Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-06-02
NO. SO.

Mr.. Boon, from the Committee on the Public
Lands, 10 which was referred the following
bill from the Senate, reported the sans
withou. amendment. Il;
AN ACT to grant to the States and lncorpo-
rated companies engaged in the construction
ofroads or canals, the right of way through
the public lands OF the United States. 81
SEC. l. Be it enacted By the Senate and Hoass
lof Representatives. Of the United States1f .asae-
lrica, Ia Congress assembled, That there be, and
| is hereby, granted to any State or company in-
lcorporated by State or Territory engaged IL
the construction of Macadamized roads. rail-
roads or canals, the right of way through such
portions Of the public lands or the U. 5. as
such roads or canals, or their branches, may
pass: Prorided, That the portion Of the public
lands occupied thereby shall not exceed, IN
any case, two hundred feet in width.
SEC. 2. Ind be 1t further enacted, That tho
route Of every such road or canal and its bran-
ches shall, at the expense Of the State or com-
lpany constructing the same, be surveyed and
designated through the said public lands by
plain marks or monuments; and copies Of the
tield-noles, with plat or plats of the lands,
and description Of the said landmarks 81
monuments, and their connection with the pre-
vious official surveys Of the adjacent lands.
shall be returned to The Office Of the Surveyor
General Of the State in which such road or ca
nal may be constructed, and to the General
Land Office in Washington, within sixty days
after the said surveys and plats are complete;
Il wherever said roads or canals, or their BRAN
ches, shall intersect highway or travelled
way on the public lands, that way or ways
shall be LETT unrestricted; and whenever they
may cross stream or low grounds, such pro.
vision shall be made for draining off the water
. as 10 leave the said public lands uninjured by
said road or canal. Said location ofsaid roads
or canals and their branches shall be consid.
! cred as open way, and be kept up as such, and
the lands abutling thereon shall be considered
as AUDITING upon apublic way.
SEC. 3. md be 1t further cnccted, That for
. such depots, watering places, and workshops,
as may be- essential to tho convenient use OF
\ road or canal, or its branches, there is also
8 granted, 10 the States and companies aforesaid,
y such portion of the public land as they may,
a under like restrictions and conditions, select,
: on either or each side OF said road or canal. or
: Its branches: Iyocidsd, That no more than four
y acres, to be laid of in square form, shall be
selected for such use or purpose at any one
G place, and not more than one such square shall
:, be granted for every ten miles Of such road or
! canal, or its branches, lying within the public
. lands; which selections shall be surveyed and
II returned in the manner aforesaid, and approved
Iby the Secretary Of the Treasury for the time
. being.
IS SEC. A. and be IL furtler enacted, That so
70 long as the public land in the vicinity Of any
y such road or canal or its branches shall remain
10 unsold said State or company aforesaid Shall
r have permission 10 take them from such mate
n rails of earth, stone, or wood, as may be me-
10 cessary for the construction OF said road or ca
g. nal
u SEC. s. ind be IL further enacted, That the
no grants herein contained, as well the use OF the
,i- public lands as ofthe materials for tho CON
H. s,ruclion Of such roads canals, or their bran
no ches, shall, in the case Of companies as afore
a. said. cease and determine and b. of no effect
unless such road or canal be commenced ant
IL completed within the period fixed by the char
let ter thereof and if any such road or canal sha!
"a he at any time after its completion, or during
ne the time of its constructions; discontinued or
70 ,bandoned by the said State or company, th'
We grants and privileges hereby made and allow
re ed shall cease and determine and be OF no FL
on feet.
let paescd tho Senate. Nav 9. 1893.
LOT Attest: ASBURY ICKINS, Secretary.
Wisconsin, TEnnlToRY .---Messrs. Carey I
liar: have publised volume, entitled "On
vo- seryations on the Wisconsin Territory; chief
'r- on that part called the "Wisconsin Land Dia
OF trict'n...with a map exhibiting the settle
IDS parts Of the Territory, as laid of in counties
IN by act of the Legislature in 1897
IN, This valuable little work is from tho pen {
OF Gen. VIM. r. Smith, of Bedford, Pa, an
4 tod nc thoi nj