The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-02-13
In the Senate of the United States,


In the Senate of the United states.
JANUARY 3, 1850.
Agrccably ty notice, Mr. Jones asked and OBJ
tanned leave to bring in the following bill;
which was read twice, and referred to the
Committee on Public Lands
JANUARY %, 1850.
Reported with amendments, viz: strike out all af-
ter the cnacting clause, and insert what fol-
lows:
That there be and hereby is granted to the
State of Iowa, for the purpose of aiding in MAX
ing railroad from the city of Dubuque to Keo-
kuk, in said State the rout that has been
or may be designated by the Legislatures there
of, every alternate section Of land designated by
even numbers, tor six sections in width on each
side of said road: Provided, That in case it
shall appear that the United States have, when
the line or rout Of said road is dcnitively fixed
by the authority aforesaid, sold any part of any
section hereby granted, or that the right of pre-
emption has attached to the same, then it shall
be lawful tor any agent agents to be appoint
eddy the Governor ofsaid State to select, sub
Ject to the appreciation of the Secretary of the
Interior for the purpose aforesaid, of the lands
remaining to the United states in said sections,
one.half thereof in alternate parts, SO far as may
De practicable: And provided further, That
SAID agent or agents may, subject to the APPROX
nj aforesaid, select from the lands of the United
N'tasSs iiioSL Colti6uOuS 10 tnc TIER or sections
above specified, so much land in alternate Sec
tons, parts of sections, as shall be equal to
such lands as the United States have sold, or to
which the right Of presumption has attached as
aforesaid, which lands being equal in quantity
to onc-half OF six sections in width, on each side
OF said road, the State of Iowa shall have and
hold to, and for the use and purpose aforesaid
SEC Z. And be it further enacted, That the
sections and parts Of sections of land which, by
such grant, shall remain to the United Suites,
within six miles Oh each side Of said road, shall
not be sold for less than double the minimum
price of the public lands when Sold
SEC. s. And be it further enacted, That the
SAID lands hereby granted to the said State shall
be subject to the disposal Of the Legislature
thereof, for the purposes aforesaid, and no other
and the said railroad shall be, and remain pub
lie highway, for the use Of tho Government of
the United States, free from toll or other change
upon the transportation ofany property troops
ofthc United States
SEC. i. And be it further enacted, That if the
said railroad shall not be completed within ten
years, the said State of Iowa shall be bound
to pay to the United States the amount which
may be received upon the sale of any part of
said lands by said State, the title to the purchu-
sers, under said State, remaining valid; and the
title to the residue of said lands shall reinvest
IN the United States, to have and hold the same
in the same manner as if this act had not been
passed, and the second section thereof shall
from thenceforth be deemed null and void.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, be-
fore it shall be competent for the State of Iowa
to dispose of any of the lands to be selected as
aforesaid plat plats of the courses, distances
and points of termination of said railroad, shall
he furnished by the said State to the Commits
sioner of the General Land Office.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the
r.
survey and mark through the public lands of
the United States, the rout Of said railroad, and
that seventy five feet of said lands or each side
Of the centre or middle of the track of said road,
he reserved from sale on the part of the United
States, and the Use thereof forever vested in the
said State, for the purpose aforesaid, and none
other.
SEc.7 And be it further enacted, That no
lands reserved for schools, or for military or
other purposes, nor mineral lands, nor any to
which the right of presumption has attached
shall be selected by said State under this act
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That the
u. States mail, shall at all times, be transport
cd on said railroad, under the direction of the
Post Office Department, at reasonable price !,
and in of disagreement between the State
and the Post Office Department. the matter in
difference shall be referred to the United States
District Judge for the District of Iowa.
In private letter received from Gen JONES,
he says the bill has been so framed by the COM
mittec, as to meet the objections heretofore bro't
against it, and expresses confident hope of its
passage through both Houses.
The celebrated Parker House was DESTROYED,
in the recent conhagration at San Francisco.
A fire has also occurred at Stockton, where
$4,000, worth Of property was destroyed.
Our Youths Department does not appear this
week. 1t will be cpntinued next.
The Nicaragua question has been adjusted at
Washington.
CHoLEnA.-several casesat St. Louis. The
papers call for a Mass Meeting, and for the
establishment of Quarantine regulations.
Ofall the slavery in the worlds there any
SO degrading, 50 miserable and wretched as that
of the Bottle?
The mayor of New York, in his message, says
there are about 5000 juvenile thieves in that
city.
We have no objection to newspaper borrow
ing, provided every man only takes to
lend.
Mrs. f., do you like milk in your tea?
No, l thank you; the superiority af milk,
added to the favority of the heart, renders the
congomeration insupportable obnoxious to my
diabolcal appetite.
Du tell.
Religious Notice.
Rer. q. ". 0orham aoiH delirer Lecture "Tae De-
sign Of Baptism,' neat Sabbath at o'clock, p Ill., in the
Baptist Church. TDubuoue Fr1 13,h 1874
Special Notices.
From Michigan.
NILES EXPRESS OFFICE, March ID, 1896
w. B. Sloan, csq.-Dear Sir: Prcceiving that
you have large quantity of printing to do, in
the way of hand bills, &c, have thought ]
would apply for the job Of doing part of it;
can do the work as well, and as cheap as it is
now done, and l will take your medicines in pay
mcnt. The Central Rail road will be complet-
ed to New Buffalo in the course of month, and