Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-05-08

tiOn Oh falirOa0S IN SAID state.
Resolred By The Senate and House Of Representa-
tires of the United States of fnuerica, in Conqres
assembled, That the word ''northerly'' in tn,
first section of the act entitled "An act grant
ing public lands to the State Of Wis.
consin to aid in the construction of rail
roads in said State" approved June Sd
eighteen hundred and fifty-six, shall
without forfeiture to said State or its
assigns of any rights or benefits under
said act, or exemption from any of the
conditions or obligations imposed
thereby, be construed to authorize the
location Of the line of railroad in said
first section provided for upon any eli
gible ronte within ranges sixteen to
twenty-threc, inclusive, east of the
fourth principal meridian. And the
line of railroad as now located accor-
ding to the records of the General
Land Office in pursuance of said act
is hereby authorized to be changed to
within the above specified limits Pro
rided, horerer, That upon the construc-
ton Of said railroad upon the new
line, or sufficient part thereof, accor.
ding to the terms of said act, the
State Of Wisconsin, it's grantees or
assigns, shall receive upon the route
originally located. and in the manner
prescribed by the act, the same guam
tity of lands, and no more or other,
except as hereinafter provided for, as
it or they would have received If such
rrilroad had been constructed upon
the line originally located.
Sec. 2. And be ii further resolved, That
there be and is hereby granted to the
State of Wisconsin, for the purpose
of aiding in the construction Of a
railroad from the town of Appleton,
in said State, to some point on Green
Bay. at or near the mouth Of Fox riv-
er, in said State, so much of the pub
lie lands of the United States lying at
or near the mouth Of said river, in the
county of Brown and State Of Wis
consin, known as the Fort Howard
Military reserve, as may be required
for right of way, tracks, turnouts, de-
pots, workshops, warehouses, wharves
and other railroad uses, not exceeding
eighty acres, to be so selected by the
State of Wisconsin or her assigns as
to exclude the fort thcrefrom Prori-
ded, hOrcrer, That if no railroad be
constructed and in running order be-
tween the termini in this section men,
toned within three years from the
passage Of this joint resolution, then
this grant shall be void. .s
Sec. 8. And be 1t further resolred, That
the Secretary of the Interior be and
he is hereby authorized to cause all
even sections or parts of even sections
Of public land that may be bought
within six miles of the new line of
railroad, as herein provided for, to be
sold at the same price and in the same
manner as those have been upon the
originally located route of railroad
And all purchasers, or their heirs or
assigns, within the six,milc limits of
the said originally located route, who
shall be more than six miles from the
new line of route herein authorized, and
who have paid the sum of two dollars
and fifty cents an acre, shall have the
right either to exchange their loca-
tions upon the line as first established
to the new line upon the same terms.
in like quantities, and in the same
manner, as on the line first establish
ed as aforesaid, or, at their option, to
enter without further payment, any
where within the Mcnasha land dis
trict, in the State of Wisconsin, an
quantity Of public lands
subject to privrte entry at one dollar
and twenty five cents an acre equal
to the quantity entered by them at
two dollars and fifty cents an acre.
so that the lands originally entered
by them shall thus be reduced to the
rate Of one dollar and twenty-five
cents an acre.
Sec. 4. And be 1t further resolred, That
the even sections of public lands re-
served to the United States by the
aforesaid act Of June1 ird. eighteen
hundred and fifty-six. along the origi-
Hally located route of railroad north
of the said town of Appleton, and
along which no railroad has been con-
structed. shall hereafter be sold at one
dollar and twenty-five cents an acre.
Approved, April 25, 1862.