H. F. 519. For comple tion of new capitol and 1⁄2 mill tax CHAPTER 68. FOR LEVY OF ONE-HALF MILL TAX FOR YEARS 1884 AND 1885. AN ACT to Provide for the Levy of One-half Mill State Tax for the Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That for the purpose of completing the new capitol, and to provide increased accommodations for the insane care of insane, of the state and for other purposes the board of supervisors of levied for each county shall, at their September sessions, in the years years 1884 and 1884, and 1885, levy one half mill state tax in addition to the tion to tax di- tax directed to be levied by the executive council, and said tax rected by ex. shall be collected and remitted to the state treasury in the same manner as other state taxes. Approved, March 27, 1884. 1885 in addi council. H. F. 172. Governor au point agent. R. R. from Sheldon. CHAPTER 69. FOR APPOINTMENT OF AN AGENT TO SELECT CERTAIN LANDS. AN ACT Authorizing the Appointment of an Agent to Select certain Lands along the Line of the Railroad Constructed from McGregor to Sheldon, and Providing for the Payment of the fees for such Selection. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That the governor of the state of Iowa is hereby thorized to ap- authorized to appoint an agent to make a formal and proper selection, at the local government land office in Des Moines, of the lands not heretofore patented, along the line of the railroad McGregor to constructed from McGregor to Sheldon, and within the limits specified in the grant made to aid in the construction of said road, which are claimed by occupants under section 8 of chapter 21 of the acts of the seventeenth general assembly, and who have filed proof of their claims in the land department of the state. That should the selection of any tract or tracts of such To be selected lands be prevented by reason of some interfering claim or right then such selection to be made as early as practicable after the interference is removed. as speedily as possible. $50 appropriated SEC. 2. That there be and is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated the sum of fifty dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the fees required by the land department of the general government for such selection. The amount found to be necessary shall be audited and paid upon the order of the governor. clause. SEC. 3. This act to be in force from and after its publi- Publication cation in the Daily Iowa State Register and Daily Iowa Capital, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved, March 27, 1884. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the lowa State Register April 2, and Daily Iowa CapitalMarch 31, 1884. J. A. T. HULL, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 70. FOR COMPENSATION WHERE DOMESTIC ANIMALS ARE KILLED BY DOGS. AN ACT to Provide a Fund from which to Pay for Sheep or Other S. F. 4. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of every assessor of this Assessors to state, at the time of listing the 'property of his district, to list list dogs. each dog over three months of age in the name of the owner thereof, without affixing any value thereto. ing or harboring a dog or dogs shall be deemed the owner Owner. thereof within the meaning of this act. Any person keep SEC. 2. The board of supervisors of each county shall, at Amount taxed. their September session each year, when levying other taxes, levy a tax of fifty cents on each male, and one dollar on each female dog listed by the assessor, which tax shall constitute a special fund, to be disposed of as provided for in this act. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of each county auditor to pro- Duty of Audivide suitable columns, properly headed, in the assessor's book, tor. to carry out the provisions of this act. SEC. 4. The treasurer of each county, on receiving the tax Duty of Treasbooks for the collection of other taxes, shall collect the tax urer. herein provided for as other taxes are collected, and keep the same as a separate fund, to be known as the domestic animal fund. claimed. SEC. 5. Any person damaged by the killing or injury of Damages, how sheep, or any other domestic animal, by a dog or dogs, may present to the board of supervisors of the county in which such killing or injury occurred, a detailed account of such killing or injury, stating the amount of damage claimed therefor, and ver ified by affidavit, such claim to be filed with the county auditor at least ten days before some regular session of the board, and within fifteen days from the time such killing or injury occurred. At the first regular session of the board of supervisors after such claim shall have been filed for ten days as herein proProof of loss. vided, the same may be established by proof before the board; and upon the hearing thereof, the claimant shall establish his claim for damages by the testimony of at least two competent witnesses, besides himself. It shall also be made to appear to the satisfaction of said board that such damage was not caused, in whole or in part, by a dog or dogs owned or controlled by the claimant, and that claimant does not know whose dog or dogs caused the damage, and that said damage was caused by dogs; or, in case the owner of such dog or dogs is known to the claimant, and that such owner has no property subject to execution, out of which the claim can be made. Board of supervisors to al75 per cent. Treasurer to pay, when. The board shall hear and determine said claims in the order in which they are filed unless good cause is shown for continuance, and shall allow the same or such portions thereof as they may deem just, and shall authorize the auditor to issue warrants for the same not to exceed seventy-five per cent of the amount allowed to be paid out of the domestic animal fund. SEC. 6. The treasurer shall, between the first and tenth days of January and the first and tenth days of July of each year, pay the said warrants issued by the auditor as provided for by section five of this act, out of the domestic animal fund. If said fund is insufficient to pay said warrants in full, he shall pay on each pro rata. If after paying all warrants at either Excess to be period above named, there shall remain more than