8 PUBLIC PARKS OF IOWA 



Sec. 3. The title to all lands purchased or donated for park 

 or highway purposes under the provisions of this Act shall be 

 taken in the name of the State, and if thereafter it shall be deemed 

 advisable to sell any portion of the land so purchased, the pro- 

 ceeds of such sale shall be placed to the credit of the said Fish 

 and Game Protection Fund (the Thirty-eighth General As- 

 sembly amended this act by substituting for the "Fish and Game 

 Protection Fund," "Public State Parks Fund,") to be used for 

 such park purposes, except that on the request of any of the 

 donors of the fund with which such land was purchased, the 

 amount contributed by the donor making such request shall be 

 refunded to such donor, without interest, provided that applica- 

 tion for such refund must be made within six months from the 

 date of the sale of such lands, and provided also, that no such 

 lands shall be sold except in compliance with legislative enact- 

 ment designating specifically the lands to be sold. 



Sec. 4. The Executive Council is empowered and authorized 

 on behalf of the State to receive donations of land for either park 

 or highway purposes in conformity with the provisions of this 

 Act, and lands so donated shall not be sold, and if abandoned 

 by legislative enactment, shall revert to the original owner. 



Sec. 5. The State Treasurer shall have authority to receive 

 and accept, on behalf of the State, donations for the purpose of 

 aiding in the carrying out of the provisions of this Act, and the 

 donor may specify the place where and the purpose or purposes 

 for which said donation is to be used or expended, and when 

 such specification is made to the Executive Council by the donor 

 the donated funds shall be expended for no other purpose. 



Sec. 6. The State Board of Conservation shall permit the im- 

 provement of such parks, when established, or the improvement 

 of bodies of water, upon the border of which such parks may be 

 established, by the expenditure of private or other funds, such 

 improvement to be done, however, under the direction of the 

 State Board of Conservation, by and with the consent of the 

 Executive Council. The Executive Council may call upon any 

 agencies of the state for assistance and information. When such 

 state agencies' traveling expenses are not otherwise provided 

 for, they shall be paid from the Public State Parks fund, as other 

 traveling expenses are paid. 



Sec. 7. Municipalities, or individuals, or corporations or- 

 ganized for that purpose only, acting separately or in conjunc- 



