Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
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The Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
foad Company has commenced suit to
secure title to lands In Sac County VAL
ued at about 100000, having hled its
claims with Registrar Howard Vt the
government land Office in this city. The
railroad company claims title to the lands
through grant made to assist in the
building of the Cedar Rapids and Mis-
souri, River Railroad, since acquired by
the Northwestern. When the North
western, or Cedar Rapids road, was built,
In the early Sixties it was given grant
OF alternate sections along the proposed
line of road to assist In building the road.
1t was provided that il the lands within
the distance prescribed by the grant were
not sufficient to fill out the allotment
then the company could go beyond the
limits Of the grant and in the next nearest
townships take lands there to fill out the
allotment. Prior to the making Of this
grant the federal government conceded
certain lands to the State and the State
granted these lands, under the swamp
land act. to the counties for the benefit
of the permanent school funds. It was
provided in this grant TINT every tract
OF forty or more acres, 80 per cent Of
which was swamp land, should go to the
counties. Sac County sold It's grant 10
the American Emigrant Company and
the lands in dispute and which had been
claimed by the railroad were in this con-
yeyance. Later the American Emigrant
Company sold the lands to settlers. The
Northwestern road claims now that the
lands were not swamp lands within the
meaning OF the grant and that, therefore,
could not be conveyed and that its selec-
ton is prior to the claim Of the present
owners.
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Prof. Charles A. Cummings of Des
Moines and Edward p. Schoentgen OF
Csuncil Bluffs. 1t will have full superin-
kndence of the completion of the capitol
ind the repairs to the building as pro.
vided for in the act of the last General
Assembly appropriating quarter 0f o.
million for that purpose. The members
of the Lookout Mountain commission In.
cludc Senator John Alexander Young OF
Washington. Joseph ID. Fegan OF Clin-'
ton. Alexander ]. Miller OF oxford, Rep
resentatiye Mabon Head OF Jefferson.
Col. Alonzo Alternately OF Usage, Thomas
10. Alexander of Oakland, Solomon d.
Humbert Of Cedar Fails. Samuel II,
Watkins of Libertyyille, +. p. Spencer
of Randolph, Elias r. Bascom of Waut,
kon and Elliott Frazier of Morning Sun.
The Lookout Mountain commission will
have charge of the expenditure Of $4,000
for three monuments to Iowa soldiers,
one on Lookout Mountain and one on
each end of Missionary, Ridge. But <b.-
COO will be available before the next biz
ennial period and hence nothing but pre-.
liminary work can be done for the pres.
ent.
Auditor of State Merriam has issued a
report GOVERN. the fire insurance bust-
ness done in Iowa during the past year.
Joint stock and mutual fire insurance
companies wrote S311 .659,07G in risks.
and paid So,652,707 in losses. State and
County mutual insurance assessment as
sociat.ons wrote sol ,253, 1872 in risks and
companies paid $4.1l1,O69 III losses. in-
surance company fees paid during the
year amounted to S4S.2O7 and the taxes
I" Sl97,0I4. Since and including wv IN
surance companies have pait the Statei
$3I7,4O4 in fees and $l,3',S,O2t IN taxes.
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announced the following appointments OF
assistants: Department inspector, ~. ..
Cousins, Council Bluffs, re-appoin.ed;
judge advocate, Lemuel hinkaid, Des
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be camped at Cedar Falls. Oskaloosa,
If is Thought will got the Fiftieth.
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