The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-03-20
A GOOD THING.

The Legislature has passed the following bill,
from which il may be seen that the Amboy, Lam
sing Traverse Bay Rail Road Co.. which has
already received l20 sections Of land, will be
entitled to another l20 sections, a. soon as the
road is constructed aud open for use from OwOs-
so TO Michigan avenue, in this city. This law
will enable the company to push on the work on
this road with greater force, ard We may rea.
sonably predict that shall hear the iron hor Sc
snerting along the banks of Grand River, within
the limits OF the city. aid making a stop at the
crossing of Michigan avenue, as soon as the ith
of July, if not sooner. Let US all rejoice at the
speedy prospect of our beautiful city being out
of the woods" The company have labored un-
der various embarrassments incident to the hard
times, but its managers are men who do not know
the word fail" and they are determined to
complete the Ramshorn at an early day:
AN ACT to amend an act entitled an &C. dispos-
ing of certain grants of land made to the State
of Michigan for railroad purposes by act Of
Congress, approved June 8, 1856, approved
Feb. II 1897.
SECTION /. The People Of the State Of M;ch-
'gan enact, That section seven, of All act dispOs-
ing of certain grants of land made To the State
of Michigan for railroad purposes. approved June
third. eighteen hundred and ifty-six, approved
February iour,ecntb, eighteen hundred and fifty
seven, be, and the same is hereby amended SO as
t. read as follows:
Sec I. Each Of said companies, after the
completion of twenty continuous miles of its
railroad and after the governor shall have certi-
fed to the secretary of the interior that such
continuous twenty miles of its road has been
completed, them and in such case, and not before,
said company may sell hundred and twenty
sections of the land included within any twenty
continuous miles Of its line OF road and after
the said twenty miles OF its railroad shall have
been so competed aud certified 10 by the COVER
nor, each OF said companies may sell another
quantity Of land, not exceeding one hundred and
twenty sections. and included in continuous
length of twenty continuous miles OF its road !;
and when the governor of said State shall certify
to the secretary Of the interior that any further
twenty continuous miles of any Of said roads is
completed, then another quantity OF said land,
not exceeding one hundred and twenty sections,
and included within a continuous length OF TWEEN
ty miles Of such road NAV be sold and so, from
time to time, until the whole of its road is COM
pleted: Provided, That the Amboy, Lansing and
Traverse Bay company shall not be entitled to
the second one hundred and twenty sections of
land until it shall have construed its road and
opened il for use from Owosso to Michigan ave
nue, in the city of Lansing: And prorided that
neither the Flint and Pere Marquette railway
company, or the Grand Rapids and Indiana rail
road company, shall be entitled to the second
one hui dred and twenty sections of laAd until
they shall have respectively constructed and
opened for traffic at least thirty miles OF their
road on the line TO which the grant of land sha
respectively attach and when the governor Ol
the State shall certify that either OF said comI a.
nies has complied with the above provisions
such companies shall be entitled thereafter to
| said lands above specified.