Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-05-22
LAWS OF IOWA.
CONTINUED ssox OUTSIDE.

CONTINUED PROM OUTSIDE.
less than sixsy>fve miles Of said road from
their present terminus graded during the
present aud ensuing calendar year.
FDfh-That rs soon as satisfactory evil
dsnee shall be furnished to the Governor
that all the claims herein provided for have
been settled and paid, or fully discharged,
whether BY the sale q the land, or BY pay>
ments made BY said railroad company, he
shall execute and deliver 10 the Des Mo;nes
Valley Railroad Company, or 70 their as
signs, . deed or deeds in the name of the
State Of Iowa, without warranty, for all the
lands embraced in the SAID act of Congress,
approved July II. 1861, save and except the
one hundred thousand acres hereinbefore
reserved for the construction of said road
above the city Of Des Moincs to For, Dodge !;
and except alss any lands embraced in said
grant which may have been reserved by any
act passed prior hereto by the State Of Iowa
for the protection or benefit of settlers or
persons Claiming homesteads thereon and
the settlement made and approved June 10th,
1866, By the Census Board Of the State Of
Iowa with the Des Mones Valley Railroad
Company, and the settlement with the United
States therein referred to are hereby ratified
aud confirmed.
SEc. |. In case Of Noncompliance By said
railroad company, With the foregoing condi~
tons by il to be performed, then, without
further legislation, this act shall have the
force aud effect Of AZ act presumption and
all rights Of said company in and to said
lands Or any part thereof, heretofore or here.
by granted TO said company, and not at the
time Of such failure actually conveyed by the
State TO said company, shall be forfeited to
and reves,ed in the State of Iowa, as full as
| If the grant thereof had never been made By
the State.
| SEC. 3. This act shall be accepted BY the
said railroad company, aud evidenced by the
signature OF he President and Secretary Of
said company, with the corporate seal there's
| of, within thirty days from the approval Of
this act, but the non-acceptance by the said
Des Moines Valley Railroad Company ofthe
act shall not prevent all the foregoing pro-
visions thereof from having the same opera
lion and efFec: as II the same had been ac-
eep,ing the provisions Of this act shall at all
times be sabjeci to such rules, regulations
and rates ofiaria for transportation offrvigh,
and passengers as may from time to time be
enacted By the General Assembly Of the
State of Iowa.
SEC. 4. So much Of section three Of chap.
ter log, OF the laws OF the Tenth General As
sembly. and Of other laws and provisions re-
lating thereof, including section five OF said
chapter, as requires the lands herein before
referred TO. or any part ;hereofto be classified
or graded by commissioner, and all other
acts and parts Of acts inconsistent. with this
act are hereby repealed.
SEC. 5. This &C. shall be in force and
have effect from and after its publication IN
the STATE i.s -g-::.sf'r and Freni'.5 Statesman,
papers pablished in Des Iaines, Iowa.
|. Approved March, 81, 1865.
/ do hereby certify that the foregoing Act
took ehee, by publication, a. required by Sec
ton 5.tasEsef. on the I'd day Of April, A. d.
lsss.