The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-21

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,erm;ned hu shs avnrass terms and condons of The
s pydd ~ Az ,bs ,b,. .cs shaIl he tsken and consi
dered az mart Of any Contract that may be made in accor
snca NH ;,s nroysons in ,;re manner as II the game
,ras sot forth n ss;d ccn,.oct
Ssc And he y fsrther enacted That in making said
a, ahaI he strnated that said road ANAL he d
;ded into three grand d;v;s;ons To be known as the
Eastern western and Middle. the Eastern and Western
division. anal he or Ave Snndred miles in length each
and the remainder sbaI he called the Middle division and
the said divisions shall be divided into sections Of twenty
five miles each and that in consideration Of the spua
tons and undertakinps il said contract there shall be-
and is hereby and act anart quantity of
lands enual n the aternata eacons N nnhc ands for
The space of twenty miles IN each side Of said road and
for the full extent Of the said Eastern and western dyi
sons said lands 10 be seeced from the sections TO be de-
sgnated in the public SURVEYS by odd numbers and TO be
held and conveyed nc herein nrovided. and in a cases
where the United states NAV have dsposed OF said lands
or anv part thereof or rom anv canse cannot convey
legal ite thereto ha de6c,encv NAV be made nm from
any unoccupied and unannronristed nub lands within
the distance of ortv miles IN either side Of said road
Provided That all mineral lands within the state Of Cali
forna he and the same are hereby excluded rom The
operation of this act and in lien thereof like quantity
OF unoccuped and unappropated agrcultura lands near
est 10 tho line Of the road hrongb said mneral lands
NAV be selected in Alternate sectons Provided also That
any contract which may be entered into shall before
takes effect submitted by the President to the Congress
Of the United States and sall take effect from and AFTER
ts ratification by act or Joint resolution of Congress-
Sec g. And be it further enacted That the party with
whom the contract aforesaid may be made shall proceed
without DELAY to locate the general route OF said road and
furnish detailed survey and man thereof 10 the Pres.
dent, who shall cause the public lands to the extent Of
and Western divisions to be surveyed and the Indian
title thereto to be exnguished as soon as pruccabe And
and granting pre emption rights and the acts
amendaory thereof shall be- and the same are hereby
extended to the lands thus excepting those here
in set anart and appropriated for The use OF said road
provided that so soon as contract Is made in prsance
Of the provisions Of this act for the construction Of said
nmhlc lands Sor forty miles On each side of 30 much o
;J road as the coniracno nartv shall indicate 70 ba
s.hhoId fron, eettioment sale or occupaton un the
,amds sa hao hcon and Tho atornat eectons
[ eoiected % nc nrov;ded for IN tSs not o
Ana ha q surthnr "a anocs"d Thu, in making soa
sc o. anu T1 nv ua,ed .Sa a @ anda .rn s
ho ~ the Marty unt; one section or
Ave miles s competed and in successful operation
han tha prasJont sha CONWAY to tho sad coptracrg
i of the Land neraInrg ~ the sec,on so com
peed retaining the AZ security for the
pr ,ho Mdda dvieon md In Iira manner tho prasidant
Shall To the Contracting marty one the
nertaning o each section On the Eastern and Western
divisions of said road until said divisions are finished
And shall he rnrther Stimulated and nrovided that len
aor ono sacon of t,entu Ave rnaS af raid Mdda dvj
sion is comneed the President shall convey to the
troc,ing tho lands retained IN the sections rst
tod 3 AZ Eostarn d;,;sion nnS IN the cec,on rst
cromYiotad nn tho Western dvison and On an in lie
manner mill the Middle division shall he comnleted and
retained on Tho Eastern and Western
shall b ~ Tho sa;d and said
shall eou;re that The Tinted States mails shall At
ali times ho on said road nnder The direction ond
contrn1 Of bs Postmaster General when he shall deem Il
ord e ether ooyornnant nnrov;ded
for in this act shall be performed under the direction Of
ton therefor a the prces snecifed in said Contract
sbal, he regularly deducted from the amount loaned nv
suai, ue iesu,v ueu"oeu ion VIC @iaoun' ion'u W
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Seo :. Anu uS ~ iui .neI enaI, ~ .s . @ M @
% u ~ .t & i,s s said Eas,ern q, Westarn iv
secton oi twen.y NV NV, ~, n,,es y, c, s , ~. c,s a.
son 10 in"ae aus PuS ,nso , onSs ~ te T1D;,eJ
Ss. &c ss"I W % o, xcaaSng va nor cen,nm nor annum
is hii ;Utorast shai, he psvahIc semi annually
anI h nrncna navahe nineteen vears from the date o
their sspe The of ten thousand dollars for the
Eostor dySon and dryeen thousand dollars for the West
du;s;on for each mile Of he same and in like manner
when another section Of twenty five miles Of said divisions
!. made and mt into snccessf oneraon An eoua amoun
nf hnmS sha he ;esrad and delivered o sad conracnp
Marty and so With each section until the whole
roai shall have hecn comnleted through said divisions
which of money thus advanced together with the in
s t be repad 10 the United states by the
contractng nartv IN the transportton and service
nrovdad for in this act and NO other thar
he nda onpronriaed and honds anthorzed 10 be issued
NV the sha he made N The contractinp marty foI
and service rendered nnder their contracts
nntfbe ralne of such and service shall
, % ~ -. ,h o.sota sraonnt or Tho nrncnal ana nteres
T ga ~ hnSs p";dad That ali tba ron necessary tf
VI .. - o;d .rood ord ,rh;ch NAV cou,nose tho tracL