PUBLIC PARKS OF IOWA 



ESTABLISHMENT OF IOWA PARKS 



The law Providing for the same and Proceedings of the Board 

 of Conservation. 

 Chapter 236, Acts of the Thirty-seventh General Assembly and 



Amendments thereto. 



An Act to authorize the establishment of public parks by the 

 State Fish and Game Warden (the Thirty-eighth General As- 

 sembly amended this Act by substituting for "the State Fish 

 and Game Warden," "the State Board of Conservation"), by and 

 with the consent of the State Executive Council, and to provide 

 for the improvement of the same, and to create a board of con- 

 servation for the preservation of places of historic, natural or rec- 

 reational interest authorizing donations in aid of such purposes 

 and to make an appropriation therefor, providing for aid by 

 municipal corporations and authorizing boards of supervisors 

 to extend county road systems in furtherance of the provisions 

 of this act. 

 Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: 



Section 1. The State Board of Conservation by and with the 

 written consent of the Executive Council, is hereby authorized 

 to establish public parks in any county of the State, upon the 

 shores of lakes, streams, or other waters of the State, or at any 

 other places which have by reason of their location become his- 

 toric or which are of scientific interest, or by reason of their 

 natural scenic beauty or location become adapted therefor, and 

 said Board of Conservation, under the supervision of said Execu- 

 tive Council, is hereby authorized to improve and beautify such 

 parks. When so established they shall be made accessible from 

 the public highways, and in order to establish such parks said 

 Executive Council shall have the power to purchase or condemn 

 lands for said purposes and to purchase and condemn lands for 

 said highway purpose. 



Sec. 2. The State Board of Conservation shall, under the di- 

 rection of the Executive Council, have the power to erect dams 

 across streams and across outlets of lakes for the purpose of 

 raising the water level therein, and any damages occasioned to 

 riparian owners by reason of the raising of such water level shall 

 be paid for out of the fund hereinafter provided for. 



