North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-05-25

Sec. 2. Whenever a petition shall be
presented to the council or trustees of any
incorporated town or city, or trustees of
any township, signed by ene-third of the
resident tax payers of such township, city
or town asking the question of aiding in
the construction of any railroad to be sub
mitted to the voters thereof; it shall be
the duty of the trustees, or council, or
board of trustees to Immediately give no.
tice of special election, by publication in
SEINE newspaper published in the county,
if any be published therein, and also by
posting said notice in five public places in
each township, city or town, at least 20
days before said election, which notice
shall specify the time and place of holding
said election, the line of road proposed to
be aided, the rate of per centum of tax to be
raised, and the township or townships, in
corporated town or city, in which such tax
shall be expended, at which election the
question of taxation or "no taxation
shall be submitted, and if majority of
the votes polled be "for taxation" then in
that case the township clerk, recorder or
clerk of said election shall forthwith certi-
fy to the county auditor the rate per GEN.
tum of the tax thus voted by such town
ship, city or town. The board of super
visors shall, at the time of levying the
ordinary taxes next following said election,
levy all taxes voted under the provisions
Of this act, and cause the same to be placed
on the tax list of the proper township,
cities or towns, and said taxes shall be
collected at the same time, in the manner,
and be subject to the same penalties for
non-pavment as other taxes provided,
that the aggregate amount of tax levied
under the provisions of this act, in any
township, city or town, shall not exceed
five per centum of the assessed value of
the property Of said township, city or
town.
Sec. 3. The Funds collected under
the provisions Of this act shall be paid
out by the county treasurer to the trea-
surer of the railroad company, upon the
orders Of the president or managing d.
rectors of the railroad company, whose
road such tax has been voted 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 construction of
such road, in accordance with the notice
provided for in section two of this act,
and also by certificate signed by the
members of the council or board of trus-
tees, or majority of the members there
of, Of the township, city or town, voting
the tax for which said orders are drawn,
to the effect that the provisions of this
act have been so complied with as to en-
title said company to the amount called
for by such orders, and it is hereby ex-
pressly provided that no part of the
funds raised under the provisions of this
act, shall be expended in any other town.
ships than those specified in the notice
of election; Provided, however, that
should the taxes not be drawn from the
the county treasury in accordance
with the provisions of this act by the
rail road 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
company 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 col
lected.
By virtue af the above act of the last
General Assembly of Iowa, the people of
Mendon Township will, on the first day of
June next, vote for or against Tax to
aid the Dubuque and Minnesota Rail Road
company through Mendon Township. 1t
will be noted that no part of the Tax can
be called for by the company till they have
expended twice the amount called for on
the line in the Township designated, and
as the most expensive part of the work of
the whole line lies within six miles of
McGregor, above and below, ten times
the amount Of our tax will have to
be expended within that distance for actu-
al labor and material, exclusive of iron,
spikes, &C., purchased elsewhere. The
tax voted will not be levied till fall, and
will not be collected till March, and we
are authorized to say if the company is
not then actually progressing with their
work, no collection will be made and no
penalties will accrue until the Company
are prepared to receive the tax in accord
ance with law. We would earnestly urge
every citizen of this township to do all
in his power, on the day of the election,
to secure full vote, that the vote "for''
may not only carry, but carry by an over
whelming majority. A. Z. JONES.
ID. BAUGH.