two hundred and fifty dollars of said fund in the treasury, the board of supervisors shall order the excess to be transferred to the county fund. Approved, March 27, 1884. S. F. 90. Preamble. The grant. CHAPTER 71. TO RELINQUISH CERTAIN LANDS. AN ACT to Relinquish and Re-convey to the United States all Lands and Rights to Lands Granted to the State of Iowa by the Act of Congress Entitled "An Act for a Grant of Land to the State of Iowa in Alternate Sections to Aid in the Construction of a Railroad in the State of Iowa," Approved May 12th, A. D. 1864, which have not been Earned Pursuant to the Provisions of Said Act. WHEREAS, By an act of congress, approved May 12th, A. D. 1864, entitled "An act for a grant of lands to the state of Iowa in alternate sections to aid in the construction of a railroad in said State" certain lands were granted to the state of Iowa for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad from Sioux City in said state to the south line of Minnesota, at such point as the state might select, between the Big Sioux and the west fork of the Des Moines river, which grant was made to and accepted by the state of Iowa upon the conditions, restrictions and qualifications therein named, and 1866. WHEREAS, By acts of the general assembly of the state Acceptance of Iowa, approved April 3d, A. D. 1866, and April 20th, A. D. 1866, the lands, rights, powers, duties and trusts conferred upon the state of Iowa by said act of congress were duly accepted on the part of the state of Iowa, and WHEREAS, By an act of the general assembly of the state of Granted in Iowa, approved April 3d, A. D. 1866, so much of the lands, in- 1866. terests, rights, powers and privileges as were or might be conferred in pursuance of said act of congress to aid in the construction of the aforesaid road, were disposed of, granted, and conferred upon the Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad Company, and ed by R'y Co. sumed in 1882. WHEREAS, Said railroad company duly accepted said grant, Grant acceptbut failed to complete said railroad as required by the terms and conditions of said grant; and WHEREAS, By an act of the general assembly of the state of Portion reIowa, approved March 16th, A. D. 1882, all lands, and all rights to lands granted or intended to be granted to the Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad Company by said acts of congress and of the general assembly of the state of Iowa, which had not been earned by said railroad company by a compliance with the conditions of said grant were absolutely and entirely resumed by the state of Iowa and vested in said state as absolutely as though the same had never been granted to said railroad company; and, WHEREAS, It is desirable that all lands and rights to lands resumed by the state of Iowa as aforesaid should be conveyed to and vested in the United States to the end that such lands shall be made subject to the use of actual settlers as provided by the acts of congress relating thereto; now, therefore, Relinquished Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That all lands and all rights to lands resumed and intended to be resumed by chapter one hundred and seven (107) to the U. S. of the acts of the nineteenth general assembly of the state of Iowa are hereby relinquished and conveyed to the United States. retary of In SEC. 2. The governor of the state of Iowa is hereby author- Governor to ized and directed to certify to the secretary of the interior all certify to Seclands which have heretofore been patented to the state, to aid terior. in the construction of said railroad, and which have not been patented by the state to the Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad Company, and the list of land so certified by the governor shall Publication. be presumed to be the lands relinquished and conveyed by section one of this act. Provided, that nothing in this section contained shall be construed to apply to lands situated in the counties of Dickinson and O'Brien. SEC. 3. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register, a newspaper published at Des Moines, Iowa, and the Sioux City Journal, a newspaper published at Sioux City, Iowa. Approved, March 27, 1884. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the lowa State Register and Sioux City Daily Journal April 2, 1884. J. A. T. HULL, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 72. TO PROVIDE FOR DISPOSING OF AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE LANDS. Sub. H. F. 56. AN ACT to Provide for Selling, Leasing and Patenting the Lands Belonging to the Iowa State Agricultural College and Farm. [Amends ch. 117 acts 10th G. A., and repeals ch. 71 acts 15th G. A.] Trustees authorized to sell. How sold. Deferred payment. Failure to pay Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That the trustees of the Iowa state agricultural college and farm be, and they are, hereby authorized to sell the lands granted to the state of Iowa by an act of congress entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts" approved July 2d, 1862. Such sale shall be for cash, or upon a partial credit not exceeding ten years, at such appraised value as shall be fixed by said trustees. All deferred payments shall draw interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum, payable annually in advance. Upon a failure to pay the annual interest or principal within sixty days after it becomes due and within sixty days after notice thereof in writing by mail or otherwise from the trustees or land agent of said college to the holder of the lease shall have been given, the purchaser shall forfeit all claim to said land and the improvements made thereon and all sums paid on Trustees may said contract, unless in the opinion of the trustees an extension should be allowed. extend time. Trustees may lease for ten cent. SEC. 2. Said trustees are also authorized to lease the said years at 8 per lands for a term not exceeding ten years at an annual rent equal to eight per cent per annum upon the appraised value of the tract, payable annually in advance, and the said lessee, his heirs. or assigns, shall have the privilege of purchasing said tract of land at the expiration of the lease at the appraised value stated Lessee may purchase. |