Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-05-22

same shall DC comQlc,cj, AID Whenever tn
saia MeGNgor aud Sioux City Railway ca
shall havesoomplc,cd Ia good runuiag order
according to the provisions Of this sc,, it
railway to a point within ose nile OF S,
ChAfies City, IN Floyd eoant}.St shSt be tn
dug Of the Goyernosof thisSS,a,e t&caus
patents TO be issued g ssitffAilway coinra
ny for one hundred and ftiy sections az sal,
land, aud when the said railroad campau'
slAn ir IKE manusr. haveYSouy lie icf i,srail
way ,oyas cast ffne a. range tweiy<,wo, il
sCesro .Gorlo coIaty. then. the sad Goyerno
shall cause patents 10 be Issued @ said rail
way eowr~ry Tor one hundred and iifiy sec
tons ofland; and ~hcs the said irsilNa,
company shall IN Ike ,manper have cemple,
ted its railway TO point within ore niisc o
Algona, in kaSsuth county. then the Gov
ernor shall cause patents 10 be issued to sait
company for one hundred aud fifty section,
more of said lands and When the said rail
way company shall in ike manner, hay.
completed ita railway. to the Little Sioux
river, then the said Governor shall cause
patents to be issued to said company for al
the balance Of the lands granted for that pur
pose; procidtd, that the said railway com,
pany shall not convey or cucumber any Of
said lands prior TO the time i, shall be emit
tied TO patents therefor, - provided in this
act, and this act shall no, be so construed
rs to grant to'said railway company, or any
person or persons, whomsoever, any Of said
lands for any railroad heretofore built.
Sec. I. All lands embraced in said graz |
which were entered prior to January /,
ls66. under the homestead laws of the Uni
ted States, shall be patented by the Gov.
ernor Of this State to. the parties by whom
the same we're SO entered or 70 their heirs or
grantees, upon the payment BY them into
the State Treasury, within two years from
the passage Of this act, Of the price Of such
lands as homestsads under the laws, OF the
United States, and the money so paid for
such lands shall be held for and paid over
to said railway company when such lands
would have been earned by said company
BY the extension Of said roads Is required in
this act.
SEC. s. 1t is further expressly provided
that if said McGregor { Sioux City Rails
way Company shall fail or refuse to accept
of this grant upon the condition hereby i'm
posed, and in tune and manner a. herein
required the 4sd Panlhl Railway Com pany
may accep. the grant, within sixty days
thereafter, and shall thereby become sub
stituted to all the rights, and subject 70 Ill
the conditions kereinbefore mentioned 10
the same extent as if said AID Parallel
Railway Company had been mentioned in
this act in the place OF the AcGregor and
Sioux City Railroad Company, wherever the
same occurs therein.
SEC. 3. The said McGregor and Sioux
City Railway Company shall assent to and
accept the provisions of this act BY written
instrument under the seal Of such corpora
ton, with the signature of the proper offi-
GERS, within sixty DAYS after the passage of
this act, which said acceptance shall be filed
IN the office OF the Secretary of State and be
by him recorded 10 be book by him kept for
the recording Of articles of association. And.
as further condition of this grant and ct
the time OF the acceptance hereinbefore 70.
quired and as part there Of, the said Me-
Gregor q Sioux City Railway COMPANY shall
procure and file with the Secretary of State,
iull, absolute, legal and etfectual waiver, re-
lease aud surrender Of all claim, RICH, or in.
terest or pretended claim right or interest OF
the McGregor Western Rrilrcad Company.
its successors or assigns in or to any Of the
lands granted to this State BY act of Con.
gress approved May 18th, a. d. ls64, which
claim, right, or in,eres, arises out Of 0, il on
account OF any railroad already constructed.
Prorided, That it the Congress Of the United
States shall make any additional grant Of
land TO the State Of Iowa to aid in tho con.
struc,ion of a railroad from McGregor or any
intermediate point in O'Brien county, and
the said NcGregor and Sioux City Hallway
Company. their successors or assigns shall
comply with al the provisions of this act, and
shall construct their railroad to O'Brien
county in the manner and time as provided
in this act then this release shall not operate
to deprive said last named company, their
successors or assigns, Of land in said con-
templatei additional grant for any railroad
constructed on said line between McGregor
and o'Brien county
SIC. ID. This act being deemed Of i'm
mediate Importance snail take effect and bain
force from and after its publication in the
Daily State Register and Iowa Evening States
man.
Approved March 81. ls6S.
1 hereby certify that the foregoing Ac.
took effect by publication. as, required in sec
ton ~ thereof. on the Sd day of April, A. D.
le6s.
ED WRIGHT. see'y Of State.