Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-09-02
BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED
IA, 49, STATES Hv
Passed during ne firsf Session of The
Mx s7Ipty-second Congress.
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s [PuDlle Acr-No.43.I
AN ACT 70 amend an act entitled " An
net 10 settle and adjust the expenses
OF the people Of Oregon in defending
themselves from attacks and hostili-
ties oil Cayuse Indians, in the years
eigh'eenhundred and lorty-seven and
eighteen hundred and !or,y-eigh,,"
approved February fourteenth, eigh.
'een hundred aud liity.one.
BE ii enacted by The Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of The United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That
the Secretary OF the Treasury pay out
oi .he money appropriated by the act to
which this is an amendment, approved
February fourteenth, eighteen hundred
and flty-one, the amount found due 10
the persons named in the report Of
Aaron T.. Wait, commissioner TO asccr-
tain the neces sury expenses Incurred by
said inhabtnris, as the same was com
muniratrd 10 Cong essby the Legisln-
ture of Oregon. at the second session Of
the thir'y-frsl Congress.
SEC. 2. .And be IL further enacted,
That when a person shall have died,
the amount shall be paid 10 his legal
representatives, on the production oil au-
ihenticatcd copies Of the appointment
Prouided, That il such deceased person
shall not have heen resident Of the
Territory NJ the time OF his death and
shall have lelt "A widow in any one Of
the States OF the Union, the amount due
such descendcnt shall be paid to such
widow and If there be no widow sur
vlving him, and there be infant children,
The the amount shall be paid the guar
dian of such infant children; and il
there be no widow or infant children,
then To the legal representatives Of such
descenLcnt as above provided tor.
Approved August IL, 1852.
TPuRLic Acr-No. AL
AN ACT TO gran, the righ, Of way to
aiI rail and plank roads and macada-
mized ,urnpikes passing through the
public lands belonging 10 the United
States.
lie IL enacted b, the Senate and House
of Representatives, Of The United States Of
america in Congress assembled, That
the right OF way shall be, and is hereby.
grantcd TO all rail and plank road or
macadanized turnpike companies that
are now or that may be chartered within
ten years hereafter, over and through
any OF the public lands OF the United
States, over which any rail or plank
road or macadamized turnpike are or
may be authorized hy an ac, Of the
Legislature Of the respective States,
in which public lands may be situated;
and The said company or companies are
hereby authorized to survey and mark
through the said public lands, or be
b, Id by them tor the track of sal road,
one hundred feet in width: Pr0rideL,
that in case where deep excavation or
heavy embankment is required for the
grade Of such road, then AT such places
a greater width may be taken by. such
company, If necessary, not exceeding III
ths whole two hundred feet.
SEC 3 And be ii further endcicd
That the said company or companies
shall have the right to take from the
public lands. in the vicinity OF said road
or roads, all such materials Of earth,
stone, or wood, as may be necessary or
convenient from time 10 time, Tor the
first construction OF said road or roads,
or any part thereof, TIN, ugh said land.
SEC 8. and bs Il further enacted.
That there shalt be. and is hereby,
granted lu said company or companies,
all necessary sites for watering places,
Jepo's, and workshops along the line Of
said road or roids, SO Tar as the places
convenient lor the same may fall upon
the public lands P,Orided, That no
one depot or watering place shall con-
tain over one square acre, and that said
sites shall not be nearer TO eacn her
than ten miles along the line or lines Of
said road or roads: PrOrided further,
that tie said grants herein contained,
It's well of The Use of the public lands as
uI ,hematerials for the con true tiOn OF
SAID road or .ads, shall cease and de-
terminc, vi. ess the road or roads begun
within zen years from and after the pass
age of this act, and completed within
titeen years thereafter: And prorided
poreorer, ThaG ii any road, at any time
II er lis complexion, be dsc' ntnued or
a.nnduurd by SAID company or con-
paGics, lie grants hereby made shall
q, use anJ determine, and said lands
hereby granted revert hack 10 the Gei-
etal GoVermnent: Prorided turiher,
That when location for either Of said
railroads, or p!ankroads, macadamized
turnpihes, or sites Tor deI OTIS OIL the line
OF such road or roads, shall be selected,
the proper officers Of such road or roads
shall transIiit TO the Commissioner OF
the General Land Office q correct plat
ol the survey OF said road or roads, t.
getier with tnc survey OF sites for dcpots
before such selection shall become
operatives Pcopided. further, That none
OF the foregoing rovisions Of til act
shall apply TO- Or authorize, any rights
IL HIy lands ol the United States other
than such as are held Tor private entry
and sale, and such as are unsurveyed
and not held lor public use by erection
or inpro. ent nts thereon. ..
SIC. 4. 4ad be IL further enacted,
That NJ 4, rl,,L' ~ v.v tbrou rh tho Dnh