Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-06-12
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at Me First Session of the Mirty-second Com
gress of the United States Of america.
IPuBLIo Aor-No. 20. /


[PUBLIo AoT--No. POI
AN ACT granting the right of way the State of Mis-
souri, and portion Of the public lands to aid in the
construction of certain railroads in said State.
BE enacted BY the Senate and House Of Representatives. 81
the United States Of America Congress assembled That
the right of way through the public lands be and the
is hereby granted to the State Of Missouri for the
strucon Of railroads from the town Of Hannibal to the
town OF St. Joseph in said State and from the city Of St.
Louis to such point boundary of said State
as may be designated by the authority Of said State with
the right also to take necessary materials Of earh sone
and timber for the construction thereof from the public
lands OF the United States to said railroads. Pro-
pded That in locating the railroads aforesaid, and
signing the limits to the easement land shall be
taken from the United States than is necessary for
yenient construction and of said roads public
for transportation including stations, with the usual
buildings Of all kinds turnouts and such other appure
nances usually enjoyed by railroad companies and
copy Of the location of said roads, made under the d.
recon OF the Legislature shall be forwarded to the
per local land Offices respectively and to the General
Land Office at Washington city, within ninety days after
the completion Of the same, to be recorded.
Sec. 2 And be 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 alter
nate section of land designated by numbers for six
sections In width each side of said road but in
it shall appear that the United States have when the line
of route Of said roads, either Of Them shall be definite
ly liked by the authority aforesaid sold any section
any part thereof granted aforesaid that the right Of
presumption has attached to the same then it shall be
lawful for any agent agents. be appointed by the
Governor of said State select subject the approval
of the Secretary Of the Interior from the lands of the
United States most contiguous the tier Of sections above
specified much land in alternate sections pa1s of
sections, as shall be equal to such lands the United
States have sod or to which the right Of has
attached aforesaid which lands thus selected in lieu
Of those sold, and to which presumption rights have
tached as aforesaid together with the sections and parts
of sections designated by numbers aforesaid and
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Missouri for the use and purpose aforesaid: Provided
That the lands to be located shall in be further
than fifteen miles from the line Of the road in each
Prouid further That the lands hereby granted shall be
exclusively applied in the construction of that road for
which it granted and selected and shall be disposed
the work progresses and the 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- in any other
by competent authority for the purpose of aiding any
object OF internal improvement for any other purpose
whatsoever be and the hereby reserved to the
United States from the operation of this act except far
it may be found necessary to locate the route of the
said railroads through such reserved lands in which
the right of way only shall be granted.
Sec. g. And be further enacted That the sections and
parts of sections of land which by such grant shall re-
main to the United States within six miles on each side
of said roads, shall not be sold for less than double the
minimum 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 to entry until they
shall have been SO offered at public sale.
Sec. 4. And be further enacted, That the said lands
hereby granted to the said State shall be subject to the
disposal of the Legislature thereof for the afore
said and other and the said railroads shall be and
remain public highways for the of the Government of
the United States, free from toll other charge upon
the transportation of any property troops of the United
States.
Sec. g. And Be further enacted That the lands hereby
granted to said State shall be disposed of by sad State
only in manner following that is to say that quantity
of land not exceeding hundred and twenty sections
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
peted then another like quantity of land hereby granted
may be sold and from time to time until said road
competed and if said road be not completed within ten
years further sales shall be made and the land unsod
shall revert to the United States.
Sec 6. And be further enacted That the United States
mail shall at all times be transported said railroads
under the direction of the Post Office Department such
price as Congress may by law direct.
Approved, June 10, 1852