Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31
CHAPTER 1853.

AN ACT in relation to Land Grant
Lands and to provide for record
title thereto.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly Of the State of Iowa, That
in cases where lands have been granted
to the State of Iowa by an act of Con-
grcss, and certified lists of the lands
inuring under the grant have been
made to the State by the Commissioner
OF the General Land Office, as required
by act of Congress, and such lands have
been granted by act Of the General AS
sembly to any person or company, and
such person or company shall have COM
piled with ard fulfilled the conditions
Of the grant. the Register of the State
Land Office is hereby authorized to pre-
pare, 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 by the Governor
of this State, and attested by the Secre-
tary Of State, with the State seal, and
then be certified to by the Register to
be true and correct copies Of the lists
made to this State, and deliver them to
such grantee, who is hereby AUTHORIZE
to have them recorded in the proper
county, and when so recorded they shall
be notice to all persons the same as
deeds now are, and when SO recorded
shall vest in such grantee the right of
the State to the lands therein describ-
ed, under the grant of Congress by
which the lands were certified to the
State, so far as as the certified lists
made by the Commissioner aforesaid
conferred title to the State.
Provided, That when the Register in
cludes lands in the list which were not
intended to be included in the grant, or
the grantee shall not in equity be enti
tied to the lands or any part thereof,
then no title shall pass by slid list, and
the same as to those lands shall be null
and void. Nor shall any title pass to
lands which have been selected, set apart,
or claimed by the State, or any individu-
al under the swamp land or any other
grant of Congress, which may be certi-
fed or adjudged to the State under such
other grant, not to lands held or claimed
under any homestead or presumption set
Element or other entry or purchase, neith-
er shall the right OF the State to control
the lands according to the terms of the
grants, at any future time be affected by
anything done under this act
Prorided, further, That in preparing
the list or lists of lands under this act, it
shall be the duty Of the Register Of the
State Land Office to exclude all lands Sc.
lectcd by the State or any county under
the swamp land grant, and also all lands
claimed under the homestead or xprc-
emption laws of the United States, or
which have been sold or disposed Of and
the entry or presumption cancelled.
SEC. 2. This act being deemed Of i'm.
mediate Importance, shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publication
in the Daily State Register and Leader,
newspapers published in Dcs Moines,
Iowa
Approved April %, 1872.
hereby certify that the foregoing net
was published in the Daily State Register
April 22d, and in the Daily Leader, April
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ED WRIGHT,
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