The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-05-30
CHAPTER 166.

AN ACT to enable townships. incorporated
town, and citizens which have heretofore or
may hereafter vote a tax in aid of the construct
ion of a railroad under the provisions of chap
ter one hundred and two, OF the laws OF the
Thirteenth General assembly of the State of
Iowa, to transfer and use such taxes in aid or
the construction of such other railroads within
such township, city, or town, voting the same
may desire.
SECTION l. Be it enacted By the Gen
erat assembly Of NE StatS o. c ios0a, L.; That mat
the State, that has heretofore or may hereafter,
vote a tax in aid Of the construction of any rail
road under the provisions OF chapter one 9 G
assembly of the Slate OF Iowa, may transfer and
use such tax In aid of the construction ofsuch 9TH
er railroads within the township, city, or town,
as the voters thrreof may desire, in the manner
hereinafter provided. Ir0Utded, that the transfer
herein authorized shall be completed before the
first day of January 1873 preceded, further that
no tax so voted and trans terred under the pro-
vision of this act, shall come delinquent until
the road which is TO receive 1t has been finished,
and is running TO tne townsn ,E V0.tng .he ax
ply to such townships. incorporated towns, and
cities as shall have voted tax in aid of the con-
struction of railroad ane the ralifoaa company
it's right to such lax, shall have failed to accept
the tax so raised before petition is presented,
asking for transfer under provisions oi TINS ACT,
or having accepted the same, may rellnqulsh its
right thereto, in favor or the roaC or company IL
which it is proposed to transfer the same, or shall
have failed in good faith TO pegln the construct
ion of said road within one year from the time OF
voting such tax.
Sec 3. Whenever petition shall have been
presented to the council or trustees OF any moor
ship signed by onethird OF the resident tax'pay-
ers therein, asking that the question OF trans
ferrng any tax voted IN any ra
road to some other railroad being constructed
therein it shall be the duty of such council trus-
tees or board of trustees, as the case may be, to
diata notice sDeClal election, Dy
publication in some newspaper pu ollshed In such
county if any be published therein, and also by
posting said notice in five prominent places In
such township, city, or town, at least twenty
DAYS before said election, which notice shall spec
ify the time and place for holding such election,
the name of the road or company to which such
tax was previously voted, the time the election
therefor was held, and the rate per centum oil
such tax, and the fact of said company having
forfeited its right thereto, or having relnqulshed
the same or having failed to accept such tax, (as
the case may be,) and shall also specify the name
of the road or company to which II Ia proposed TO
transfer such tax, at which election the question
of 'stransfer' or mo transfer" shal be submitted
to legal electors therein and II majority OF the
votes cast at such election be IN favor OF such
transfer ofsuch tax, at which election the ques-
ton of transfer or mo transfer" shall be SUD
mitted the legal electors therein, and II major
ity of the votes cast at such eIectlon shaI De IN
favor of such election, shall forthwith make out
and file with the auditor OF the county wherein
such election was held, certificate setting iorth
the result of such election, and snail also ME IN
the office of the county treasurer similar GER
tifcate which certiies SO made and filed shall
contain the names of the road or company from
which and to which such tax was 80 transferred:
Sec 4. 1t shall be the duty OF the treasurer oil
any county wherein transfer of any tax has been
maid under the provisions of this act, to pay such
to which the same has been transferred, as shown
by the certificate of township clerk, or clerk OF
such election.
Importance shall take effect from and after Its
publication in the Daily Iowa State Register, and
Iowa State Leader, newspapers puDllshed AT Oes
Moines, Iowa.
Approved April %, 1879.
hereby certify that the foregoing act was pub
lished in the Daily Iowa State Register, April "a,
and in the Iowa Leader April 2,7 1872.
ED WRIGHT,
Secretary of State.