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Book of plats.

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Duty of Re corder.

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SEC. 3. The Recorder shall keep a book of plats. showing the number of lot and block, or township and range, divided into sections and sub-divisions as occasion may require; and he shall designate on said plats each piece of land or town lot, and mark in pencil the name of the owner thereon in a legible manner. Said plats shall be lettered or numbered so that they may be conveniently referred to by the memoranda of the transfer book; and shall be drawn on a scale of not less than four inches to the mile.

SEC. 4. Whenever a deed of unconditional conveyance of real estate is presented for record, it shall be the duty of the Recorder, after filing the same for record and previous to recording the same, to enter in the index book, in alphabetical order, the name of the grantee, and opposite thereto the number of the page of the transfer book on which such transfer is made; and upon the transfer book he shall enter, in the proper columns, the name of the grantee, the name of the grantor, the date of filing, date of instrument, the character of the instrument, the description of the property, and the number or letter of the plat on which the same is marked; and, also, the number of the page of the description book, if it becomes necessary to enter the description therein.

SEC. 5. If the land or town lot is described in the description. deed by metes and bounds, he shall enter the same Entered mi. upon the descriptive book as follows: 1st, The name of the grantee; 2d, A minute description of the land.

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SEC. 6. After the Recorder has made the entries Endorsement contemplated in the last two preceding sections, he shall endorse upon the deed the following words: "Entered for taxation this..........day of........ A. D. . . . . . .," with the proper date inserted; and shall sign his name thereto. For every such transfer the Recorder shall be entitled to receive fifteen cents from Fee. the person presenting the deed.

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SEC. 7. As a basis for said transfer, the Recorder Tax book of shall take the tax books of the year 1865 and copy into said transfer book the name of the owner of each piece of land or town lot, as shown on said tax books; and in order to accomplish the same, it is hereby made the duty of the Treasurer to designate on the tax list Duty of opposite each piece of land or town lot, the name of Treasurer. the owner thereof, as shown by the last payment of taxes, for which the Board of Supervisors shall allow as compensation fifteen cents per hundred words. CompensaSEC. 8. The Recorder shail correct the transfer books from time to time, as he shall find them shall correct. incorrect.

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SEC. 9. The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in Duty of Clerk each county shall, on the second Monday of January, A. D. 1867, and every two years thereafter, furnish (in books provided by the Board of Supervisors, and ruled Assessor to and headed as now required by law) each Township with lists. Assessor in his county, a complete list of all the real estate in his township, subject to taxation, together with a plat or plats of the same; and said list shall be so arranged as to present the owner's name in alphabetical order, and each piece shall be designated in its proper place on said plat or plats and checked by the Assessor check plat. as the valuation is placed upon it.

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SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of each Township Assessor to Assessor, to place the valuation upon each tract of land value land. or town lot in his township, and return the same, together with the personal property, to the Clerk of the property. Board of Supervisors, as now required by law. The Assessor shall also note any errors he may find in the Note errors. assessment lists furnished him by the Recorder, and report the errors to the Recorder, who shall correct the Recorder to same on transfer books and assessment lists, if upon examination, he finds it necessary.

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SEC. 11. In order to carry out more fully the pro- Duty of Audvisions of this Act, it is hereby made the duty of the itor of State. Auditor of State to furnish county Recorders with all such forms and instructions as he may see fit; and the

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said Recorder shall observe and carry out such forms and instructions.

SEC. 12.

All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent

with this Act, are hereby repealed.
Approved March 26th, 1866.

Additional term of Court in Bremer county.

CHAPTER 62.

COURTS IN TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

AN ACT fixing the time of holding Court in the Twelfth Judicial
District.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That in addition to the terms of said Court now appointed by law to be held in the county of Bremer, in said District there shall be held in and for said county, a term of said court, to be begun. When begun. on the first Monday of January, in each and every year, with power to said court to continue said session until the business then pending therein shall be disposed of.

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Approved March 26th, 1866.

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Acts as Nota

CHAPTER 63.

LEGALIZING ACTS OF R. N. CRESAP.

AN ACT to legalize the official acts of Roger N. Cresap, a Notary
Public, of Van Buren county, Iowa.

WHEREAS, The commission of Roger N. Cresap, a Notary Public, of Van Buren county, expired in November A. D. 1865; and, Whereas, The said Roger N. Cresap, performed official acts as Notary Public, after the time his commission expired said Cresap acting in good faith and not knowing that his commission had expired; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly ry legalized. of the State of Iowa, That all of the official acts of the said Roger N. Cresap, by him performed as a Notary

Public, after the expiration of his commission as afore-
said, be and the same are hereby legalized.
Approved March 26th, 1866.

CHAPTER 64.

ACTS OF TREASURER OF JASPER COUNTY LEGALIZED.

AN ACT to legalize and make valid the Acts of the County Treasurer of Jasper county, Iowa, in collecting the taxes on the tax list of said county, for the year 1860.

WHEREAS, Section 748 of the Revision of 1860 re- Preamble. quires that the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall attach, under the direction of said Board, his warrant to the tax list under his hand, and official seal of said Board, requiring the Treasurer to collect the taxes therein levied, according to law; and,

WHEREAS, Section 809 of the Revision of 1860 required all the duties to be performed by the Clerk of the District Court, that were to be performed by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors prior to the organization of said Board; and,

WHEREAS, The County Judge of Jasper county, Iowa, attached his warrant, to the tax list of 1860, for said county, and whereas, there was no other warrant attached; and,

WHEREAS, The Treasurer of Jasper county, Iowa, proceeded to collect the taxes on said tax list for 1860, and sold lands for the delinquent taxes of said year, and performed all other acts necessary for the collection of said taxes, disbursing all moneys to the different funds for which the taxes of 1860, were levied, and making deeds for lands sold for the delinquent taxes of 1860. Therefore,

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Acts of Treasof the State of Iowa, That all the acts of the Treasurer urer made of Jasper county, Iowa, in collecting the taxes returned to the Treasurer's office on the tax list for the year of 1860, be and the same are hereby made valid, and of the same force and effect as they would have been had the warrant of the Clerk of the District Court been attached, instead of that of the County Judge.

SEC. 2. That all certificates of tax sales, and all deeds executed, or hereafter to be executed on certificates of

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Certificates, sales for the delinquent taxes of the year of 1860, are &c., for delin- hereby legalized and made valid, and of the same force and effect as they would have been, had the warrant of the Clerk of the District Court been attached to the said tax list of 1860.

of 1860, legalized.

Approved March 26th, 1866.

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CHAPTER 65.

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY.

AN ACT granting to the Iowa State University certain property in
Iowa City.

WHEREAS, The Territory of Iowa heretofore donated to "The Mechanics Mutual Aid Association, of Iowa City," the west half of block, sixty (60,) in Iowa City in section 10, township 79, range 6, on condition "that the premises so donated shall be occupied and used for literary purposes, alone; and the said deed shall be void, and the said premises revert to the Territory when the said premises shall be occupied or used by said corporation, or their successors or assignees in any other way or manner, or for any other than literary purposes, (Acts of January 4th, 1842, p. 4; of January 29th, 1844 p. 79); and

WHEREAS, Said corporation has long since ceased to exist, and said property is not used or occupied by it for literary purposes, or any other purpose, and has been used for other than literary purposes, whereby the same has reverted to the State. Therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly erty granted of the State of Iowa, That the aforesaid described to the State property be, and the same is hereby granted in fee. University. simple unto the Iowa State University, to be enjoyed, held, owned and disposed of, the same as the other property belonging to the said University: Provided, That the State of Iowa, shall not be rendered liable to any party or parties, for any claim whatsoever. Approved March 26th, 1866.

State not liable.

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