Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-06-10
The Pacific, Hannibal and St. Joseph
Railroad Bill.
A BILL


roads in said Safe.
This bill, it will be remembered, has
passed the Senate.
SIC ], 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 Railroads from the town
of Hannibal, TO the town of st. Joseph,
in said State, and from the city of Saint
Louis, to such point on the Western
boundary of said State, as may be designated
by the authority of said State, with the right
also to take necessary materials of earth,
stone and timber for the construction there
of, from the public lands of the United
States adjacent to said railroad: Provided,
that in locating the railroads as aforesaid,
and on assigning the limits Of the easement,
no more land from the United States than is
necessary for convenient and free use Of
said railroads or public ways for transporta-
ton, including stations, with the usual
bridges Of all kinds, turn-outs, and such
other appurtenances as are usually enjoyed
by railroad companies, and a copy of the To-
cation, made under the direction Of the Leg
islature, shall be forwarded TO the proper To-
Land Office at Washington City, within
ninety days after the completion of the same
to be recorded.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
there be, and is hereby granted, TO the State
of Missouri, FOR the purpose Of aiding in
making Railroads aforesaid, every alternate
section of land designated by even numbers,
| for six sections in width on each side Of
said road; but in case it shall appear that the
| United States have, when the line or route Of
said roads. or either of them, shall be
definitely fixed by the authority aforesaid,
sold any section or any part thereof granted
as aforesaid, or that the. right of presumption
has attached to the same, then it shall be
lawful for any agent or agents to be appoint
ed by the Governor of said State, to select,
subject to the approval Of the Secretary of
the Interior, from the lands of the United
States most contiguous 10 the tier of sections
above specified, so much land in alternate
sections br parts of sections, as shall be
equal TO such lands as the United States
have sold. or to which the right of pre-em-
tion has attached as aforesaid; which lands
thus selected in lieu of those sold, and tc
which pre-emption rights have attached a,
aforesaid, together with the sections and
parts of sections designated by wen num-
bers as aforesaid, and appropriated as afore-
said, shall be held by the State of Missouri
for the use and purpose aforesaid; provided
that the lands to be so located, shall in nc
case be further than fifteen miles from the
line of the road provided. further, that the
lands hereby granted shall be exclusively
applied in the construction of that road fol
which it was granted and selected, and the
same shall be applied to no other purpose
whatsoever. And provided, further, that
; any and all lands heretofore reserved to the
United States by any act of Congress, or ir
any other manner by competent authority
for the purpose of aiding in object of inter.
nal improvement, or for any other purpose
whatsoever, be and the same are hereby re.
served to the United States from the opera
ton Of this act, except so far as it may BE-
: found necessary to locate the routes OF thu
said railroads through such reserved lands
in which case the right of way only shall b.
granted.
, Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, Tha
the sections and parts of sections of lane
United States, within six miles on each sid,
of said roads. shall not be sold for less thar
double the minimum price of the public land
when sold. Which lands shall be Offered
at public sale, to the highest bidder, unde
} the direction of the Secretary of the Int
ror, and shall not be subject to private en-
] try until after they shall have been Offered
at public sale.
. SEC. A. And be it further enacted, Tha
the said lands hereby granted TO the SAT-
State shall be subject to the disposal of tn,
Legislature thereof, for the purposes afore
, said, and no other; and the said Railroad
shall be and remain a public highway, 70
the use of the Government of the United
| States. free from toll or other charge upol
the transportation ofany property ortroop
:, of the United States.
r SEC. 6. And be it further enacted. Tha
the United States mail shall at all times b.
transported on said Railroads. under the di
5 rection Of the Post Office Department, a
' such price as Congress may by law direct.
The Fifth Section of the bill as it pass
, ed the Senate, and a proviso TO the Secont
5 Section, was stricken out by the recommen
dation Of the Committee on Public Lands
and in this shape the bill passed the House
In lieu of the Fifth Section, it is provided
that the lands along twenty miles of the roa,
:, may b. disposed o' first, and no more; an,
thai wien the line shall be finished through
= these twenty miles, the Governor of tn,
e State shall certify that fact to the Secretar,
{ OF the lnterior-when the State of Nilsson
! ri may sell the lands twenty miles furlhe
- on the road, and SO on until the road shall b.
finished; but if the road shall not be finishe
within ten years, then the sales shall cease
and the land remaining shall revert to tn
D United States.
These are the precise features of the Bill
as IT passed the House. There can be n
doubt Of the assent of the Senate TO III
h amendment, and provision should at once b
e made to give to the road the benefits of thes
. liberal grants OF land.
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