Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-29

CRAP CLXVI-An Act confirming certain Entries under
the tn I'd section of the Act of third March, eighteen
and ffy five, entitled An Act making for the
service Of the Post Office Department. during the 6seaI
ending the hrtieth OF June, eighteen hundred and fifty six
Ben eaGed by the Sassaad of Rsprssstatses of
the UnGd States Of AHericG Ig Congress dssea6I That
all entries which have heretofore allowed by registers and
decisions the Secretary the Interior or Of the
missioner of the Office. setting ase such entries
approved third March, eighteen huudred and fyfve M
ed An act making appropriations for the the Post
june thousand eight hundred and in the following
words That each contractor gagged to he engaged in
Mss pp shall have the privilege occupying stations a. the
rate OF not more than one for twenty miles the route
on which he carries mail, and shall ure emnor b
therein when the shall be MARKET 10 the rt
Of six hundred and forty acres to be taken cOnguousy and
include his improv ments but such preempton Sbt b
extend to any pass in mountain other ee be- and the
same are her ey 9onamsd subject to any bona & claim under
lands embraced in i entries locations made prior or snbs
quent Of the selection thereof by he
and the Commissioner of the Once is berbv AZ
recd to issue patent for the lands embraced in said entries
payment Of dollar and twenty-five cents per acre m
the land patent ProSief That Each con
tor shall satisfy the Secretary Of the Interior that he has o
with the terms of his contract and that entrs have been
used and occupied stations Of the route dur1g b
existence Of his contract and that the provisions Of this act
shall be restricted and the s set of
tons one and the same line of route.
SEC ?. ind be further enacted That no rights from and
afer the passage Of this shall under the proyo
the aforesaid art Of third March, eighteen hundred and
which provisions hereby repsa saving rights heretofore
acqud OF IN sc PROVIDED Tor In the foregoing and that
purp Of facilitating the transportation OF the public mails f
the United states west Of the Mississippi River on the pac
Ocean, and intermediate points, the Secretary Of the Interior
ant he hereby authorized upon the application Of the Post
master General to mail stations the use an oc
cupancy oil mail contractors during the existence Of their con-
trar quantity Of public lands excee1ing the area ~ one
section, at and all such localities in his Judgment are
deemed necessary advisable to be taken where the public r
have been made, according lines Of these
but where stations have been hereafter In
advance OF the public shall he laid of
under the direction Of the Postmaster in square or
with power to order the adjustment hereafter OF such
to conform to the lines Of the public surveys such sdustm,nt
De oed advisable which lands thus stations shall
be held as permanent mail service reservations subject TO tie
operation Of existing peempon other general land
laws ~
SEC B. ASd De further enacted Tlt whenever from an
cause any OF the reservations made under the cou
TINS ac shall be no longer needed for the purposes originally in
tended the convenience Of the shall require chap
Of location the reservation thus abandoned the
enera shall he laid OF into suitable lots parcels and sold At
public sale to the highest bidder after least pu
c Lohce under the direction Of the Secey Of the INTERIOR
and patents therefor shall issue the the sale Of Other
public lands and all laws parts Of laws heretofore passed.
granting the preempton privilege to mail contractors be- and
the same are hereby repealed hut this repeal affect apy
rights which may have actually vested under those laws before
the passage of this
APPROVED, June 81, 1860.