The weekly Placer herald., 1854-04-29

aforesaid, and appropriated as aforesaid,)
shall be held by the said State for the use
and purpose aforesaid: Provided, That
the lands to be so located in California
shall, in no case, he further than thirty
miles from the line Of the said branch
road; and the lands hereby granted shall
he exclusively applied in the construction
of said branch road. and shall be dspos-
ed of only as the work progresses, and
the same shall be applied to no other
purpose whatever: find provided further,
That any and all lands reserved to the
United States by any act of Congress, for
the purpose of aiding in any object Of in
ternal improvement, or in any manner for
any other purpose whatsoever, be, and
the same are hereby, reserved to the Uni
ted States from the operation of this act,
except so far as they may be found neces-
sary to locate the route of said branch
road through such reserved lands, in
which case the right of way only shall be
granted, subject to the approval of the
President of the United States.
SEC. g. find be 1t further enacted, That
the sections and parts of sections of land
which, by such grant, shall remain to the
United States, within twenty miles on
each side Of said branch road in California,
shall not be sold for less than double the
minimum price of the public lands when
sold; nor shall any of said lands become
subject to private entry until the same
have been first offered ut public sale at
the increased price.
Sec. d. find be it further enacted, That
the said lands, hereby granted to the
said State, shall be subject to the disposal
of the legislature thereof, for the purposes
aforesaid and no other; and the said
branch railroad shall be and remain a
public highway for the use of the Gov
ernment of the United States, free from
toll or other charge upon the transporta-
tion of any property or troops OF the
United States.
Sec S. find be it further enacted, That
the lands hereby granted TO said State
shall he disposed of by Said State only in
the manner following, that is to say: that
a quantity of land not exceeding four
hundred sections, and included within a
continuous length of twenty miles of said
branch road, may be sold, and when the
Governor of said State shall certify to the
Secretary of the Interior that any twenty
continuous miles of said branch road is
completed, then another like quantity of
land hereby granted may be sold; and so
from tIine to time until said branch road
is completed; and if said branch road is
not completed within years, no fur
ther sales shall be made. and the land un-
sold shall revert to the United States.
Sec. 6. find be 1T further enacted, That
the United States mail shall be transport
ed over said branch road, under the direc'
ton of the Post Office Departmental at such
price as may be agreed upon to be given
under this act to the contractors tor the
construction of the main railway route.
Sec. 7. find be 1t further enacted, That
this grant of land to the State Of Califor-
mia, for the extension Of the road as afore-
said, is made upon the further and express
condition that passengers and also freight
shall be carried upon the said road al
reasonable rates, when compared with
the average charges on other first-clas:
railroads in the United States; and any
branch road may connect at any suitable
point with the main railway, and the pas
sengers, freight, and SO forth, carried on
such connexions, per mile, shall be charg-
ed at no higher rates than those establish
ed by the general tariff Of charges which
may govern on the main route for general
travel and transportation.
In a late number of the New York
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