The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-07
CHAPTER IL.

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collection thereof voted to aid in
the construction of railroads.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly OF the State OF
Iowa, That the County Treasures
or Township Collectors are hereby
prohibited from collecting any tax
which has been or may hereafter be
voted to aid in the construction of
any railroad under Chapter one hum
dred aud two of the Acts of the
Thirteenth General Assembly, by the
people Of any township, incorporated
town or city, contrary to or 10 VIOLA
ton Of the terms or provisions ofany
special reservation or condition in
serted in the notices calling an cleo
ton, or contrary to any contract,
agreement, or stipulation in writing,
made between the railroad company
to be benefited BY such tax, and the
township, town or city authorities,
for the benefit of the people, or con.
trary to resolutions or Inducements
in writing extended BY said railroad
company to the people, before and
after voting said aid, nor shall any
such taxes become due, bear interest,
become delinquent, collectable or
payable contrary to such provision,
special reservation, condition, reso.
luton, inducement, contract, agree
ment, or stipulation IL writing.
SEc.2 That certified copy made
By the trustees or proper officers Of
any township incorporated city or
town, ofsny such special reservation,
condition, resolution, induoement,
contract, agreement or stipulation in
writing shall te notice Of the matters
therein contained to such treasurer
or township collector, and he shall
take due notice and be governed &C.
cordingly.
SEC. 3. That oil taxes now levied,
Or that may hereafter BE- levied. under
of tho acts Of the Twelfth General
Assembly. and also under the provis-
ions Of chapter one hundred and two
of the acts Of the Thirteenth General
Assembly of the State of Iowa, shall
draw no interest. bc subject TO no
penalty, nor shall the property upon
which such taxes are now levied, or
may hereafter be levied, be sold for
said taxes until the railroad company
shall have been entitled to receive
said taxes under the provisions OF the
aforesaid acts.
SEC. 4. If taxes levied under the
provisions of chapter ono hundred
and two of the acts of the Thirteenth
General Assembly, become q part Of
the consolidated tax provided for in
section one of chapter one hundred
and thirty-eight of the acts of the
Thirteenth General Assembly, the
tax payer may pay the tull amount
of County, State, School and other
tax; and it shall be the duty Of the
County Treasurer or Township Col
lector to give q receipt thereof.
SEQ. 8. That when it lie certified
TO tho county treasurer or township
collector by the trustees of any
township or the tt ustees or council Of
any incorporated city or town, that
The railway company has 10 all re
spects complied with the statutes and
with ell contracts and agreements re.
ferred TO in section two Of the act
relative to such tax, and is entitled
thereto, it shall be the duty of such
treasurer or collector to give sixty
days notice thereof by publication 10
some newspaper published in TIE
county, and if there be no such news.
paper published in the county, and
if there DO no such newspaper, by
posting three notices thereof 10 each
township, city or town from which
said tax is to be collected, and from
the time OF giving such notice said
TAI shall become delinquent, and not
before.
SEC. 6. This ACT being deemed of
immediate importance, shall be 10
force and take effect from aud after
it's publication in the Iowa State
Register and State Leader, ncwspa-
pers published in Des Moines.
Approved February 16. 1872. !.
l do hereby certify that the fore
going act was published in the Daily
Iowa State Register, and the Daily
State Leader, February II. 1879.
ED. WRIGHT,
Secretary ofState.