Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-04-17
LAWS OF IOWA,
Published by Authority.
CHAPTER Is.

AN ACT to Enable Townships and Incor
poratcd Towns aud Cities TO aid in the Con,
struction OF Railroads:
SEcr!oS h 4 enacted b. he General I.
| sem5ly of he .Sta;e ef Iomd Taat il shall b,
lawful for any township Incorporated city o.
town in this State through which any railway
has been or hereafter may he located. or t,
which it may be contiguous, 10 aid ia The con
struc'ion thereof, as hereinafter provided
SKcrloS Whenever petition slall be
presented 10 the Council or Trustees of any
Incorporated city or town, OF nnv township
signed by one>thirl of the resident tax payers
.: such township. city or town, asking the
questinn Of aiding in the construction Of any
railway. TO be Submitted to the vo,ors thereof
il shall be the duty OF the trustees or council
or board OF trustees, to Immediately give no.
t!ce OF special election, such notice to be Civ
Ell in the manner Of notices Of general cleo
tons, which notices shall specify the rate OF
ton of "Taxation" or No taxation shall be
submitted; and if a majority Of the votes poll
ed be ''for raxation,' then in that case the
township trustees and councils, or trustees OF
cities and towns, and shall at once determine
the per centum OF the same, and cause their re-
spectve clerks or recorders to prepare and
certify to the clerk Of the board of saperyi.
sors, as soon as practicable lists Of the same,
which shall be an equal percentage on the tax
able property in such township, city or town,
but said rate shall not exceed Ave per cent
upon the assessed value Of TIE property
therein.
SECTION 3. That so soon as such tax lists
are prepared, the tax herein provided for shall
be due and collectable in the same manner as
the county tax is collected, and it shall be the
duty OF the treasurer Of the county to proceed
by himself or deputy to collect the same, and
to pay il into the treasury Of such county; and
the same shall be paid cut by such treasurer
uIon the order of tho president or managing
director OF the railroad company, whose road
each tax is voted to ald which order shall be
accompanied By estimates Of TIE engineer in
charge Of the work on such road showing tina,
an equal amount has been expended for the
Of such work within such county,
and i, is hereby provided that the taxes 50
raised by any township, city or town shall be
only expended to aid in the construction of
such road within such township or the one
contiguous thereto, rs near rs practicable;
PToridsd, that any taxpayer producing to the
county Treasurer prior to the collection Of the
tax voucher Of the proper officer of the rail
road company showing that his tax has been
paid to the satisfaction of the company, shall,
on filing the same with the county treasurer,
be discharged from the tax.
SEcrlos 4. All acts or parts Of acts conaic-
ting with the provisions Of this act are hereby
repealed
SEcTIos 5. This act being deemed by the
General Assembly Of immediate importance
shall take effect and be in force from anu af-
ter its publication in the Iowa State Register
and Iosed EreaiHy Statesman, newspapers pub
lished at DeslIoines, Iowa.
This bill having remained with the Cover
nor three days; Sundays excepted; the Gener>
al Assembly being in session, has become
law, this 9th day Of March, a. D.. 1863
Ed. WRIGHT.
Secretary Of State.
hereby certify that the foregoing Acttook
effect by publication, as required in Section 5
thereof, on the 3oth day of March, A. D. 1863.
ED. WRIGHT, Secretary Of Stat.