Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-09-15
BY AUTHORITY. fubiic Acts of the Thirty-Fourtb Congress of the United Sta,os

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 1857. ''e "'fd d@y 2 hareh, FRANKLIN PIERCE. President Irssr n pro,,-
 rrecldent of the Senate, pro tenqDore. iii Jan'nry
 ii i 'o9 "Aa JAMEs M MASON from that fine till the eloSe of the Session. NATHANIEL P. RAxxs "n 'i0"Aef ol tle House of Representatives.
 AN ACl making Grant of Land to tbe r.rritor,.
 oi Nllihesota m alternate Sections. to aid in inc
 ond ra,i II certain Railroads in said Territory
 ana gfah'lng fubhc Lands in alternate Sections to
 the State of Alabama to aid in the Cons+r,.; e
 certain Railroad in said State. ''oi oi
 De It enacted, etc. That there be and is berahv granted to the Territory of Minnesota. for tbe mr.
 an''ins m the construction of railroads from Saltwater by way of Saint Paul and Saint Anthony to polnt between the foot of Bio Stone aI,o arI the mouth of Sioux Wood River with brannb ,; >alnt Cloud and Crow Wing to the pavcohIa waters 9i .G ntu hlVer 9 the north. at such point as the T. LLegIsiaIue G ot said Territory may determine. from St. Paul and from Saint Anthony. via MinnaanoTi 10 convenient point of junction west of tha Vi.; slpP, 10 the southern boundary of the Territory in urit iIC.loh ol the month of the Big Sioux River with branch via Fairbaut to the north line of tho state o1 Iowa, west of range sixteen: from Wirona Wa Salnt Peters. to point on the Ric, Sonv P;,r soulh o the forty fifth parallel of north latude. lso nom La Crescent, via Target Lake up be valley of moot IdVer to point of junction with the last men uoiled road east of range seventeen every oIt,rta section ot land, designated by odd numbers for s; secIi9hs m width on each side of said roads TM out h case 1t shall appear that the Cmed States have when the lines or rontes of said roads and branches are definitely fixed sold any san uons or any parts thereof. granted as aforesai1 r IiaU Vhe nght of pre-emption has attached to the same then It shall be lawful for any accent ar oronts to be appointed by the Governor of said Torr;to ~ ~ future State to select subject to the annroval f b secretary of the Interior from the lands of tbn Tinted nearest o the tiers of sections above specified so much land Tn alternate sections or parts of sec uohS' as shall be equal to such lands as the Tinted States have sold, otherwise appropriated or +o when the rlghts of pre- emption have att ached as a"Tesald which lands thus selected in lieu of those
 e At nnu VII t9 "ieh Pfe-emptlon rights have attached aS aforesaid together with the sections and parts of Secnohs designated by odd numbers as aforesaid ard appropriated as aforesaid shall be held bv the Terri tory or future State of Minnesota for the use and pr pose aforesaid: ProrHed That the land to he sd Io Glted snail III no case. be further than fifteen miles rom the Ines of said roads or branches and selected rah on account of each of said road, or branches ffGfme' f4fttor hat the lands hereby granted for and on account of said roads and branches seyerallv shall be exclusively applied in the construction of that road for and of which such lands ar. hereby granted and shall be disposed of only as Ia N0rk progresses, and the same shall he applied to no other purpose Whatsoever: .Iad py1lyijfd ti5tber That any and all lands heretofore re,eryeI f, tle tmcd States by any act of Congress or in any other manner by competent authority for the purnrse of ad2 III any ohject of internal Improvement or for ! 'l hereby reserved tn the United State, from the opera uon of this a:t. except far it may he found ne c>Sarr 70 locate the routes of said railroad. and branches through such reserved lands in which case the right of way only shall be granted subject to tie approval of the President of the United Sttte, Ihat the sections and parts of sections If land which by >ueh graut>hall remain to the Ined States within six miles each side of d roads ald brncI shall not b. sold oT les than double the minimum price of the public lands when sold: nor shall any of said lands beoome subject p private entry until fle same shall have been fIst ocred lub.csae 1t the increased p.c.
 A TlA. the sid lands hereby granted +otle sai1 Territory future State shn Nc subject to the future lisp sal If th- Legislature thereof ioI the purposes heretn eNpreSsc and no other: and the said railroad, and bran AcS slaI be and remain public highways for te of .Le C tyc.uu.u It If tile UutiI S-lt1. free rom o or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United Stajes. I. hat the lands hereby granted to said Terri tory CT future State shall he disposed of by said Ter rlo1y or future State only in the manner following that k to say: hat quantity of land exceeding one hundred and twenty sections for each ot said roads and branches, and included within n continu- ou> length oi twenty miles of each ot said roads and i branches. may be sold; and when the Governor of said Territory or future State shall certify to the Se crctary If the Interior and that any twenty continu- os miles of any of said roads branches is couet- ed then another quantity of land hereby granted not to exceed one hundred and twenty sections for each of said roads and branches having twenty continuous miles completed as aforesaid, and included within
 
 roads or branches may be sold; and so from time to time until said roads and branches are completed: and if any of said roads branches is completed with n ten wears further sale shall be made and the lands unsod shall revert to the l nited States ,. That the United States mail shall be transport ed over sail roads and bran hs unier the direction oi the Po>t Office Department at such price aS Con [reS> may by law direct Pl',rjed. That until su,h price iS tiXcd by law the o~mHo err encral shall have the power to determine the same.
 {. That in lands on the line of said roads or branches are within any Indian territory no title to the same shall shall the same br enter ct upon by the authority of said Tonitorv or State until the Indian title to the shall have been ex tirgushed.
 '. hat there he and i> hereby granted to the State of Alabama. for the purpose of aiding in the con~'rcti'n n C railroad from the line of Georgia on the Chattahoochce river. tn the city of Mobile AIahaman through the counties of ifenrv. po,e Coffee, CoN oNine'"n. ConeeuA. Baldwin and N bile aud branch railroad from FGfaula t. Nor,,.nlu,- ry.' through the counties of Barbour Pike. Macon and Montgomery" chartered by the State of Aloba- ma by an act entitled '' An act to authorize tbe Sa vannah and Albany Railroad Company to extend their railroad from the line If Georgia on the Chat tahoochec river. to the city of Mobile Alabama and to eNend brancn road from Eu1aula to Montgorne- rY, approved December 2"th 1853. alternate sections T the Tnlhlc lands to the extent and in the same manner. and upon the same limitations and re- S,iehons III every respect. granted to aid in the construction of other railroads under an nrt of Congress entitled An act granting public lands in alternate sections to the State of Alabama to aid in the construction ot certain railroads in said State" approved .lune & 1856.
 APPROVED, March 3 1857.