The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-06
BY AU TIL GRITTY.
s LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed during the First Session Of the Thirty.s
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TPuDLIC AcT-No. Ill

[PuDLIc AcT-No. Ill
AN ACT to giant the right of way TO all rail
plank roads and macadamized turnpikes
ing through the public lands belonging
United States. "t Ft: 2. Z
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House Of Il
stntatires Of the United States Of america in
gress assembled, Tbat the right of way sha|
and Ia hereby, granted to all rail and plank
or macadamized turnpike companies thai
now or that may be chartered within ten
hereafter, over and through any Of the b
lands oi tho United States, over which any I'd
plank road or Inacadamized turnpikes are Cd
be authorized by an act vi the Legislators q
respective States in which public lands MI
situated; and the said company or command
hereby authorized to survey and mark thu
the said public lands, to be held by them r
track Of said road, one hundred icet in n
Provided, That in Gaze where deep cxcavati
heavy embankment is required for the grs|
such road, then at such places a greater
may be taken by snCh company, II necessary
exceeding in the whole two hundred feet.
SEQ. :. And be it further enacted, That th(
company or companies shall have the right I'd
from the public lands, i'll the vicinity Of said
or roads, all such materials of earth, stor|
wood, as may be necessary or convenient from
to time, for the first construction of said roI
roads. or any part thereof, through said land !
SEC. 3. And be IL f,rthir enacted, That
shall be, and Is hereby, granted TO said COM
or companies, all necessary sites for watI
places, depots, and workshops along the 4
said road or roads, 50 far as the places conve
for the same may fall upon the public D
Provided, That no one depot or watering place
contain over one square acre, and that said
shall not be nearer to each other than ten
along the line or lines of said road or h
; Provided further, That the said grants herein
tanned, as well of the use OF the pubic LAND
of the materials for the construction Of said|
or roads. shall cease and determine, uple !.
road or roads be begun within ten years fron)
after the passage OF this act, and completed Y
fifteen years thereafter: Ind PROVIDED,
Ouer, That il any road, at any time afte
completion, be discontinued or abandoned
said company or companies, the grants
by made shall cease and determine, and
lands hereby granted revert back to the &c
Government: Provided further, That when d
ton for either of said railroads, or plank
macadamized turnpikes, or sites for depots 8
line OF such road or roads, shall be selected
proper officers ofsuch road or roads shall tra
10 the Com missioner of the General Land OH
correct plat Of the survey Of said road or d
together with the survey of sites for depots
such selection shall become operative: Prod
further, That none OF the foregoing provisid
this act shall apply to, or authorize, any rig4
any lands Of the United States other than So
are held for private entry aud sale, and ouch
unsurveyed and not held for public use by ere
or improvements thereon.
Sec. 4. And be it further Enacted, That the
OF way through the public lands of the q
States lying in Black Rock, in the,county Of
and State of New York, be, and the san
hereby granted to the Lockport and Buffalo
road Company: PROVIDED, That in the opiniI
the President Of the United States such gra
not injurious to the public interest, and tina
location shall be approved by the President
the position and width of the said railroad:
provided further, That if the eaid railroad shal
be completed within two years, or if at any
after its completion, the said railroad be di
tinued or abandoned, the grant shall cease
determine.
(Signed) LINN BOYD,
Speaker of the House Of Representati,
(Signed) WILLIAM II. KING,
President of the Senate pro tempd
Approved August 4, 1852.
(Signed) WILLARD FILLMOj