The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-12-29
NUMBER 36.

dcilgnated by the authority OF said state,
with the right Of also to take necessary
materials of earth. stone, and timber for
the construction thereof. frofi the pub
lie lands of the United States adjacent
to said railroads PrOridcd, That in To-
eating the railroads aforesaid and assign
ing the limits to the easement, no more
land shall be taken from the United
States than is necessary for a convenient
construction and use of said roads as
public ways for transportation. including
stations, with the usual buildings Of all
kinds .turnouts and such other appurten;
ances as arc usually enjoyed by rail road
companies, and copy of the location OF
said roads, made under the direction Of
the Legislature, shall be forwarded tol
the proper local land-officcs respective
/ ", and to the General Land Ohcc at
Washington City, within ninety days at
ter the completion of the same, TO be
recorded
Sec. =. And be il further e,tatto',
That there be, and is hereby granted to
the State of Missouri, for the purpose Of
aiding in making the railroads aforesaid,
every alternate section of land designat-
ed by even numbers. for six sections in
width On each side of said road bat in
case it shall appear that the United
States have, when the line or route of
said roads,or either of them sha' 10 def
initely fixed by the authority aforesaid
sold any section or any part thereof
granted as aforesaid or that right of
prc-cmption las att chcd 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 Secretary of the Inter
ior, 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 States
have sold, or to which the right of pre-
cmption has attached as aforesaid; which
lands, thus selected in lieu of those sold,
and to which presumption rights have at
tachcd as aforesaid together with the sec
ton and parts of sections designated bv
cv. unbcrs as aforesaid,a j appropria..
c as aforesaid shall be held by the State
Of Missouri for the use and purpose
aforesaid PrornieI. That the lands to
be so located shall in no case be further
than fifteen miles from the line of the
road in each case PrOriicd further.
That the lands hereby granted shall be
exclusively aGpFllaje9l GpFla in tbs dssfFtsa of
only as the work progresses, and the
same shall be applied to no other pur-
pose whatsoever And prOriacd FURTHER,
That any and all lands heretofore re-
served to the United States by an act of
Congress, or in any other mnnncr by
competent authority, for the purpose of
aiding in any object Of internal improve
mcnt. or for any other purpose whatso-
ever. be and the same are hereby rcserv-
cd to the United States from the opera
tion of this act, except so far as 1t may
be found necessary to locate the route of
the said railroads through such tcserv-
ed lands in which case the right Of way
only shall be granted
/ Sec. 3. And be il fHrthcr enacted,
That the sections and parts Of sections
of land which, by such grant, shall re-
main to the United States, within siS
miles on each side Of said roads. shall
not be sold for less than double the min
imum price of the public lands when
sold: which lands shall from time to
time be offered at public sale to the
highest bidder, under the direction of
the Secretary of the Interior, and shall
not be subject to entry until they shall
have been offered at public sale.
Sec. 4. AM be 10 further ca0ctc'
That the said lands hereby granted To
the said State shall be subject to the dis
posal of the legislature thereof, for the
purposes aforesaid, and no other; and
the said railroads shall be and remain
public highways for the use of the gov
ernment Of the United States, free from
toll or other charge upon the transpor'
tation Of any property or troops OF the
United States.
Sec. ): 1mi 5c it further enacted.
That the lands hereby granted to said
State shall be disposed of by said State
only in manner following, that is to say:
that quantity of land not exceeding
one hundred aud twenty sections on each
road. and included within CONTINUOUS
length of twenty miles of said road may
be sold and when the Governor of said
State shall certify to the Secretary OF
the Interior, that said twenty miles, of
said road is completed, then another
like quantity Of land hereby granted
may be sold; and so from time to time un'
till said road is completed and if said
read be not conf le,ed within ten yearsno
further sales shall be made. aud the land
unsold shall revert TO the United States.
See. 6. ana. be IL FURTHER enacted,
That the United States mai shall at all
times be transported on said railroads
under the direction of the Post Office
Department, at such price as Congress
: may by law direct
Approved juno p, 1889.
No 20.-AH Act girjRs tbs assent n
II C0pFrcss 10 Me state of Missouri N
impose a Tar Or TaTcS vpoa all
L0uls hereafter sold 6Y the United
Hafe thcrcin. from and ottei The
Day Of The SaIcs
BE il enacted BIZ the Senate and
: House of Representative of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
{ blcd. That the assent o. Congress is here
r by given to the State of Missouri. TO
f impose tag or taxes upon all lands
! hereafter sold by the United States, in
said State, from and after the dag Of
such lie: Prorjdcd. That the assent
hereby given shall in nowise impair that
nroyision of the compact with the said