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L1W8 OF IOWA.jf JY JIOT to prtvenl trespass or waste I on swamp, or ether lands in the State of Iowa, and for other purposes. IS»c. 1. B * it enacted by the General ;Assembly of the Stale or Iowa: That whenever the County Judge of any conn - | tv, shall become satisfied that trespass «* s!e, by cutting wood or carrying it other mannerI return* »h«U be made, wherein to prove his suid claims.Sec. 10. Any person desirous oi perfecting his Kid claim, and of receiving th#benefit of n pre-emption right to any swamp or overflowed lands above spcci-XVrk..way, or in any omer manner has been, within six months then past, or is then bring committed on any swamp or overflown 'antis, situate in and belonging to such county, and which have been properly selected according In law, and the returns thereof made to such County Judge by the selecting oflicer, it shall be the du-tv or said county Judge, to issue a warrant to the sheriff of hi* county, or to some other officer bv said J udge deputed, directing saitl slieri’ir or oflicer, to arrest and bring before him forthwith the person ir i persons charged in said warrant with having coinmitteJ trespass or waste as aforesaid ; or any persons committing the same: Provided that this section shall not b*» construed as authorizing a warrant for trespass to be issued against any person lor cutting or carrying away wood on swamp or over flowed ’lands, which such person »h..l have entered at any United States land ol flee or against any person who has at* quired a bona fi le pre-etnp any of s-.id lands, under lit provisions of this act.Sec. 2. It shall beion ris..lied, shall be entitled ving hi* claim, within ! in the eighth section ofthesame, by pro-c time specified this act, to thesatisfaction of the proper county judge, by any testimony which shall bo satisfactory to said judge, and in case the claimants is contested b; another, said judge I appoint a day. when he will hear ill*mgnevirichevienceon both suits.1 he shall mob#».u li decision in the case a* lie may deem .i*Lt and awnid costs in his discretion; and he shall give to the successful claimant, a certificate of pro-i mp'ion; provided, that no person shall receive a certificate for more than one hundred and sixty acres of land, which may bs situated in two distinct tracts, enc to consist e1 prairie and one of timber; provided, ihaf the timber tract shall not exceed eighty aeres. The provisions of ibis and the preceding section, are hereby extended to any person who .shall hereafter acquire a loua lid# claim as above specified; providod, be sb: !1 prove the •aioe according to the provision* i-t this act, within sixty days after ‘acuuiriug the *«• bee. II *•The said rer.ificste shall en-maykuKideaowitheitreisi'tjustOimfa VI to t mat ore-wii theyourid:judon,Kucatyo.'yoilhe Isequenttit!e the Ilo tile •r the :*-r t!:ers,[ loI.ihImen:r rc'u.edlt.»iflloperiod his U-therein, when-he loTT.l lt;*W INili ’#!*• ill** 'iHU\etr wleu!i ppeinrelax all b«.1iim * e. mi, ble re-ns,•rkto•e!io-io-i is3 IStheHealllienob-lin-toleud,• arttedanvilliis-holey•p.canJr-hasita-en-melis-mdtheanindaidof(Xiindthem-omid,tv•ICIon to serve or some o county judge.Sec. 3. On the son or ]lt;er»et..« arr« r.iiit. the conuty j hear testimony son soin \.o*. rson orlor.liwi'li, to :• •r, which su' she rill’of the » er deputed by-Ol!'ideclive«ei-ipp.ai •ted tanidge shall pro,-« r-m tin.* case, and it th rrested shall be found guilty u having committed trespass **r waste, con trary to the provisions of this act.hesh* be adjudged to pay u fine, not excredmluicfr ‘c eii r.ii i*r* 1 ■fiction o • such d*lt;Any risio uth a roin unty er sioCl II' to tl , v«!i theu iuone hundred dollars, and rest of suit, or »to be imprisoned in the ccunty jail. f«»r a period not oxoooding sixty days or to be both fined and imprisoned at the discretion of said judge; provided that any persefi to arrested shall l»e entitled to be tried by a jury of six disinterested residents of the county if he require it. Ami said judge shall hare authority in hi* discretion to commit such persons to the county jail until the line and costs adjudged against him shall be paid, provided his imprisonment shall not exceed altogether, ninety days.Sec. 4. All fines so inflicted snail inure to the use of the school fund, nad be• , . .* .....I'aner uerxi.ccmg ttoiiithe same the amount of costs which have been paid by the county hi cases of lail-ure to sustain any previous acti. n commenced mi ier tins act and the costs of prosecution under this act, shall be thesame as the costs in similar prosecution* before a Justice of the pc.icr.« ami equity m..y r* Si.c. 13. The term *• comuiissioner b* tl all e\| ire on t!i« firs A I)., lSi7, at vvhicii ors shall i»® elected See. 14. All sets, relation to swamp innd with, are repealed.S*.cmu' er. he prei uire. of olii e *.lt;•*« Mom:ig aggnev-uty judge, * act, may ?t c*»urt el i have fins.1and s!i lises as just'-'iIIof drain-conn’icsel April.me tbeir su« ciss-and par s of ads in s inconsistent bere-theC•. Ij. Till* !i*.va lt;up! id Krto b«* published iu »rter ill! I Itie low a ity Itcpublican. an I llt; t.»Alt;* effect from ami alter the tVrst day of March, 1*55. Approved, Jan. 2JAM1 N.». W. i.HIM VS.ri.k : s ree* rinaii • Inna'.