The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-04-23

existing law shall be at the same
time paid over to said railroad com
pany. The said railroad company
shall also have not less than sixty
five miles ofsaid road from thcirpres-
ent terminus graded during the pres
ent and ensuing calendar year.
Fifth-That as soon as satisfactory
evidence shall be furnished to the
Governor that all tho claims. herein
provided for have been settled and
paid, or fully discharged, whether by
The sale of the land, or by payments
made by said railroad company, he
shall execute and deliver to the Des
Moines Valley Railroad Company, OF
to their assigns, q deed or deeds, in
the name of the State of Iowa, with
out warranty, for all tho lands en-
braced in said act ofCongress, approx
cd July IL, 62,save and except the one
hundred thousand acres herein be-
fore reserved for the construction of
said road above the city of Des
Moines to Fort Dodge; and except al.
so 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 settle
ment made and approved June goth,
1866, by the Censns Board OF the
State Of Iowa with the Des Moines
Valley Railroad Company, and the
settlement with the United States
therein referred to are hereby ratiti
ed and confirmed.
Sec. 2. In the case of non-com.
pliance by said railroad company,
with the foregoing conditions by it
to be performed, then, without fur
Their legislation, this act of resump-
ton and all rights Of said company
in and TO said lands or any part there
OF, heretofore or hereby granted to
said company, and not at the time OF
such failure actually conveyed by the
State 70 thecompany shall be forfeited
TO and revested in tho 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, and
evidenced by the signature Of the
President and Secretary of said com.
pany, with the corporate seal there.
OF, within thirty days from the APP
proval of this act, but the non-accep.
lance by the said Des Moines Valley
Railroad Company of the act shall
not prevent all the foregoing provis.
ions thereof from having the same on
GRAFTON and effect as if the same had
been accepted BY said company
Tbs company accepting the provis
ions of this act shall at all times be
subject to such rules, regulations and
rates Of tariff for transpor.
tation of freight and pass
engers as may from time to time
be enacted by the General Assembly
of the State Of Iowa.
Sec. 4. So much of section three oil
chapter 10S, of the laws Of the Tenth
General Assembly, and of other laws
and provisions relating thereto, in.
GLIDING section FIVE of said chapte,
as requires the lands hereinbefore re
ferred to, or any part thereof, to be
classified or graded BY commission
ers, and all other acts and parts Of
acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.
Section S. This Act, being deemed
ofimmediate Importance by the Gen
eral Assembly, shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publica
ton in the Daily State Register, and
Iowa Statesman newspapers pub
lished at Des Moines.
Approved March 4lst, 1863.
l hereby certify that the foregoing
Act took effect by publication, as re
CURED in Section 5 thereof on the
I'd day of April A. D. 1868.
ED WRIGHT. Sec'y State.