Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-02-26
Pacific Railroad.

introduced into the I. >. Senate, bill grant
ing the right Of way and a portion of the
public lands, to aid in the construction Of this
road. The bill was read second time on
the Sth, and referred to the Committee on
Public Lands. That committee. on the 20th
of January, reported the bill back in the fol-
lowing shape:
That the right Of way through the public
lands be, and the same is hereby granted to
the State of Missouri, for the construction
of railroad from St. Louis to such point in
Cass county, on the western frontier of said
State, as may be designated by the Legisla-
ture thereof, with the right also to take
necessary materials of earth, stone and tim
ber for the construction thereof, from the
public lands of the United States adjacent
to said railroad; provided that the right of
way shall not exceed one hundred feet on
each side of the line of said road, and copy
of the survey of said road, made under the
direction of the Legislature, shall be for
warded to the proper local land offices res
pectively, and to the General Land Office at
Washington City, within ninety days after
the completion of the same.
s. 2. find be it further enacted, That
there be, and is hereby granted to the State
of Missouri, for the purpose of aiding in
making the railroad aforesaid every alter
nate section ofland designated by even num-
bers, for six sections in width on each side
} of said road; but in case it shall appear that
} the L. S. have, when the line or route of
said road is definitely fixed by the authority
aforesaid sold any section or any part thereof
granted as aforesaid or that the right or
pre-emption has attached to the same, then
it shall be lawful for any agent or agents to
| be appointed by the Governor of said State,
to select, subject to the approval of the Sec
retary of the Interior, from the lands of the
!, United States most contiguous to the tier OF
sections above specified so much land in
alternate sections or parts of sections, as
shall be equal to such lands as the United
tates have sold, or to which the right
of pre-emption has attached as aforesaid,
which lands (thus selected in lieu of
those sold, and to which pre-emption
= rights have attached as aforesaid together
, with the sections and parts of sections desig-
mated by even numbers as aforesaid, and ap-
proprlated as aforesaid) shall be held by the
State of Missouri for the use and purpose
aforesaid; provided, that the lands to be Sc
located, shall in no case be further than {
miles from the line of the road; provided
further, that the lands hereby granted shall
be exclusively applied in the construction
, of said road, and shall be disposed of only
as the work progresses, and the same shal
be applied to no other purpose whatsoever
And provided further, that any and all land:
heretofore reserved to the United States BY
any act Of Congress, or in any other manner
by competent authority. for the purpose o.
aidingin any object of internal Improvement
n or for any other purpose whatsoever, be anC
S the same are hereby reserved to the United
It States from the operation of this act, excep
J so far as it may be found necessary to locat
It the routes of the said railroad through sucl
e reserved lands, in which case the right 0
n way only shall be granted.
d 5. 8. .4ud be it further enacted, Tha
e the sections and parts of sections of land
Il which, by such grant, shall remain TO tn
c United States within six miles on each sid
u of said road shall not be sold for less tha
Il double the minimum price Of the publ
e lands when sod.
s. 4. find be ii further enacted, Tha
=, the said lands hereby granted to the sal
State shall be subject to the disposal of tn
! Legislature thereof, for the purposes afore
- said, and no other; and the said railroad sha
: be and remain public highway, for the MS
Of the Government ofthe United States, fre
- from toll or other charge, upon the trans
portation of any property or troops of tn
United States.
'r 5. 5. find be ii further enacted, That
Y the said railroad shall not be completed with
in ten years, the said State of Missouri sha
<, be bound to pay to the United States III
lie amount which may be received upon the sal
p Of any part of said lands by said State, III
l. title to the purchasers under said State re
IS naming valid; and the title TO the residue {
ID said lands shall reinvest in the United State
ct to have and hold the same in the same mar
E. ner as if this act had not been passed.
1T 5. 6. find be ii further enacied, That III
p United States mail shall at oil times b
st transported on said railroad under the d
RS rection of the Post office Department, {
le such nrices as Cnnpress may hv lazy direc