Volume 15
Public Law 40–V
in Relation to a certain Tract of Land in Burlington, Iowa.
Approved March 22, 1867
Statutory text
An Act
in Relation to a certain Tract of Land in Burlington, Iowa.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
An ordinance adopted by the city council of Burlington, Iowa, made legal.
That a certain ordinance adopted by the city council of the city of Burlington, in the State of Iowa, of date of December tenth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled “An ordinance devoting Market Square to certain public purposes, and providing for the location of certain railroad tracks upon certain streets, and for other purposes,” is hereby ratified, approved, and made legal and valid, so far as relates to said public square; and that said ordinance
Interest of the United States in Market Square, Burlington, convoyed to the Burlington and Missouri River R. R. Co.
shall operate to convey to the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company all right and interest of the United States in the premises known as Market Square, in the said city of Burlington, upon the terms and conditions and for the purposes and uses therein designated, and shall have the same force, operation, and effect as if the fee-simple title to said Market Square and streets were owned by said city at the date of said ordinance.
Approved, .