Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-05-05
OF IOWA
PUBLISHED by AUTHORITY.
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CHA TEX o..
AN ACT amending Articla3 Chapter
So of the Revision Of 1851 granting
right of way to Railroad Companies.
SECTION BE it enacted b3tte Ger-
erat assembly Of the State Of io,Au, That
the words mon resident" as used in
Article of Chapter 55 Of the Rtfision
OF 1860, and in this Act, shall 3D. held
to mean persons not residing ins the
county in which are the, lands over
which the right of way is requiredA
SEC. =. When any Railroad Coyp-
pany desires I'd locate its road over the
lands of any ndn resident, no demand
of right OF way shall be necessary, ex-
cept the publication of the notice here
in provided for.
SEC. 3. Notice5or condemning right
of way for railroad purposes, over the
lands of non residents, may be sub
stantially in the following form, to-wit:
"KIGHT-oF-WAYN OTICEa"
To (here name each person twho Is
known to be NONRESIDENT owner Of
any lands in the county over which
the right of way is Adesired) anu ill
other persons having, any interest In,
or owning any of the following de-
scribed. Real Estate, to-wit: there de-
scribe by numbers, in tracts not ex-
ceeding one sixteenth Of Assertion each.
thus: N + 4 of N WI and n WI Of N
WI of Section s, N E4 of n Ef, N WI
of N E4 Of Section 6, all iD Township
SO, Range %, etc.) you are thereby no.
titled that the. Railroad Com
pany, has located q line Of railro, d
over the above described real estate,
and desire the right of way over the
same, to-wit: strip or belt Of land.
feet i'm width, through the center
of which strip or belt Of land, the CEN
ter line of said railroad will run, leav-
ing .............. feet OH each site of said
center line, together with such widths
as may be necessary for berrhes, waste
banks and burrowing pits, and wood
and water stations: and unless you
proceed to have the damages to the
same appraised according to law on or
before the ........ day Of ........, A. d.,
lS... Ia date at least four weeks after
the first publication of the notice. said
Company will proceed to have the
| same appraised on the ......day of ......,
Ia date at least eight weeks after the
first publication of the notice. at which
time you will be at liberty to appear
before the appraisers on the subject Of
the assessment of damages tn your land.
.....................R Railroad Company.
BY ................. Attorney or ...............
Right Way Agent;
Which notice shall be published in
some newspaper In the county, IL there
be one, and if there be no newspaper
in the county, then in the nearest
county, through which the proposed
railroad runs, in whic!i there's a news
paper, for at least eight successive
weeks, prior to the day fixed for APP
praisement, at the instance Of tile
Railroad Company, and shall be suffi-
Gent demand of and notice to all per-
sons having any interest In any Of the
lands DESERT ed In the notice.
SEC. 4. The appraisement may be
| made and returned in larger tracts
| than 30 acres, and all the lands ap-
pearing of record to belong to one per-
son, and lying In one tract, may be
included in one appraisement and re-
turn, unless the Agent or Attorney OF
the Company. or the appraisers shall
have actual knowledge that the tract
80 appearing Of record does not belong
wholly to the person In whose name
It appears OF record; and I'm case OF
such knowledge, the sppraisement
shall be made Of the different parcels,
as they are known to be owned.
SEC. s. All Acts and parts Of Acts
inconsistent with this Act are hereby
repealed.
SEC. 0. This Act being deemed ly
the General Assembly of immediate
Importance, shall take effect and he in
force from and after its publication IN
the Weekly State Register and Daily
Bulletin, newspapers published III Des
Moines. Iowa.
Approved April s. 1870.
l hereby certify that the foregoing
Act was published In the Weekly STATE
Register on the ........ day of .....-.and
lin the Daily Bulletin April 8. 1870.
Ed WRIGHT, Secretary Of Stste
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