Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-04-17

AhlHG thect VI tHls hCks HE MS hp-
plicatlon for such purchase in the
County Court OF the county I'm which
such lands may be situated, with the
proofs In writing, showing his right
TO make such purchase under the
provisions of the preceding section,
and showing that he has never d.
rectly, or indirectly, received auy of
the benefits secured to actual settlers,
on any lands embraced In said grant,
either by this act or by the provisions
Of sections ten, eleven and twelve of
an act In the preceding section men,
toned, copy Of which application
and proofs shall be personally served
upon the Secretary OF said Company.
Ii such proofs shall establish the
right of the applicant to make such
purchase, and that he has not either
directly or indirectly, purchased any
other lands embraced I'm said grant,
under the provisions of this act or OF
the act above mentioned, the Court
shall give him q certificate setting
forth such facts, acopy of which shall
be personally served upon the Secre-
tary of said company. The appli-
cant shall, within ninety days after
the execution of such certificate, pay
to the Treasurer of State, for the use
OF said company, one dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre for the
lands described In the certificate, for
which the Treasurer shall execute
duplicate receipts, one of which shall
be Endorsed on said certificate, and
the other shall be- delivered tn the
Secretary of said compeny. Either
party shall have the right to appeal
from the decision of the County
Court to the District Court i'm the
same manner as appeals are taken
from the judgements of Justices of
the Peace, within ninety days after
the decision of the County Court, and
the same shall be tried I'm tile Dis
trict Court as cause triable by the
first method of tying equity causes,
the applicant being the plaintiff and
the company the defendant, and the
court In Its final decree, shall mske
such order touching the title and the
disposition of the moneys deposited
with the State Treasurer MS the law
and the facts require. When no APP
peal II taken I'm the time above de-
scribed the title shall vest In the ap-
plicant, aud the moneys So paid to
the Treasurer of State, shall be held
by him and paid to said company
when IL shall have been vested with
o complete title to said lands under
this act.
SEC. 9. That nothing contained In
this act shall he so construed az TO af.
feet any rights heretofore acquired by
third parties to any lands claimed
under said grant, and the provisions
of an net OF the General Assembly oil
Iowa, entitled "An act To quiet the
title to certain lands sold by the State
of Iowa to individuals as part of the
Des Moines River Grant, approved
April I'd, 1865, are hereby ratified
and confirmed. Provided, That said
consolidated Railroad company shall
reiinquish To the county ofPottawat-
tanie all right or claim which IL now
has, or may hereafter acquire, to any
bonds or agreements to take stock, OF
| Indebtedness heretofore voted by the
county of Pottawattamie to, or In aid
OF the construction of the Mississippi
and Missouri Railroad, SO far as said
consolidated Railroad company Ia
concerned, all acts, votes, DEGREES, OIL
agreements ON the part OF pottawat.
Lduiic couHty 10 ISSUE DOHUs I'd Tic
Mississippi and Missouri Railroad
company are hereby declared null and
void.
Sec. 7. This act being deemed by
the General Assembly OF the State oi
Iowa, of Immediate importance, shall
take effect and be In force from and
after Its publication I'm the State Reg,
lister, and Ereaing 1stdtesmon, news
papers, published ut Des Moines
| Iowa.
Approved February 18th, 1868.
| hereby certify that the foregoing
Act took effect by publication, as re.
| quircd In Section thereof, on the
18th day of February. A. ID. 1858.
ED WRIGHT,
| Sec'y Of State.