The true Democrat., 1856-11-25
w. R. CAIN, Chairman g Committee on Internal Lpouenaeyats.

From the United States Statutes at Large. CHAP. LlA.-An Act Granting Hte R'ghtof Hay
 and 4Nahing C Grant of Lond to be States of
 Arhansas aud Missouri, 10 oid in tte Constr2sc-
 tlon cf c Ra'1road from C point on He Missis-
 s'ppj, opposite Me mouth of the Ohio Riue,, via
 Little Rock, to the Ieras Boundary ncar Ful-
 ton, in Arkansas. wHh Braaches to Fort S0.iM
 amd tue Mississippi Riuer.
 Be dt eaaetei by the .Seilate and House Of Rep- resentatiues of hs United States of Anerica in Congress aSsenaIlei, That the r Int of way through the public lands be, ana the same is hereby granted to the States of Arkansas and Missouri, for the construction of railroad from a point on the Mississippi river. opposite the mouth of the Ohio, in the State of Missouri, via Little Rock, to the Texas boundary line near Fulton i'll Arkansas, with branches from Little Rock, in Arkansas, to the Mississippi river, and to Fort Smith, in said State, with the right to take necessary materials of earth, stone timber, etc., Tor the construction thereof: Provided, That the right of way shall not exceed one hundred feet on each side of the length thereof. and copy of the survey of said road, made under the direction of the Legislatures of the said States, shall be forwarded to the proper local land offices respectively, and to the Gene raj Land Office at Washington city, within nine- ty days after the completion of the same.
 SEC Z. And 6e it fttrther enacted, That there be and Is hereby granted to the States of Ar kansas and Missouri, respectively, for the pur- pose of aiding in making the railroad and branches as aforesaid, within their respective limits, every alternate section of land des;gna- ted by even numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said road and branches: but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the line or route of said road Is definitely fixed by the authority aforesaid, sold any part of any section hereby granted, or that the right of pre-empuon has attached to the same then 1t shall be lawful for any agent or agents, to be appointed by the Governor of said State, to se- ect, subject to the approval aforesaid, 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- emptlon has attached as aforesaid, which lands, being equal in quantity to ne-half of six sec tions in width on each side of said road, the States of Arkansas and Missouri shall have and hold to and for the use and purpose aforesaid: Provided, That the lands to be located shall in no case be further than fifteen miles from the line of the road: And proUtded further, That the lands hereby granted shall be applied in the conrtruction of said road, and shall be disposed of only as the work progresses, and shall be ap- piled to no other purpose whatsoever: And provided further, That any and all lands re- served to the United States by an act of Con- gress, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or in any manner for any purpose whatsoever, be and the same are here by reserved to the United States from the ope- ration of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to locate the routes of the said railroad and branches through such reserved lands.
 SEC. 3. And 6e it further enacted, That the sections and parts of sections of land which by