Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-05-09
CHAPTER "a.

CHAPTER "a.
| AN ACT to provide for surveying
lands or lots in certain cases.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the
General Assembly OF the State OF
Iowa, That in all cases where any
person or persons, company or cor
poration has, or may hereafter divide
kany town lot or parcel OF ground
within any Incorporated town Or
city, or any tract of land containing
iorty acres or less in such q manner
that the subdivisions cannot be accu-
rately described without noting the
metes 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 survey
ed, and 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 sur
veyed. as aforesaid the lots or sub
divisions thus made shall be number
ed in progressive numbers, and the
plat shall show the number and loca-
ton 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 certified TO by the
surveyor, aud recorded IN like man
ner, as the plats of towns are requlr-
ed to be certified to and recorded
Lands or lots described in any deed
or conveyance, or tor the purpose OF
taxation, in accordance with the
number and description set forth in
the plat aforesaid, shall be deemed a
good and valid description OF the lot
or parcel of land so described, and
no deed or conveyance OF any such
lot or parcel OF land shall be filed for
record and recorded until the sur.
veying, plating and recording 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, par.
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fore has been, or may hereafter be
sub divided as contemplated III the
preceding section, it shall be the du-
ty of the owner or owners thereof,
when required so TO do by the as
SCISSOR, to cause the same to be sur.
veyed, and the plat thereof recorded
in like manner as is required, in the
foregoing section; and If such owner
or owners shall refuse or neglect to
cause such survey to be made within
a reasonable time after being notified
by the assessor, it shall be the duty
OF the assessor to cause such survey
10 be made and recorded, and the ex.
pense thereof to be returned by the
assessor to the county auditor, who
shall add the same to the tax assessed
npon the real properly of each Of the
respective owners, pro rata, according
to the value. and it shall be collected
with and in like manner as the as.
sessed tax and shall 60 into the gen.
eral county fund TO reimburse the
county for the money paid out for
surveying, plating and recording. .
Sec. 3. When such survey and
plat have been made, and such plat
duly recorded as herein before pro-
v,ded, the county surveyor shall re.
turn to the county auditor q state
ment Of all the expenses OF such sur.
veylng. plating and recording, veri.
fed by his oath, as to the amount
aud correctness of the same, which
when approved and allowed by the
board OF supervisors shall be paid by
the county to the persons who rem
dered the services of surveying, plat.
ting and recording, or who procured
and paid tor the same. And 1t is
hereby expressly provided that IN
case the owner or owners neglect,
tail, or refuse for ten days after no.
tice by the assessor to procure such
surveying, plating, and recording to
be performed, it shall be the duty OF
assessors to procure the same to be
done as aforesaid, and in all such
cases sno assessors return shall be
received or deemed complete, nor
shall he receive any compensation tor
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 assessor, or
| if known, non-residents OF the coun-
", then the ten days notice atore.
said shall not be required, and the as.
SCISSOR may proceed Immediately &c
procure the same to be surveyed
plated, aud recorded, in the manner
described by the terms OF this act.
SEC. 4. This act being deemed o
immediate Importance, shall take eft
feet aud be in force from and after
its publication in the Daily State
Register and Daily State Leader.
f, Approved, April II, 1872.
| hereby certify that the foregoing
act was published in the Daily Iowa
State Register, April L, aul in .h'
Daily State Leader, April IL, 1872.
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