Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That the incorporated town of Belmond in Legalizing Wright county Iowa, the election and qualification of its offi- clause. cers up to this time, and all ordinances resolutions, and by-laws, passed by the council of said town, and the acts of all the officers of said town, acting by the authority thereby conferred, and the ordinances referred to in the preamble hereof, not in contravention with the laws of the state of Iowa, be and the same are hereby ratified and legalized, and declared to have the same effect, as if the original incorporation, the election and qualification of the officers, the passing publication, and recording, of its ordinances, had been regular, and in strict and full compliance with the laws then and now in force. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance Publication. shall take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register, a newspaper published in Des Moines, Iowa, and the Belmond Herald, a newspaper published at Belmond, Iowa, said publication to be without expense to the state. Approved, March 20, 1884. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa CHAPTER 33. LEGALIZING-TOWN OF MURRAY. AN ACT to Legalize the Incorporation of the Town of Murray, H. F. 33. I. WHEREAS, At the August term 1880 of the circuit court of the third judicial district of the State of Iowa in and for Clark county due and legal steps were taken to incorporate the town of Murray in Clark county and State of Iowa; and, II. WHEREAS, All the requirements of the law were complied with in the incorporation of said town of Murray-except the filing of the papers at the time in the office of the recorder of said county and the office of the secretary of state as provided by chapter ten of the code of Iowa; and, III. WHEREAS, The papers in the proceedings being moved from the files of the said circuit court and being lost without any fault of said incorporated town and the notice of the boundaries of said town and the results of the election for incorporation being published at the time and in the manner as provided by law and a copy thereof and affidavit as required by law Preamble. Legalizing clause. Proviso. Publication. being filed with the clerk of said court and a copy of said notice and all the entries made in said proceedings in the records of said circuit court were filed in the office of the recorder of Clark county on the tenth day of January 1884 and with the secretary of this state on the 23d day of January 1884; and, WHEREAS, The said town of Murray has brought suit in its incorporated name against the original proprietors and platters of said town asking to have the title to block eight and thirtyeight (38) decreed in the said town of Murray and the ownership thereof as against the original proprietors of said town; and, WHEREAS, Doubts exist as to the legality of said incorporation and the official acts of the council and officers of the same and to the right of said town to maintain actions in court in its incorporated name therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That the incorporation of the said town of Murray be and the same is hereby legalized and the said town of Murray, Clark county Iowa is hereby declared to be a valid existing municipal incorporation under the laws of this state and all the ordinances passed and the rules and regulations adopted by the council of said town and all the official acts thereunder, not contrary to the laws of this state and the right of said town of Murray to maintain action and sue in its incorporated name at any time after the publication of the notice of the results of the election held for the incorporation of said town be and the same are hereby declared to be legal and valid in every respect as fully and completely as if the law had been complied with as provided in chapter ten of the code of Iowa, provided, that nothing in this act shall be held or construed to effect the rights of any party or parties to suits now pending. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of importance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register published at Des Moines, Iowa and the Murray News, a newspaper published at Murray, Iowa, without expense to the state. Approved, March 20, 1884. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register April 30, and Murray News HULL, Secretary of State. April 2, 1884. CHAPTER 34. LEGALIZING-L. R. WILSON, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. AN ACT to Legalize the Acts of L. R. Wilson While Acting as a H. F. 127. Justice of the Peace in Webster township, Webster county, Iowa. WHEREAS, L. R. Wilson was in May 1879 appointed a justice Preamble. of the peace in Webster township, Webster county, Iowa, and duly qualified as such; and WHEREAS, The said L. R. Wilson was duly elected his own successor at the November election 1880, and was again elected in October 1888, duly qualifying and performing the duties of such justice during these several terms; and WHEREAS, The said L. R. Wilson was of foreign birth, but having come to the United States when twenty-two years old, and having lived here twenty-seven years at the time of his appointment, he believed himself entitled to the prerogatives of a naturalized citizen, as he had been informed, and believed, that a residence of twenty-one years in the United States was equivalent to naturalization; therefore, clause. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That the acts of the said L. R. Wilson while Legalizing acting as a justice of the peace in Webster township, Webster county, Iowa, in the years above named, be and the same are hereby declared as valid and legal as though he had been legally naturalized in accordance with the naturalization laws of the United States. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and Publication. after its publication in the Iowa State Register and the Fort Dodge Messenger without expense to the State. Approved, March 20, 1884. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register April 9, and in the Fort Dodge Messenger March 27, 1884. J. A. T. HULL, Secretary of State. H. F. 149. Preamble. Legalizing clause. Publication. CHAPTER 35. LEGALIZING-TOWN OF DEDHAM. AN ACT to Legalize the Incorporation of the Town of Dedham, WHEREAS, Proceedings were had in the year 1883 for the incorporation of the town of Dedham in Carroll county Iowa, and officers were elected therefor, and said town has since exercised and is still exercising the powers of an incorporated town, and the record of the proceedings of the council of said town does not show that the ordinances were published as required by law; and, WHEREAS, Doubts have been expressed as to the legality of the incorporation of said town, therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That all acts, and proceedings had in relation to the incorporation of said town of Dedham, are hereby legalized, and declared to be of as full force and virtue as if the records of the proceedings of the council of said town did show that the ordinances were published as required by law. All the requirements of the law in that regard in relation to incorporation and election had been fully complied with, and the incorporation of said town, and all ordinances, resolutions, levies, taxes and orders, thereof are hereby legalized, and shall be of the same validity as if the record of the proceedings of the council of said town did show that the ordinances were published as required by law and, all the proceedings in that regard in the incorporations, and in all elections had been in due form of law, and in full compliance therewith. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Leader, a newspaper published at Des Moines Iowa, and in the Carroll Sentinel, a newspaper published at Carroll Iowa, without expense to the State. Approved, March 20, 1884. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Leader and Carroll Sentinel April 1, 1884. J. A. T. HULL, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 36. LEGALIZING-TOWN OF WOODWARD. AN ACT to Legalize the Incorporation of the Town of Woodward, in the County of Dallas and State of Iowa, and to Legalize the H. F. 255. Acts of the Town Council and Other Officers Thereof. WHEREAS, In attempting to incorporate the town of Woodward, in Dallas county, state of Iowa, there was a failure to swear the commissioners as judges of the election, as required by law and doubts have arisen with regard to the legality of the incorporation of said town, and with regard to the legality and binding effect of the laws, rules, and ordinances adopted and passed by council of said town for the government of the same; therefore, Preamble. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That the incorporation of said town of Wood- Legalizing ward be and the same is hereby legalized, and all the ordinances clause. passed and rules and regulations adopted by the council of said town, and all the official acts of the officers thereunder, be and the same are hereby declared to be legal and valid, in every respect as fully and completely as though said commissioners had been sworn as judges of said election. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force on and after Publication. its publication in the Iowa State Register a newspaper published at Des Moines, Iowa and the Woodward Times a newspaper published at Woodward, Dallas county, Iowa, without expense to the State. Approved, March 20, 1884. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa |