Legalized. Publication. (15) and the east one-half of section twenty two (22) and the northeast quarter of section twenty-seven (27), township eighty, north range forty west of the fifth principal meridian, comprising within its limits the incorporated town of Panama. A board of directors was duly elected and bonds issued by the authority of the electors of said territory and a school house built for said independent district, and other acts performed which by law devolved upon electors and directors of independ. ent districts; and, WHEREAS, Doubts have arisen concerning the legality of said independent district for the reason that the notices for the elec tion of a separate organization did not contain a proper description of the said territory and for the reason the board of directors of the district township of Washington failed to keep a proper record of its proceedings in setting off said territory and calling an election therein and conducting said election as by law required, although said incorporated town of Panama contained at the time and now contains more than two hundred inhabitants within its corporate limits; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That the organization of the independent district of Panama of Shelby County, Iowa, the election of direc tors and the official acts of said directors be and the same are hereby legalized and made valid the same as though said independent district was organized in strict conformity with all requirements of law. SEC. 2. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and the Harlan Tribune, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa and Harlan Iowa without expense to the State. Approved March 24, 1888. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register April 14, and Harlan Tribune March 28, 1888. FRANK D. JACKSON, Secretary of State. H. F. 487. Preamble. CHAPTER 145. LEGALIZING ACTS OF TOWN COUNCIL OF AURELIA. AN ACT to Legalize the Acts and Ordinances of the Town Council of the Incorporated Town of Aurelia, in Cherokee County, Iowa. WHEREAS, The town council of the incorporated town of Aurelia in Cherokee County, Iowa, passed a resolution to put in a system of water works in said town, known as the "Highpressure system,” and, WHEREAS, The contract for the erection of said water-works was made and the said water-works were partly put in under and by virtue of said contract, and, WHEREAS, It was then discovered by the said town council that it was necessary to pass an ordinance before beginning the erection or putting in of said water-works in order to authorize said town council to erect and put in said water-works, and, WHEREAS, The said town council did immediately enact and pass and properly publish, as provided by law, a certain ordinance known as "An ordinance for the formation, purchase, equipment, government and maintenance of water-works for Aurelia, Cherokee County, Iowa" and further known as ordinance No 17; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That all the official acts done and the said ordi- Legalized. nance No 17 passed by the town council of the incorporated town of Aurelia in Cherokee County, Iowa, not in contravention of any law of the State of Iowa and pertaining to any of the official acts of said council in putting in said water-works, are hereby legalized and the same are hereby declared to be valid and binding the same as though the said ordinance had been duly passed as provided by law before the letting and contracting for the putting in of said water-works. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance Publication. shall be in force and effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register, a newspaper published at Des Moines Iowa and the Aurelia Sentinel a newspaper published at Aurelia, Iowa, such publication being without expense to the State. Approved March 24, 1888. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa CHAPTER 146. LEGALIZING INCORPORATION AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF NORTHWOOD. AN ACT to Legalize the Incorporation and Ordinances of the Town H. F. 444. of Northwood, Worth County, Iowa. WHEREAS, The town of Northwood, Worth county, Iowa, em- Territory debraces the following territory, to wit: Commencing at the north- scribed." Petition for incorporation. No copies fled. Doubts as to legality. Legalized. Publication. west corner of the north east quarter of the southeast quarter of section 29 in township 100 range 20 west of the 5th P. M., thence south 80 rods; thence west 20 rods; thence south 160 rods; thence east 260 rods; thence north 80 rods; thence east 18 rods; thence north 160 rods; thence west 258 rods to place of beginning in Worth county, Iowa; and, WHEREAS; On the 5th day of May, 1875 the requisite number of the qualified electors of said town filed their petition in the circuit court of Worth county, Iowa, to be incorporated under the general incorporation laws of the State, and, WHEREAS, It is claimed that full compliance with the statute providing for the incorporation of towns was not had; and it is especially claimed that no copies of the record of the circuit court with reference to such incorporation or any papers pertaining to such incorporation were filed with the county recorder of said county and with the Secretary of State as required by section 423 of the code of the State of Iowa, and, WHEREAS, Doubts have arisen as to the legality of said incorporation; of the election of its officers, as to the validity of the ordinances passed and other official acts done by the council of said town, therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That the incorporation of the town of Northwood, Worth county, Iowa, the election of its officers and all official acts done and ordinances passed by the council of said town, not in conflict with the laws of the State of Iowa, are hereby legalized and the same are hereby declared to be valid and binding the same as though the law had, in all respects, been strictly complied with relative to the incorporations of cities and towns. 