Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-05-08
(PUBLIc REsoLUTIoN-No. 20. J

A RESOLUTION explanatory OF and in addition to
the at of june third, eighteen hundred and
fty-six, granting public lands to the State Of
Wisconsin TO aid in the construction of rail-
Rssolvsdby the Senate and House of Representatives
Of ne United States Of America IN Congress assem-
bled, That the word "northery, " in the nrst section
of the act entitled "An Act granting public lands to
the State Of Wisconsin to aid in the construction of
railroads IN said State, approved June third, eight
cen hundred and fifty six, shall, without forfeiture
to said State orits assigns of any rights or benefits
under said act, or exemption from any of the CON
ditions or obligations imposed thereby, be oon-
road in said first section provided for upon any eli
gibe route within ranges sixteen to twenty three
inclusive, east of the fourth principal meridian
And the line of railroad as ow located according to
the records OF the General Land Otce in pur-
suance OF said act hereby to be changed
to within the above specified limits: PROVIDED
ho'cev That upon the con truction of said railroad
upon the new line, or of sufficient part thereof,
according to the terms of said act the State of Wis.,
consin, its grantees or assigns shal receive upon
the route originally loc.ted, and in the manner
prescribed by the act, the same quantity of lands
and more or other, ex cept as hereinafter provided
for as it or they would have received If such rail
road had been constructed upon the liue originally
located
Sec q. Aud. BE it further yssolued That there he
and is hereby granted to the State of Wisconsin,
for the purpose of aiding In the construction Of
| to some point on Green Bay at or near, the mouth
Fox river in said State w =. 20 ..ne public
lands ohe United States lying at or near the mouth
OF said river. in the county OF Brown and State of
wisconsin, known as the Fort Howard Military Re-
serve, as may be required for right of way, tracks
turnouts, depots, W orkshops warehouses, wha rves
and other railroad uses, not exceeding eighty acres
to Dc SO selected by the State of Wisconsin or her
assigns as to exclude the fort thereffOm: Provided
horeu1 That If no railroad be constructed and in
running order between the termini in this section
mentioned within three years from the passage of
this joint reso ution then this grant shall be void
SEC. And be ii further resolved, That the Secre-
ary .sst al sections Or
Mid tnst may r6nsht wi hin six miles
of the new line of railroad, herein pf6vuoa
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 o. as
signs, within the mile limits of the said original
ly located route, who shall be lore 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
the new line upon the terms in like quantities
and in the same manner, as the line first estab
lished as aforesaid, or, at their option, to enter
without further payne mt, any where within the Me-
nssha land district, in the State Of Wisconsin, an
additional quantity public lane subject to private
equal to the quantity entered by them at two dollars
and fifty cents 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 Ut further RESOLVED, That the even
sections of public lands reserved to the Unit ed States
by the aforesaid act Of Jone third eighteen hume red
and fifty SIX, along the originally located route OF
| railroad north of the said town OF Appleton, and
along which railroad has been constructed, shall
hereafter be sold at one dollar and twenty-five cents
| an acre.
Approved, april 25, 1862