Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1857-11-26

o.clockrA NJ and closed at seven O'Clock p. .aad
that al acts4nd parts Of hets inconsistent With this
act ate here1y repealed. Z i1CZ9 9'i9U 1907 ssll
ni iAppHsE9a' Nay lOs 4SSSao gGiI6ii3I iGd1
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.gbes 9yfAN ACT y i 49, III
Grating bic Lands alternate sections, to- fhe
States Of Plorsda and. Aiebama, tt aid in the
construction Of certail, Railroads Ia nsaid '6thtes
, Bs e enacted bgfds Sspatsaid Eoxsf Of Rsphsssn
tat5ues Of the Uae7 Sdles OF 4nserica Al Cohgrsis
sseHbed; That there BE and Is hereby gfanted 20
the State of Floriaa; fb the puTposey ef aidngsin
theconstructiono Of railroads from st. Johns river
at Jacksonville, to the waters of EseaHba Bay, at
or near Pensacola; and from Am9lia Island, ON the
Atlantic, to the waters Of Tampa Bay, with branch
to Cedar Key, the Gulf of Mexico: and also rail
road from Pensacola to the State line of Alabama n
thedirectiCHo Montgomery, every alternate section
Of land designated by odd numbers for six sections
in width on each side Of each 0f said r6dsGs and
branch. But in,ease it shah appear thht4hG EItsd
SRteg have, " hen the lines said brknch
are defnitively fixed, sold any sections, or any
parts thereof, granted as aforesaid or that the
right Of redemption has attached 10 the same khen
it shall be lawful for any agent agents to her
pointed by the governor Of said State to select
jec to the approval Of the Seereta of the Interior
from the lands of the United States nearest to the
tiers Of sections above specified SO much land in al
ternate sections parts Of sections as shall be equal
TO s0cQ andS as Jne niteuS tes nave SOI03 OF Ot1
erWise appropriated, to which the rights of pre-
cmption have attached as RfJresaid; which lands
(thus selected in lieu of those sold and to which pre-
emption rights have attached as aforesaid tOgtth err
with the sections Of sections desigAatFd by
odd numbers, as aforesaid, and appropriated as
aforesaid, shall be held by the State Of Florida for
theynee andRurpQse 8fvreSaid Provided that the
LAID 10 be 80 coated shall in no case be further than
ftben miles from the lines Of said roads and k1hnsh
Provided further, hsj Che lands hereby gea4tsl
for and on account Of said roads ndhrancha saver
ally, shall be exclusively applfed In the
Of thatroad or branch for and on aeodEHtsca which
sad lands are hereby granted, and shall be ediEpsed
Of only rs the work progresses and the same shall
be applied to no other purposes wlfatsoet YER tAhd
provided fdrtherg That any ahdlaA lands berotbfore
reserved to the United States by any act Of Cen
gress, or in any other manner by competent author
ity for the purpose Of aiding IN any object Of Inter
nal improye err for any other purpose hatso-
ever, be- and the same are hereby reserved 10 the
United States from the operation Of this oct except
so far as it may be found necessary to lbcate the
routes Of said railroads or bTatcA thtongh sa6t re-
served lands; in whieheasa the right Of way only
shall be granted, subject to the afproYalof the Rre
sident of the United States.. Gis--ali9isHdt
SEQ. 2. And be It arksr enqotSd, That thessetions
and parts Of sOetOnsOf land which, by such grant.
shah remain TO the United States within six mikes
ron each silaof said roads and braneh shall NOT be
sold for less than double the minimum pFice Of the
public lands when sold: shah any Of said lands
Ebennie subject to private entry until the same hate
been frstrDfered at public sale sttha .ipeseased
priee.ot III hs7.,frt.oJ "a ,t-G.I I.9.Es.r-.,.
lands hereby granted to the said State shall be sn
ect tothe dispesalOf the legislature tberOf for the
purposes aforesaid and no other; and the said rail-
roads and branch shall be and remain public high
ways, for the,use Of the government of tho United
States free from toll other charge upon the trans
portation of any property or troos- of the fited
/ L Pal Aud he II GFyShsr e,0rfod Vhntthe lands
hereby granted TO said State sh9l be disposed OF BY
SAID State Ohly IN manner following that sto say
that asuantiiy of land not eqeeeding one hundred
and twenty sections for each of said roads and
branch and included within continuous length of
btNentS miles Of each Of said roads and beaneh. ray
be sold; and when the governor of said State shall
certify to the Secretary Of the Interior thasany
twenty continuous miles Of any or either os said
roads or branch is completed, then anothd d quantity
fof land hereby granted mot to exceed one hundred
ard twenty sections for each Of said roads OF branch
having twenty continuous miles completed as afere-
said and Included within . eOntiuuonS length of
twenty miles of each Of such roads or branch may be
sOld and So from time to time, until said loads ana
braneh are cohpIeted aud # any OF eithef Of SAT-
roads or branchis not completed within ten gelAFs
no further sales shall be mRde and the lands unsed
shall rever 70 the United States. it
SEES Had beSt further enacsed That the mntls
of the United States shall be transportedoyer said
roads and branch, under the direction of the Post
Ohce Department., at such price as congress inity
lby law, direct : PToyided That until such pIce j;
fixed By law, the Postmaster General shall have
power to determine the same. 111 9lA4 I.
- Sec6. iArd beit Jar4her sadefsd, That asihilai
Etantef alternate ssotionsof public Iand is heTeby
made TO the State Of Alabama, to aid in the cons
tfuetfon Of a railroad from Montgomery, in ssfd
State, 70 the boundary line between FlOrida, ard
Alabama in the diresfion Of Pensacola, and to con
meet with the road from Pensacola to said line upon
the said ternsand eOnditionsin in al respects Is arr
hereinbsfure IrsScribed for the grant to Florida.
Approved, MAJ. II, llSSe.7os Ii.,l sre.I f;lf