The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-05-30
CHAPTER 1853.

CHAPTER 1863.
AN ACT in relation to Land Grant Lands and to
provide for q record title thereto.
SECTION l: Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Iowa, That
in case that lands have been granted to the
State of Iowa by act of Congress, and certified
been made to the State by the Commissioner the
General Land Office, as required by act OF Con-
gress, and such lands have been granted by the
General Assembly to any person or company,
and such person or company shall have complied
with and fulfilled the conditions OF the grant, the
Register of the State Land office is hereby au.
thorized to prepare, on the application of the
grantee, list or lists of lands situated in each
county inuring to such grantee, from the lists
certified by the Commissioner OF the General
Land Office, as aforesaid, which shall be signed
bv the Governor OF this State, and attic sted by
the Secretary of State, with the State seal, and
then be certified to by the Register to be true and
correct copies of the list made to this State. and
deliver them to such grantee, who is hereby au.
thoriZed to have them recorded in the proper
county, and when SO recorded there shall be no.
tice to all persons the same as deeds now are and
when 30 recorded shall vest in such grantee the
right of the State to the lands therein described,
under the grant of Congresslby when the iands .
were certified to the State, so far as the certified
lists made by the Commissioner aforesaid con-
ferred title to the State,
Pr0gided, That when the Register includes
lands in the LETS which was not intended to be
included In the grant, or the grantee shall not be
equity be entitled to the lands any part there
of then no titles shall pass by said list, aud the
same as to those lands shall be null aud void nor
shall any title pass the lands which have been
selected, set apart, or claimed by the State, or
any individual under the swamp land or any
other grant of Congress, which may be certified
or adJudged to the State under snch other grant,
nor to lands held or claimed under any home.
stead or presumption settlement or other entry
of purchase neither shall the right OF the State to
control the lands according to the terms of the
grants at any future time be effected by anything
done under this act.
Provided, further, That In preparing the list or
lists of lands under this act, 1t shall be the duty
OF the Register of the State Land Office TO exclude
all lands selected by the State or any county un-
der the swamp land grant, and also exclude all
lands claimed under the homestead or premption
laws of the United States, or which have been
sold or disposed of and the entry or presumption
cancelled.
Sec. Q. This act being by the General Assem-.
bly, deemed or immediate importance, shall take
effect and be In force from and after Its publca.
ton In the Daily State Register and Daily State
Leader, newspapers published at Dies Moines,
iowa.
Approved April %, 1872.
l hereby certify that the foregoing act
was published in the Daily State Leader
April-th, and in the Daily Iowa State
Register April 22th, 1872
ED WRIGHT,
Secretary of State.