The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-05-17
Iowa RnkIrond Grant.

or iowa, In alternate sections, TO ala IN
the construction of railroads in said State.
Be it enacted BY the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That there
be, and is hereby granted to the State of
Iowa, for the purpose of aiding in the con-
struction Of railroads from Burlington, on
the Mississippi river, to a point on the Mis-
souri, river near the mouth of the Platte riy-
er; from the city Of Davenport, via Iowa
City and Fort Des Mones, to Council Bluffs:
from Lyons City, northwesterly to a point of
intersection with the main line of the Iowa
Central Airline Railroad, near Maquoketa :;
thence on said main line, running as near as
practicable to the forty-second parallel,
across the said State to the Missouri river /;
from the city of Dubuque to point on the
Missouri river near Sioux City, every alter
nate section of land, designated by odd num-
bers, for six sections in width on each side
of each of said roads. But in case il shall
appear that the United States have, when the
lines or routes of said roads are definitely
liked, sold any sections, or any parts thereof
granted as aforesaid, or that the right of
pre- emptlon has attached to the same, Thea
1t shall be lawful for any agent or agents 10
be appointed by the governor of said Stete
to select, subject to the approval of the Sc
| rotary of the Interior, from the lands of the
United States nearest to the tiers of sechons
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 otherwise appropriated, or to which
the rights OF presumption have attached as
aforesad which lands (thus selected in lieu
of those sold and to which pre- emption rights
have attached as aforesaid, together with the
sections and parts of sections designated by
odd numbers, as aforesaid, and appropriated
as aforesaid) shall be held by the State Of
Iowa. for the use and purpose aforesaid:
Provided, That the land to be so located
shall in no case be further than fifteen miles
from the lines of said roads, and selected for
and on account of each of said roads Pro
rided further, That the lands hereby grant
ed for and on account of said roads, sever
ally, shall be exclusively applied in the con
struction of that road for and on account of
which such lands are hereby granted, and
shall be disposed of only as the work pro
crosses, and the same shall be applied TO no
other purpose Whatsoever: And prorided
further, That any and all lands heretofore
reserved to the United States by any act Of
Congress, or In am other manner by compe-
tent authority, foJ the purpose of aiding in
any ODlpcl Oh InI6-udi improvements VI LOT
any other purpo,e whatsoever, be, and the
same are hereby, reserved to the United
States from thf operation of this act, except
so far as it may be found necessary to locate
the routes of said railroads through such re-
served lands; in which case the right of way
only shall b, granted, subject to the approx
al of the President of the United States.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the sections and parts of sections Of land
which, b. such grant shall remain to the
United States within six miles on each side
of said roads, shall not be sold for less than
doubIs the minimum price of the public lands
when sold nor shall any of said lands be-
come subject to private entry until the same
have been first offered at public sale at the
increased price.
SEC. B. And be it further enacted, That
TIE said lands hereby granted to the said
State shall be subject 70 the disposal of the
legislature thereof for the purposes afore-
said, and no other and the said railroads
shall be and remain public highways for the
use of the government Of the United States,
free from toll or other charge upon the trans
portation of any property or troops of the
United States.
SEC. 4. And be IL further enacted, That
the lands hereby granted to said State shall
be disposed Of by said State only in manner
following that is to say, that "a quantity Of
land, not exceeding one hundred aud twenty
sections for each OF said roads, and included
within continuous length of twenty miles
of each of said roads, may be sold and
when the Governor Of said State shall GER
tify to the Secretary of the Interior that any
twenty continuous miles of any of said roads
is completed, then another quantity Of land
hereby granted, not to exceed one hundred
and twenty sections for each of said roads
having twenty continuous miles completed
as aforesaid, and included within a continu-
Gus length of twenty miles Of each Of said
roads, may be sold and SO, from time to
time, until said roads are completed and if
any of said roads is not completed within
ten years, no further sale shall be made, and
the lands unsold shall revert to the United
States.
SEC. 5. and be ii further enacted, That
the United States mail shall be transported
over said roads, under the direction of the
Post Office Department, at such price as
Congress may, by law, direct: Provided
Postmaster General shall have the power tc
determine the same.
/ DISAGREEMENT OF AN EARLY PATRIOT
! few weeks previous to his own death, DIR
John G. Warren, Of Boston, disinterred from
the family tomb, under St. Paul's church
the remains Of his uncle, Gen. Joseph War
rem, who fell in the fight of Bunker Hill
The remains are placed in stone urn, upor
which an appropriate epitaph has been en-.
graved. The skull was quite perfect, tn,
chin still remaining. Behind one Of the earl
was seen an aperture, which indicated tn,
place where the fatal ball entered which end
ed his brief but glorious career. The re.
mains with those of other members of the
4 family, were placed in Forest Hill Cemetery
GT- In the early part of the eighteenth cen
fury, farmer was condemned to suffer thu
extreme penalty of the law for COW stealing
His wife called to see him al few days previous