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

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Tenn. river, at Bird Bluff Alahais evsry alternate
section Of land, desgnatea by odd npEihers for six
sections in width on each side Of sach af saidroad
But incase il shall appear that Che United Stskes
hOFe, when the lines ~ routes 6f ssi are bf
nitely fixed sold any sections, or any parts thepsof
granted as aforesaid that the right Of pre-erap
tioR has attached tothssaps then il shall be lawful
for any agent agents. 10 be apptilted BY thegoy,
ernor Of said State to select subtle to the approFa
Of the Secretary Of the Interior, pn tho land, Of
the United States nearest to tiers Of sections
above specified 50 la6ct1Sdd IA aIssfhase sodtitEs
or tpartsof sestiOnst shall be qiiaE d such lands
rs fne nlted States haye - or otfterT se apTgor
pfiated or to whic the tigh Is 81 BE emotion Hive
sttaehed cas- Aforesaid. which l6ds
lieu Of those sold and to which IRE emption rigkts
have attached, aforesaid, together with the sec
tions7and parts ef seetiPnss By pad hem-
Rers as aforesaid, and aDpreBriateakas aforesaid
Saail be held By the tate of dha forthe Iiseand
purpose aforesaid a lHrpEidell TlAt the landa6 he
so located shall, in no case be further than fifteen
miles from the lines bf SAID roahs E6tsded, fuhth-
sEz Hhak the lands heTeby ygnnsed Eerand on account
Of said roads seveFay shall be- exclusively applied
in the construction Of that ROAD fr ana on account
Of which such ianasaFe hereby granted, and shall
be disposed OF only as The work prgresse and the
same shall be applied to no 9th 9T kfpdse shatsol
ever And provided further Ihatsany and all lands
heretofore reserved to the United States BY any act
fof CoHgress or in any 9Th j masns bE fomPetent
authority, for the purposeof aidii9in any object of
internal improY Yenelt OF for atty other purpose
whatsoever, be &ndthe SANS teheraby reserved to
the United States from the operation of this act
except 50 fafaS il may be 5nnd iieSsssafy t0lecate
theroHtes Of said Jirpadda thretgh such reserved
lands in which case the right of Way only shall be
granted, subj To the approval If the President Of
the UnitGe States. l9YA gSStGlA hs 2R0i T3t E9|
see- 2. Aud be it further enacted, That the
sett5ohsands spaesde sections 6eiaad which, by such
grant, shall remfh 70 the United States within six
miles each side Of said roads, shall not be sold for
dess than 9o4tle the minimam Tsice Of the plblic
lands when s0di nor shall any Of said lands become
subject to pftTate entry until the sithe have been
st gSIed5 q PphhG ph Sls tth9 iFPsgsessd Fsts
bands hefcby taRtkd to the said t.i5e shall b6 sub
ject to the disposal Of the legislature thereof for the
purposes afOfeSaidahhnQ Qtbef aRi khes ssidfail-
roads shall be ard reinaip public hihgays for the
use Of the Cox ernmeht ofthc Uhited States, free
from te orot4er charge qP9p tho transportation of
any property OF troops Of the Unihed States. go r
Sec. 4. And, be it.faithef enacted, YSattheIaiIds
hereby granted tOsaid State shall be disnOsed of bv
said State only in manner owing thats to say
Thata quantity of lard n0E exeAedifg one hundred
and twenty sections for each of said reads, and in
eindedMftkin acohtinnOds length DC twenty miles
of each Of said roadsma5 be so1;anA when the go
vernon Of said State shall certify to the Secretary Of
the 1nteieE that any itFehty continuous miles of
any Of sad roads is completed, than another quanti
ty Of land hereby granted, not 70 b2eeed one hum
ufeQ ana twenty seeti0nS Tor ec oA said roads haV-
ing twenty continuous miles Completed as aforesaid
and included within a continuous leigtho of twenty
miles of each of such roads may be sold, and SO,
from tmeitO time, until said roads are completed ;
aRd4 enyssE sqidrFoads il nptqonplsted within thp
years, further saIesha be made, and the lands
unsold shall revert to the United States 'D''Sil
|, Sec,5, And beitfugtherepaeteq, That the Eni-
ted Stat shall be trans sported over said roaGs
under tho dile5tioh ef the POs Oikt D6paftnie FAX
such price rs Congress may by law direct Provided
-9hAhpnt price is liked by 1aHE the dbstaster
General shall hove pow er to determiae the sme. .ha
Sec g.! And be It further enacted, That grant
of lands shall be made to said Stats to- SID ID The
construction of the following roads in said State to
&it the Mefnphishh Char lesion raiff6ad extend
ing from Memphis the iissisippt Isier, in Ten
ness9e, to Stevenson, on the Nashville and Chaste-
nooga railroad, in Alabama; the Grard and Mobile
-railroat from GirarlT to Mobile, .Alsbamat the
Northeast and Southwestern railFpad,, from near
sGadsdfn TO some point on the Alabama and Missis
sippi State line in the direction otRe Mobile and
Ohio railroad with view to connect with said Mo-
bile and 0hioraifroad the Goosa and AIbana rail-
road, from Selma 10 Gadsden; the Central railroad
from Montgomery to soma point on tae Alabama and
-TeHnessee State line in the direction Nashville,
Tennessee; and that alternate sections Of thepuOlic
lands to the same extent and in the same manner,
and upon thesame ahmitations aud restrictions in
eYeryrespect shall be and is hereby made to aid in
th6eohstruetion ST tie roads in said State mention
cd in this act: Provided, That itIie lands hereby
granted to said State for the purpose Of constructing
d railroad from The northeast to TIE Southwestern
portion of said Sate9 lying north vest Of Elyt0n,
shall be assigned to such road as na be designated
blythe Legislature Of said State. ohGM SIT
-c,., Approved, June, 1885, Il T,yr 5,qt tded r,t