, 1861-01-11

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An Act csnhrning certain land Entries undur. ths
third section o. The Act ofthird Of March, eighteen
handred and forty-tve, entitled d, An Act making
AppFspriahoas for the services Of the POst-0 dee
Dssa.ine7t daring the aseal year sseing ne thiT-
Be Il snaesd by fhs Senate aad Horss Of Rppressn.
fafirs, Of ne Uaife9 &aaes0 4msriea IN congress
asssnaed Thatl ~ eairiss which have heretofore
been allowed y res.iel. aal feaeivefs and 10 regard
70 which no sdEerse eltlmt have arisen under dec
mistalrn - fe Ccaepf Laal once, srttng asiie
sncIentres, under Thai portion of DE third r3yib
% ;he ~ seeil q ~ an act, approved third March,
ing appropuaions for The service of the PSst0iice
DsPalnont dlng tho llscI year ending the thirteih
yune. one t1y1and eight lnhdred aud ffty-slxn 10
the feloging Eorde That ehch contractor en- gagged
Ia eaIsstaE mail. through az d the Territories west
Of the Missis dppi shall he ptigiIegr Of occupy
lag stons a. Che nate Of more than for every
twenty niles q The route ontEhieh he carries mlk
and sael lsTe pftemption right therein when the
same shall V broaght late market. % the extent o.
six hundred and fofty acle y be taken contguonsly
andto |aeludc bis iup pfovenents, but no preemption
rigst sha eYtsn. % any pas. in mountain other
dede, v, aal ne same are hereby. confirmed, sub
Jet . any bJna dde claim nndet any law Of theUn
ted siateato ihe whole o. any poriion Of tie lands
emoudced " sad enlres o. bcations made prior or
subseqaep a ~ daie cf te selecslol therenf BY ths
eral land 0ase s hereby diSeeied % isne Patsn,
for fhe anl tmbnccd in sid entries, upon payment
Of one dollar and tweafyccnts per acre tor the land
eneraeed u tash pasene Psoriisd. That each con
trasi shall isi the Secretary Of the Interior that
he has compiled with the terms Of his contract, and
that aid entries llgq been ued and pccppied as sta
uoa oatas lines q the rSuie during the existence of
he restricted tooue aud te Ilrt bona de n 6f ofe
emptlons ch one and TIE sane line ~ roate
&c. , l.1nd y 4 Jarihnr fnacicd. That no tights
from and aier the passage Of this act. shall accrue
under the provisions Of the Aforesaid act Of third OF
March. eighteen hundred and dity-iye, which provi
sions are hereby rcneffd. saving AT rights hrraiofore
aoqa;rod Or iho'e prisiasa lo q re lolegoing and
that for the purposc iacilihti che ransnoftation
q the public mails % the United states west of the
Mississippi River = TIE Pacic Ocean, and -iateEme-
diaie nl.Nil. ne Secretary of DC Interior be- aud he
= her9i a9iqpfl.ed ppao Nc application Of the
Post4. - enefAi. q lesofve mail stations for
the - and and occnpany of mail contractors during
the exsieqcg u tAeir contr1rts quInityof pnblie
lauds not exceeding rhe area Oh one seciion Ill any
and All such Dcaities as Ia the his Judgment are
pgJlt aifyta hsve been nsds u re kisS
ofthose survey; but where stations have ern or NAV
he7eaef b degnated in advance di the pnblic sur
yeys slsh stations shall be laid oi, under the drec-
tQn af the PosimasterG Genenl. IN square form with
power 10 order the adjustment hereaer OF such boun
dEes y cuuforn . the lines Of the pubic surveys
4 such adjustment Be deemed advisable, which lands
mail service reservations not subject to the opefaton
p Any existing preemption or o2her general land
Sac. ;. dad b Il further snaefcd. That whenever,
irom any cause, any Of the reservations made under
the econd section II this act shall be no longer need
ed t0r The purposes originally Intended or tie conye
nienre o. the service shah require change or Iocn
u5n, The reservation thds abandoned BY the Postmas
terenerai shall Be hid "a into suitable lots or ma.
ceis and sod AZ public sale n The highest bidder aE
Ter eat three months public notice under the d.
recton ~ the Secretary o ths Interior. and patent
therefor ha issue q 10 tie case Of the sale Of other
pubc ands and eli laws or rats OF laws heretofore
passed, graziiug The pteemptoh privilege n mail
eoailctols oe and the same hereby repealed bnt
tha1epea = not % Affect any Tights which may have
tbs hd
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