Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-05-01

AN ACT to enable Townships and
Incorporated Towns and Cities to
aid in the Construction of Rail
] roads.
SECTION 1. Bea enacted 6yi The
General assembly QftheaSfdfeo of Ioscu,
That it shall be lawful for any town
ship, incorporated city or town in
this State, through which any rail-
way has been or hereafter may be To-
Gated, or to which it may be contigu-
ous, to aid IN the construction thereof
as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 2. Whenever o. petition shall
be presented to the Council or Trus-
tees of any Incorporated city or town,
or any township, signed by oie-third
of the. resident Taxpayers Of such
township, city or town, asking the
question Of aiding in the construction
of any railway to be submitted 70 the
voters thereof, it shall be the duty of
the trustees, or council, or boards of
trustees, to immediately give notice
of special election, such notice to
be given in the manner of notices of
general elections, which notice shall
specify the rate'of tax TO be raised, at
which election the question of Tax
alton" or mo Taxation,' shall be
submitted; and if majority of The
votes polled be "for taXation,n then
In that case the township trustees and
councils, or trustees of cities and
towns, shall at once determine the
per contain 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 ,prac-
ticable, lists of the same, which shall
be an equal per centage on the taxa
Bile property in such township, city
or town, but said rate shall not ex-
coed five per cent. upon the assessed
value of the property therein.
SEC. 8. That So soon as such tax
| lists are prepared, the tax herein pro-
vided for shall be due and collectabie
in the same manner as the county
tax is collected, and it shall be the
'dutyof the treasurer of the county
to proceed by himself. or deputy To
collect the same, and to pay it into
the treasury of such'county and the
same shall. be paid out by such treas
urer upon the order of the president
or managing director of the railroad
company, whose road each tax is v0-
ted to aid which order shall be accom-
panied by estimates of the engineer
in charge Of the work On such road
Showing that an equal amount has
been expended for the construction
of such work within such county
and it is hereby provided that the
/ taxes so raised by any township, city
or town, shall be only expended e
aid in the construction of such road
within such township OF the one con.
tigious thereto, Us near as practicable,
froridcd, that any taxpayer produ-
cling to the county treasurer prior to
the collection of the tax a voucher oil
the proper officer of the railroad com
pany showing that his tax has been
4 paid TO the satisfaction of the compa-
ny, shall, on filing the same with
the county treaurer, be discharged
| from the tax. .t..l.- -s5.-g
SEC. a. AL acts or parts Of acts
conflicting with the provisions OF
this act are hereby repealed.
/ SEC. 8. This Act, being deemed oil
Immediate Importance by the Cen
eral Assembly, shall take effect and
be I'm force from and after its publica-
ton in tho Iowa State Register and
the Iowa EreaiRg Statesman, news
papers published in Des Moines.
This bill having remained with the
| Governor three days, (Sundays ex-
cepted, the General Assembly being
/ in session, has become n law, this q
day of March, A. ID. 1868. ~ ..'- ..
81, ED WRIGHT, l+
l. 90 . Sec'y of State.
STATE OF Iowa !
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,
t. DIES MONIES, March 9th, 1868. J
1 hereby certify that the foregoing
is true copy of the original roll now
on file in this Office. ~ ..ig.-.y... -
|. rraz,.. TO-. ..as ED WRIGHT,
.,.r.... ........r. ia Sec'y of State.