The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-04-08
I.i.yS OF IOWA.
Published by Authority.
CHAPTER %.

... CHAPTER 20.
| AN ACT to amend Section 8, of Chap
ter l1S Of the Laws of the Tenth
General Assembly, and Section II
of Chapter llS Of the Laws Of the
Ninth General Assembly, and to
regulate the sale Of schoel lands .
| SECTION /. Belt enacted by the
General Assembly Of tho state of
Iowa, That section 8 Of Chapter 11S
of. the Laws ;of-the Tenth General
Assembly be and the same is hereby
repealed, and that in lieu thereof the
following is hereby enacted: ''SBc.
3. Hereafter no part Of the six
teenth section, nor land selected in
lieu thereof. nor any part Of tho Five
Hundred Thousand Acre Grant, nor
any other, school lands whatsoever,
shall be sold for less sum than the
minimum price Of six dollars per
acre, except assby law hereinafter
pre- evidcd, and in no case for less than
the amount at which it has been ap-s
praised; provided, however, that the
sale Of section No. sixteen, township
Inincty-t range thirty ono. and
lots numbers two, three. fur, five,
six and seven, in section sixteen.
township ninety three, range thirty
four in Pocahontas county, sold by
the Board Of Supervisors Of said
county prior to the receipt Of the
Resolution Of this General Assembly
withdrawing school lands from sale
by tho Auditor Of said county shall
not be, affected hy the passage Of
said Resolution.
SEC. ,. No School Lands of any
kind shall be sold until there shall be
at least twenty five legal voters resi-
dent in the Congressional township
in which said school land is situated,
and in fractional township Of less
than thirty six sections the numbc
of voters residing therein, must have
at least the same ratio to twenty-five
as the number Of sections, or parts Of
sections in said township has to thir-
ty-six, which fact in Ill cases must
bc shown to the satisfaction Of the
Board of Supervisors
SEC 3. Where the Board of Su.
pervisors of any county shall have
once at least, offered for sale any
school lands in compliance with the
requirements Of sections 1870 and
1871 Of the Revision of 1860 and Of
this Act, and are unable to sell ths
same for as large an amount as tho
minimum price of six dollars per
acre, and if in the opinion of the
said Board Of Supervisors said land
cannot be sold for that price. and it
is for the best interests of tho school
Fund that the same be sold for a less
price, then, and in that case said
Board of supervisors may instruct
the Auditor CT said county to trans-
nit by mail, or otherwise. to tho
Register Of the state Land Office =
certified copy If the proceedings of
said Board Of supervisors in relation
to the order Of the sale of said land.
and subsequent proceedings in rela-
tion thereto, including the action ef
the Township Trustees. and the prico
per acre at which said lands shall
have been appraised, which tran
script the Register OF the state Land
Office shall submit to the state Gen.
sus Board; aud if a MA jority Of said
Census Boarl, including the Register
of the state Land Ofice. shall ap-
prove of the sale of said land for less
than the minimum price of six dol
lars per acre, then the Register Of
the state Land Office shall certify
such approval to tho Auditor Of the
county from whence said transcript
came, which certificate shall be tran.
scribed in tho minute book Of tho
Board of Supervisors Of said county.
and thercupon said land may again
be offered and sold to the highest
bidder as provided in section 1871 Of
the Revision OF 1860. without being
again appraised, bat in no case un-
der the provisions of this section
shall any school land be sold for less
sum than one dollar and twenty Ave
cents Per acre.
SED. 1. Section II of Chapter
14S Of the Laws OF the Ninth Gamer
al Assembly is hereby repealed.
SIC. 5, When any lands have
been bid in by the state in behalf If
the school Fund ON execution found
ed On judgment in favor of said
Fund. such land shall be sold in tho
same manner as other school lands.
SEC. q. This act being deemed of
immediate Importance shall be in
force and take effect from and after
it's publication in the Iowa State Reg
lister and Des Moines Bulletia news
papers rnbiishedat rDes Moines Iowa
Approved March 2l, 1870. 80.
| hereby certify that the foregoing
Act was published in the Iowa State
Register and Dcs Moines Bulletin
March -, 1870. ' '''s*'~~
Ed WRranr, Secretary Of state. o
&