Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-03-04
Congressional Hannibal and st. Joseph
Rail Road.
WAsu1SeToN, February IL.


Lands, reported bill granting the right Of
way, and a donation of Lands, TO aid in the
construction ofthe Hannibal and St. Joseph,
and the Pacific Railroad Companies, in Mis-
souri,. The bill was read twice, and Mr..
Hall addressed the house, briefly, upon the
merits, and against its reference to the COM
mittee of the Whole, where, il was feared,
it would be forever lost. The bill embraces
these sections:
Be ii enacted By The Senate and House Of
Representatives. of the United Safes of .Amer-
icd in Congress assembled, That the right Of
way through the public lands be, and the
same is hereby granted to the State of Mis-
souri,. for the construction of railroads from
the city of Saint Joseph to Hannibal, and
from Saint Louis to some point on the wes-
tern line of said State; and said State shall
have the right, also, to take necessary ma
terials of earth, stone, timber, &c., for the
construction thereof, from the public lands
of the United States adjacent to said rail
roads: Provided, That the right Of way
shall not exceed one hundred feet on each
side of the line of said roads; and copy of
the survey of said roads, 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.
SEC. 2. find be 1t further enacted, That
there be and is hereby granted to the State
of Missouri, for the purpose of aiding in
making the railroads aforesaid, every al
ternate section of land designated by even
numbers, for six sections in width on each
side of said roads; but in case it shall ap-
pear that the United States have, when the
: lines or routes of said roads are definitely
fixed by the authority aforesaid, sold any
section or any part thereof granted, as afore-
said, or that the right of pre-emption has
attached to the same, that 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 In.
terror, from the lands of the United State:
most contiguous to the tier Of section:
above specified, so much land in alternat,
sections, or parts of sections, as shall b,
equal to such lands as the United States hav,
, sold or to which the light of pre-emptiol
has attached as aforesaid; which lands (thu
selected in lieu of those sold, and to whicl
,,re -emptions have attached as aforesaid
together with the sections and parts of sec
tions designated by even numbers as afore
said. and appropriated as aforesaid, shall b
held by the State of Missouri for the us
and purpose afof esaid: Provided, That th
lands to be so local ed shall in no case b
further than fifteen miles from the line @
the road in each case, and selected for an
on account of each of said roads: Provide
further, That the land hereby granted sha
be exclusively applied in the constrtlc lion
that road for which it was granted and .'e
: lected, and shall be disposed of only as th'
work progresses, and the same shall be ap
, piled to no other purpose whatsoever: Anc
provided further, That any and all land
. heretofore reserved TO the United States b,
any act of Congress, or in any other manne
+ by competent authority, for the purpose o
aiding in any object of internal Improvement
or for any other purpose whatsoever, be, an
the same are hereby reserved to the Unite
States from the operation Of this act, excep
so far as it may be found necessary to lccat
y tie routes of the said railroad through sue
reserved lands, in which case the right c
= way only shall be granted.
SEC. 8. find be II further enacted, Tn;
G the sections and parts Of sections Of Ian
which, by such grant, shall remain to III
e United States, within six miles on each sid
Of each said roads, shall not be sod for les
= than double the minimum price Of the publ
lands when sold.
lie SEC. 4. find be il further enacted, Thi
&c tne Sdiu ahus HSiSoy sinh,cu ~ VIC s"'
lie State shall be subject TO the disposal
Or the Legislature thereof, for the purpo'
n- aforesaid, and no other; and the said railroad
l. shall be and remain a public highway, {;
Is the use Of the Government of the Unit,
a. States, free from toll or other charge upt
x. the transportation of any property or trool
6 of the United States.
ell SEC. 5. find be ii further enacted, Tn
let the lands hereby granted to said State sh'
ID, be disposed ofby said State only in mann
"a following, that is to say that a quantity
si- land not exceeding one hundred and TWEEN
III sections on each road, and included within
,as continuous length of twenty miles of s.
lse road may be sold; and when the Cover
en- Of said State shall certify to the Shces.
Of the Interior that said twenty '''N''N''