The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-05-13

| lug S3lu eleCLlOu, tile llHe OF FOaU
proposed to be aided, the rate per
centuln of tax to. be raised, and the.
township or townships, incorpora.
ted town or city in which such tax
shall be expended, at which cleo
tion the question Of "taxation" or
mo taxation" shall be submitted,
and if majority of the votes poll
ed be "for taxation" then in that
case the township clerk, recorder
or clerk OF said election shall forth.
withcertify to the county auditor
the rate per centun Of the tax thus \
voted by such township, city or
town. The board of supervisors
shah, at the time Of lcvying. the or
dinary taxes next following said
special election, levy alf taxes vo- d
ted under the provisions of this J
act, and cause the same to be pla- :
eed On the tax lists Of the proper
townships, cities or towns, and /
said taxes shall be collected Mt the (
same time, in the same manner,
and be subject to the same penal
ties for non payment as other tax B.
es 8; Provided, that the aggregate
amount Of tax levied under the H
PROVISIONS of this act, in any town.
ship, city or town, shall not exceed
five per ccntum of the assessed val
ue Of the property Of said town
ship, city or town. r. y,3 a
Sc. 8. The Funds collected un-
der the provisions of this act shall
be paid out by he'county treasurer
to the treasurer of the railroad
company upon the orders
of the president, or managing
director Of the railroad company, =
whose road such tax has been vo-
ted to aid which orders shall be
accompanied by sworn estimates
of the engineer IN charge of the
work on such road showing that
double the amount Of such orders
has been expended for the construc- i
tlon Of such road, in accord ance
with the terms Of the notice proyi-
ded for in section two of this act,
and also by q certificate signed by !
the members of the council or
board of trustees, or majority Of
the members thereof, Of the town
ship, city OF town, voting the tar :
tor which said orders are drawn,
to the effect that the provisions Of
this act have been 50 complied with
as to entitle' said company to the
amount called for by such orders,
and it is hereby expressly provided
that no part Of the funds raised nm
der the provisions Of this act, shall
be expended in any other townships !,
than those specified in, the notice
| Of election P'ocided, however,
that should the said taxes not, be :
drawn from the county treasury in
accordance with the provisions Of
this act by the railroad company
| in whose favor the same may have
been voted, within two years after
the date of the collection thereof,
then the right Of said railroad COM,
pany to said funds shall be deemed
forfeited, and the same shall be-
repaid by, the county treasurer to
the persons from whom the same
may have been collected. "'"'22@ %
Sec. 4. All railroads construct
| ed by or with the aid of any taxes.
ieyied and collected under the.pro-- 1
visions Of this act, shall be subject
to the centrol Of the General AS
sembly in regard to the manage
ment Of the same and the charges
for the transportation of freight
/ and passengers thereon. yuGg4
| Sec. 5. All acts or parts 6 acts
conflicting with the provisions of
this act are hereby repealed. 'i'''-.l
| Sec. 6. This act being deemed
by the General Assemble Of i,nme-,
I,diate Importance, shall take effect
from and after it publication in the
Iowa State Register and the Des
Moines Statesman, newspapers
published in Des Moines, Iowa. -
/ Approved April u, 1876.
| I, Ed Wright, Secretary Of State,
hereby certify that the foregoing
act was published in the Daily
Iowa State Register and the Des
Moines Daily Statesman, April le,
1870. =
Ed WRIGur, Secretary Of State.