Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17
CHAPTER "a.

AN ACT to provide for surveying lands
or lots in certain cases
SECTION 1. BE it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly ofthe State of Iowa, That
In all cases where any person or persons,
company or corporation has, or may
hereafter divide any town lot or parcel
Of ground within any incorporated town
or city, or any tract of land containing
forty acres or less in such manner that
the subdivisions cannot be accurately
described without noting the metcs and
bounds, with view to sell said lots or
lands in parcels, it shall be the duty Of
such person or persons, company or
corporation, to cause such lots or lands
to be surveyed, and Il plat thereof made
by the surveyor of the county where
such lots or lands are situated, which
plat shall particularly describe and set
forth the lots or parcels Of land surveyed,
as aforesaid; the lots or sub divisions
thus made shall be numbered in pro-
gressive numbers, and the plat shall
show the number and location of each lot
or subdivision, and the description of
the lot or tract of land of which such
land is part and also the quantity of
land in each lot. said plat shall be GER
titled to by the surveyor, and recorded
in like manner as the plats of towns are
required to be certified to and recorded.
Lands or lots described in any deed or
conveyance, or for the purpose of taxa
ton, in accordance with the number and
description set forth in the plat afore.
said, shall be deemed good and valid
description of the lot or parcel of land
SO described, and no deed or convey
ance of any such lot or parcel of land
shall be filed for record and recorded
until the surveying, plating, and record
ing Of such land into lots or parcels shall
have first been made in accordance with
the provisions Of this act.
Sec. 2. When any town lot, parcel OF
ground, or any tract of land containing
forty acres or less, heretofore has been,
| or may hereafter be sub divided as con-
templated in the cases described in the
proceeding section, it shall be the duty
of the owner or owners thereof, when
required SO to do by the assessor, to
cause the same to be surveyed, and the
plat thereof recorded in like manner as
is required, in the foregoing section; and
| if such owner or owners shall refuse OF
| neglect to cause such survey to be made
within reasonable time after being
notified by the assessor, it shall be the
duty of the assessor to cause such sur.
| vey to be made and recorded, and the
| expense thereof to be returned by the
assessor to the county auditor, who shall
add the same to the tax assessed upon
the real property of each of the respec
tive owners, pro rata, according to the
value, and it shall be collected with and
in like manner as the assessed tax ant
shall go into the general county fund t.
reimburse the county for the money pait
out for surveying, plating and record
ing.
Sec. g. When such survey and pla
have been made, and such plat duly re-
corded as herein before provided, the
county surveyor shall return to til,
county auditor statement of all thu
expenses of such surveying, plating ant
recording, verified by his oath, as to thu
amount and correctness of the same
which when approved and allowed by
the board Of supervisors shall be paid by
the county to the persons who rendered
the services of surveying plating and
recording, or who procured and paid fol
the same. And it is hereby expressly
provided that in case the owner OF
owners neglect, fail, or refuse for ten
days after notice by the assessor to pro-
cure such surveying, plating, and re-
cording to be performed, it shall be the
duty of assessors to procure the me to
be done as aforesaid, and in all such
| cases no assessors return shall he re.
ceived or deemed complete, nor shall he
receive any compensation for his services
until the requirements of this act shall
have been carried into effect And when
any owner or owners Of lots or lands as
aforesaid shall be unknown to the assess.
or, or if known, non-residents Of the
county, then the ten days notice aforc-
said shall not be required, and the as.
SCISSOR may proceed Immediately to
procure the same to be surveyed. plated
and recorded in the manner described by
the terms of this act.
SEC. 4. This act being deemed by the
General Assembly of immediate impor
lance, shall take effect from and after its
publication in the Iona State Register
and State Leader, newspapers published
in Des Moines, Iowa
Approved April II, 1872.
hereby certify that the foregoing &C,
was published in the Daily Iowa State
Register and Daily State Leader April
10, 1872.
ED WRIGHT,