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 Register a newspaper published at Des Moines, Iowa, and the Worth County Index a newspaper published at Northwood, Worth county Iowa, without expense to the State. Approved March 28, 1888. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register April 27, and the Worth County Index April 5, 1888. FRANK D. JACKSON, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 147. LEGALIZING ORDINANCES OF THE INCORPORATED TOWN OF PETER. SON. AN ACT to Legalize the Ordinances of the Incorporated Town of H. F. 159. Peterson, in Clay County, Iowa. ord. WHEREAS, Doubts have arisen as to the legality of the offi Imperfect reccial acts and ordinances passed by the town council of the said incorporated town of Peterson, in Clay county, Iowa, by reason of the failure of the recorder of said town to record the yeas and nays on the suspension of the rules and upon the passage of ordinances, and the failure of the said recorder to record the order for the publication of ordinances, and the failure of the mayor of said town to sign the recorded ordinances of said town, and by reason of the fact that the publication of said ordinances have not been certified to, and the numbering of said ordinances was irregular in the publication thereof; and WHEREAS, doubts have arisen as to the validity of such ordinances, on account of the apparent irregularity of such pro. ceedings; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That all the official acts done and ordinances Legalized. passed by the trustees of the town of Peterson, in Clay county, Iowa within its authority not in contravention of any law of the State of Iowa, are hereby legalized, and the same are hereby declared to be valid, and binding, and shall have the same force and effect as though all laws defining the powers, and duties of cities and incorporated towns, pertaining to the matters hereinbefore mentioned, had been strictly complied with. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance Publication. shall be in force and effect from and after the publication in the Iowa State Register, a newspaper published in Des Moines, Iowa and the Peterson Patriot a newspaper published in Peterson, Iowa, such publication being made without expense to the State. Approved March 28, 1888. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register and Peterson Patriot March 29, 1888. FRANK D. JACKSON, Secretary of State. H. F. 484, Petition for CHAPTER 148. LEGALIZING, INCORPORATION OF TOWN OF PRIMGHAR. AN ACT to Legalize the Incorporation of the Town of Primghar. WHEREAS, Frank A. Turner and 40 others, constituting a Incorporation. majority of the qualified voters of the town of Primghar, in the county of O'Brien and State of Iowa, did petition the district court of said county at the January term A. D. 1888, thereof to incorporate certain territory described in said petition as the incorporated town of Primghar, and on the 14th day of said January, it still being the January term of said term A. D. 1888, the court being fully advised in the premises, found that the territory described in said petition had more than thirty voters and upward of three hundred and fifty inhabitants embraced within its limits; and, Plat changed. Validity doubted. Legalized. Publication. WHEREAS, After the said petition had been signed by a number of the qualified voters of the territory embraced therein, and before the same was filed in the district court, it was deemed best to change the said plat by erasing therefrom the Sof the NE of section 36 in township 96, North of Range 41, west of the 5th P. M., in Iowa, the same being embraced in the original petition, and, WHEREAS, The validity of the changing of said plat has been questioned and doubts have arisen as regards the legality of the changing of the said description has been and still is shrouded in doubt, therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That the matter in the incorporating the town of Primghar, in the county of O'Brien, under the general incorporating laws of Iowa, are hereby legally ratified and confirmed and declared to be of full legal force and effect, the same as though had never been in doubt, and the territory as shown on the plat as now of record shall be hereafter legally known and recognized as the incorporated town of Primghar, clothed with all of the rights and privileges, and vested with all of the powers and authority granted by law to incorporated towns. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication as provided by law in the Iowa State Register published at Des Moines, Iowa, and the O'Brien County Bell, published at Primghar, Iowa, without expense to the State. Approved March 28, 1888. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register May 10, and the O'Brien County Bell March 30, 1888. FRANK D. JACKSON, Secretary of State. |