Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-05-06
PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE FOR RAILROAD BILLS
ITO BE SUBMITTED.
BILL.
Making grants Of Land to hid in the construction
of Railroads, and for other purposes.

MAKING grants oil Land to aid In the construction
Of Railroads, and for other purposes.
SEC. l. Be ii enacted by the Senate ono
House Of Representatives. of the United
STATES Of America in Congress assembled
That there is hereby severally granted tt
the States herein named tho following
amounts of public land, respectively, fol
the purpose hereinafter mentioned, viz:
To Missouri 1900, 900 acres to Ala
bama, z, 500, 900 acres to Iowa, 3,OOO,.
600 acres; to Michigan, $500, 600; tc
Wisconsin, 2,50O,O00 acres; to Louisi.
ana, $500 900 acres to Mississippi, g.
000, 900 acres; 10 Florida, 1000, 900 &C.
res, to Arkansas 5000, 900 acres to ii.
linois, 100000 acres; to California, g..
000, 900 acres; 70 Indiana, all the public
lands not sold, located or reserved, lying
within her limits, TO Ohio, all the public
land not sold, located or reserved, lying
within her limits, and 100000 acres il
addition thereto and TO each of the State.
of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
Massachusetts Rhode Island, Connect.
cut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva.
MIA, Delaware, North Carolina, South Car.
olina, Georgia, Mary land, Virginia, Ken.
lucky, and Tennessee, at the rate of &c.
OOO acres, for each Senator and Repre-.
sentative in the thirty-second Congress
from said States respectively.
Sec. 2. Be IL further enacted, That the
eleven States in the preceding section
first named, are authorized 10 apply the
proceeds Of The lands hereby severally
granted to them to aid in the construction
Of railroads in the said States respective
ly. And a right of way through the pub.
lie lands is hereby granted TO the said
States, and they are severally authorized
to take necessary materials Of earth, tim
Der, and stone, for the construction of the
said railroads, respectively, from The pub
lie lands ad jacent thereto. And, in loca-
ting each Of said railr Dads, and assigning
the limits thereto, no more land shall be
taken from the United States than is nec-
essary for the convenient construction and
use Of each of said railroads respectively,
including stations and the public buildings
Of all kinds connected with said road,
turn outs, and such other appurtenances
as are necessary or usually enjoyed by
railroad companies. Aud copy of The
location of several roads, respectively,
made under The direction of the Legisla-
turs of each State in which said roads are
made, shall be forwarded to the proper
local land Office, and the General Land
Office at Washington City, within ninety
days after the same are completed respec-
lively, and shall be duly recorded. r..
And there is hereby severally granted
to each Of the eleven States in the prece-
ding section first named, respectively, the
amount Of land therein specified, for the
purpose of making railroads therein res
pectively as aforesaid, 10 be taken along
the entire length OF the line or route Of
several railroads, SO far as the United
States own lands on the said several roads
In manner following, viz: every alter
nate section Of land designated by even
numbers for six miles in width on each
side of said several railroads. But in
case It shall appear that The United States
have when the lines or routes of any said
roads are definitely fixed in the manner
and by the authority aforesaid, sold any
section or any part thereof, granted afore-
said, or that the right of pre-emption ha ,
attached to the same, then it shall be law
iul for any agent or agents to be appoint
ed by the Governor OF each of said States
respectively, to select, subject to the ap-
proval Of the Secretary of the Interior
from the lands Of the United States most
contiguous to the tiers or sections above
specified so much land in alternate Sec
tons or parts of sections as shall be equal
TO such lands as the United States have
sold or to which the rights of pre.emptior
has attached as aforesaid, which lands
(thus selected in lieu of those sold or 10
which pre-emption rights have attached
as aforesaid, together with the sections
and parts of sections designated by even
numbers as aforesaid, shall be held by
each of the eleven States first named res
pectively to the amount in the preceding
section named for each of said several
States, for the use and purposes aforesaid.
But the lands to be so located and select
ed for on account Of each of said roads
shall in 70 case be more than fifteen miles
from the line Of said road: PROVIDED, that
the lands hereby granted to the said elev-
en- first named States shall be exclusively
applied TO construct or aid in the con-
struction of railroads in said States res
pectiyely, and shall be sold and disposed
of only as the work progresses, and in
proportion to the length Of railroad COM
pleted upon each of said roads, and the
same shall be applied TO no other purpose:
find also provided, that any and all lands
heretofore reserved 20 the United States
by any act of Congress, or in any other
manner by competent authority for the
purpose OF aiding in any object of inter-
nal improvement, or for any other pur-
pase whatever, shall be and the same is
hereby reserved, 10 the United States
from the operation Of this act, except so
far as it may be found necessary to locate
the routes Of said railroads through such
reserved lands, in which case the right of
way only shall be and is hereby granted.
SEC. 3. .And6s 1t further enacted, Tint
of the lands hereby granted to the several
States Of Missouri, Alabama, Iowa, Mich.
loan MiSsis Sinni To,,;.;oco WILL.