notice Of a
special election, such notice to be given in
| the manner Of notices Of general elections,
which notices shall specify the rate Of tax
to be raised, at which election, the ques-
ton of 'Taxation' or "No Taxation"
shall be submitted and if majority of
the votes polled be 'for taxation" then in
that case the township trustees and coun-
ellis, or trustees Of cities and towns. shall
at once determine the per centune of the
same, and cause their respective clerks or
recorders to prepare and certify to the
clerk Of the board Of Supervisors, as soon
as practicable, lists Of the same, which
shall be an equal per centage on the tax
able property in such township, city or
town, but said rate shall not exceed five
per cent. upon the assessed value Of the
property therein.
SECTION 3. That so soon rs such tax
lists are prepared, the tax herein provided
for shall be due and collectnble in the same
manner as the county tax is collected, and
1t shall be the duty OF the treasurer OF the
county to proceed by himself or deputy to
collect the same, and to pay it into tie
treasury Of such county and the same
shall be paid out by such treasurer upon
the order of the president or managing
director of the railroad company, whose
road such tax is voted to aid which order
shall be accompanied 10y estimates of the
engineer in charge of the work ON such
been expended for the construction of such
work within such county, and it is hereby
provided that the taxes So raised ty any
township, city or town shall be only ex-
pended to aid in the construction OF such
road within such township or the one
contiguous thereto, as ne T as practicable,
Pf0cidcd, that any tax payer producing to
the county treasurer PRIOR to the collection
of the tax voucher of the proper officer
of the railroad company showing that his
tax has bceu paid to the satisfaction of the
shall, on filing the same with
the county treasurer, be discharged from
the tax.
Section 4. All acts or parts of acts
with the provisions of this act
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. This act being deemed by |
the General Assembly of immediate import
ance shall take effect and be in force from
and after its publication in the Io,ca State
Register and Lo,ca Euening Statesman,
published i'll Des Moines,
Iowa.
This bill having remained with the Gov.
ernor three days, (Sunduys excepted the |.
General Assembly being in session, has
become law, this 9th day OF March, A.
D. 1868.
ED WRIGHT,
Secretary Of State.
hereby certify that tho foregoing. Act |
took effect by publication, as required in
Section S thereof, on the 30th day of
March, A. D. 1868.
ED WRIGHT, Sec'y Of State.
A sentimental Young gentleman adver.