9G.12 - DUBUQUE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD LANDS.
9G.12 DUBUQUE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD LANDS.
The secretary of state is hereby authorized upon the application
of any person claiming title under the trust deeds executed by the
Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company, to secure its construction
bonds, to any lands included in the list of lands certified to the
state of Iowa, by the commissioner of the general land office and
approved by the secretary of the interior, as selected to satisfy the
grant made to the state of Iowa, by Act of Congress approved May 15,
1856, 11 Stat. 9, in aid of the construction of a railroad from
Dubuque to Sioux City; to certify said land as inuring to the
grantees of the said Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company, which
certificate shall be signed by the governor, and attested by the
secretary of state, with the seal of the state, and deliver the same
to such applicant who is hereby authorized to have said certificate
recorded in the county in which the land so certified is situated,
and when so recorded, shall be notice to all persons the same as
deeds now are, and shall be evidence of the title from the state of
Iowa to any person deriving title to said land under the Dubuque and
Pacific Railroad Company, to the land therein described under the
grant of Congress by which the land was certified to the state so far
as the certified lists made by the commissioner aforesaid, conferred
title to the state, but where lands embraced in such lists are not of
the character embraced by such Acts of Congress or the Acts of the
general assembly of the state, and are not intended to be granted
thereby, the lists so far as these lands are concerned, shall be
void; nor shall the secretary include, in any of the lists so
certified to the state, lands which have been adjudicated by the
proper courts to belong to any other grant, or adjudicated to belong
to any county or individual under the swampland grant, or any
homestead or preemption settlement; nor shall said certificate so
issued confer any right or title as against any person or company
having any vested right, either legal or equitable, to any of the
lands so certified. Section History: Early Form
[C39, § 99.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81,
§ 10.12] Section History: Recent Form
C93, § 9G.12
2006 Acts, ch 1010, §5