*' n \vvhr the cu be mi v mi has been e u first section • d-tc to the h!uI be the fiuther «•c oi' eacii county, whe n*ct tresspass or w lilted as mentioned i:i this act. to issue his i rill’ of Ids county, o’-ity of enev-soiae other odiuer t:he•nbisidshehejr-h«hlt;*•eofheo-udlercin, to re.striun and prevent all persons from carrying a\v.*v wood or limber, tlut may liave been cut on any of the svvuinp «r ovcrlSowa Lmls aitove spcidtied; and to take possession of such wood or timber, and ifispose ..f the same by public or private sale, at ihc discretion of tlie slicrifl’ or officer serving the writ, and return the proceeds thercoi to the county treasurer.Ssc. (». I* is further mad* the duty of the county judge in the several counlies, to sue lor damages, iu the name and lor the use of their resjwctive counties, in the proper district court any person who shall have committed trespass or waste, in vi-olatien of iht provisions of this net; provided ; that it shall !.e discretionary with said judges to proceed against such person either by criminal, or civil suit, as above provided, or both.Sec. 7. Any person convicted of trespass or waste before the county judge, as above specified, may take an appeal to the proper district oeurt, by giving iwnd m.d security to the satisfaction of ihe count\ judge, in the usual penally and condition, with the further condition that he will no:, in the meantime, and until the decision of said district court in the matter, commit further waste or trespass os abov eified.Starving Paupers Reftxs.r.j Work. The article vvbi'.h WiYriiV-unl. »\c invite jMrtn iiiarattention toil: Wu were yes'erday invi'cd by Mr.t to Visit ills ...ii e while be g a call lr.»iii forty-seven „rent ji .upers, vviio were im-*r aid. Mr. Short Iic.mj men i » I offered dv «‘ii a j*nmii*vv-re*ibvcep* i: •'gain-Jing. 1 lb:» •ui Hi fi.-va.-n c*cm vverk»ter i.uml »v. 1.,d.i they 1. 'ill lo th. Suilon. and w l.uii^r. eft.. of nd *.id alreaiiy it, on the plenty oflt; r, Was tc* they had ad also re-' oiiv, and »! ey sgailoetc.*.:i threats ten Ageut W c were irn-;. le-b#.iiedu! er at thethem, .ud was lar their ?tu!pe-Sec. 8. The foregoing provisions are ext undo I i« a|| school, university, or oilier lands belonging to the State, so lar as the same may be applicable.Ssc- jh Any person who slial! haves Oonafde claim, by actual settlement, *rimprovement upon any of the swamp overflowed lands in this State, which shallThave been selected, and the returns there-?n ,rBhfc.:?;he e0n,'•» •pocifiedr “To ieclion of ael' anybona fide assignee of such person shall b«allowed te enter the same by paying into hi Z?f #f ‘he W countyacr# ffierefor* nn ° qU,,rf*r nar•nan.y and rrMfung to e..rn could n«.t help feeling tlmt aHer such men sl.eu'J die iu•rnnos than iJmt they should be *up)iertc.l m th,* public excuse.— They prolk.ldy will luni thieves, and become a publi • ch-rge at l. st. In laci.they looked like convicts, and. if theywere net, their dress and carriage did them great injustice.Immediately alter tlie ilcparture of these wretches, another lot of ninety Germans arrive,!. They were from ikiden, whence their passage w» pjdd by the authorities. They w re 1 i» :* .| 'iu New Yoik, in rom|uny with one I thirty-eight more, irom iho s Boninger, and from there were by tlie ( mi'n|. he (Kiying ll:»ii far as Buiado. The res! of were cnt lo I'hiiadelp bin. who we know is as kind an I towards these poor crea sible lor a man to he. to! feed and lo-l^e this bantoiswhete*I'f4wiI VIIlr*d andArueldpatchedures us tl. !, forisitresand then lake some m lure.Here, now, are tw« facts to* visible for rny one to dilute •!:« ence. l irst, that the Jiurnjc. i mints, and their official reprf'cnnasssgo as the *argo -Mr. Mmrt, ‘ «1 tritab!* i: is jm*s-at hi should the night, or their lu-plainbII ztins country, are engaged in the roun'ry towns hordes ofainiy r exist • ov«rn-ives inpouring intopauper emiI;rants, who must inevitably l^-emc pubic stipendiaries. Second, that when theyarrive here, thesepaupers jiertiiiacieuslyWlie»«theorir;Illo.r.-uK,rI’mI inIImiIt,.!kwDnMe*Iasquarter per — hereinafter provided;fwl'r ,uch P*0 or hi‘jWI f,r« prov. ,uch cUi«, Ulor. H,. pope'' «unly judge, within niu.lv d,„vldk V 01 M*rch' lS55 i pS!ihcK.™ ;‘.‘I?““'Jinhk ' r JudK*'''«-!• bv Ihenin..v do^C!.r’ ‘UCh 1'“' »lt.:i have unetj do,3 Illt;lt; ,iB, a[ whj ,refuse to aid themselves, and spurn offers or laoor. which will afford them a better return than any they ever performed at home. Whit are the deductions from these premises ?£ir*The Spiritual Association of Si Louis has undertaken to form a commit-too of vnbstisters, to be sent on to Ohio, to inveetigato certain vory stranga phenomena which aro and have been for some time developing there. A number of the most sciomific men in S:. Louis are concerned in getting np thia investigation.A *l,b-marine telegraph across th* 11 JJ.ack baa is to he clt; ! ■Oshl • arnErie1Qov.JAU(iinl
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Muscatine Tri Weekly Journal
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Wed, Feb 21, 1855
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