Year: 1870

tricts.


Sec. 2. Such school board may take and
hold real estate for school house purposes,
for price to be agreed upon with the own
er thereof. or the damages to be paid by such
school board for any real estate taken as
aforesaid, when not agreed upon, shall be as.
certained and determined BY appraisers to
be sppointed BY the county superintendent
Of the county where such real estate is sit.
mated in conformity with the provisions Of
this act.


Sec. .. ffhe owner Of any real estate on
which said school board may desire ,ofocate
q school house, refuses or neglects to grant
the site on his OF her premises, or If such
owner can not be found, the county super.
intendeDt Of the county in which said real
estate may be situated, shall upon applica.
tion Of either party, appoint three d;sinter.
ested persons Of said county, unless small.
er number is sgreed upon by the parties.
whose duty it shalt be- after taking an oath
o. nfffrmsiionto to faithfully and impastially
discharge the duties imposed on them by
this net, 10 inspect said real estate, and as
scss the damages which said owners will
sustain by the appropriation Of his or he r
iand for the use Of ssid house and school
(said county superintendent giving Is the
owner Of such real estate the same notice ns
is required for the commencement Of q suit
at law in the district court Of Iowa, of the
time Of such assessment Of damaees) and
make report in writing TO the county SUI
perintendent Of said county giving the
amount Of damages, description Of land, and
exact location. who shall file and preserve
the same in his office. If said school board
sh all at any time before t:ey enter upon
said land for the purpose Of building or con.
strncting said house. deposit with the coun.
ty treasurer for the use of said owner, the
eum so assessed ~ aforesaid, they shall be
thereby authorized 10 build or construct said
house, and maintain their right to said
premises; provided that either party may
have the right TO appeal from such assess>
ment Of damages, TO the circuit court Of the
county where such real estate is situated,
within twenty days after receiving notice
that such assessment is made, which appeal
shall be final; but such appeal shall not de-
iay the prosecution Of work upon said house
il said school board shall first nay or depos>
it with the county treasurer, the amount SO
assessed by such appraisers, and in no case
shall said school board be liable for costs
on appeal, unless the owner Of said real es-
tate shall be aljudged greater amount Of
damages than was awarded By said apprais.
ers. The school board shall in all cases pay
cost Of the first assessment.


Sec. 4. The title acquired by said school
districts in and 70 ssid real property, shall
be for school purposes only, and in case the
same should cease to be used for said pur.
pose for the space Of two years. then the ,i-
tie acquired in said land under this act
shall revert 10 the owner Of the fee simple
title OF the same .pon the repayment BY him
Of the principal amount paid for said land
By said districts without interest, together
with the value Of my improvements thereon
erected by said district.


Sec. 8. This act being deemed by the
General Assembly, Of immediate importance
shall take effect from and after its publica- =
tion in the Daily Iowa State Register and
Des Moines Daily Bulletin, papers pub
lished in Des Moines, Iowa.


Approved April II, 1870.


I, Ed Wright Secretary Of State, hereby
certify that the foregoing Act was published
in the Daily Iowa State Register, April 26.
1870, and the Des Moines Daily Bulletin,
April 26, 1870.


Ed XRIGur. SecretarY Of State