The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-06-07
[PUBLIo-No. III

AN ACT ior grant OF lands TO tho state Of Kansas
Ia alternate sections, % aid IN the construct. n
of certain railroads and telcgrlphs in said State.
Be Il enacted by mo SENATE and House Of Reprosessa-
tees Of he UHgQ States Of America ia Congress assem-.
bed That there be and hereby granted to tho State
Of Kansas, for the purpose Of aiding In the Construc
ton First, Of rtr, ad and telegraph from the city
Of Leave worth by the way Of the town Of Lawre
and via the Ohio lily crossing Of the OHRge river 10
the southern line of Tire state in the direction Of Gal
weston Bay, IN Texas vita a branch from Lawrence,
by the valley Of the Wakarusa river, 10 the point on
tie AtchsJn, Topeka, and santa Fe railroad, Whero
said road lntotaoCts tho NCUshO river Second of a
ralrogd from the city OF Atchison, via Topeka the
capital of said State, W the western line OF tho state
90 the direction of Fort Onion and Santa Fe New
Mexico, with a branch from where this last. mama
road crosses tho Nclshu valley TO the point horo the
said nrstramed road cntors the said Neosho valley
every alternate section OF land, designated by odd
numbers for ten teciious Ia width on each side Of
said road aud each Of It's branches. But In case Il
shall appear that the United states have, when the
luos orroute sat ads ana branch are definitely
Ned toli any section or any part thereof granted as
Aforesaid, or that the right of presumption home
SAD sctom NJ has attached to the same or that me
has been reserved BY the United states for any
purpose whatever, then q shall be the duty OF the
Secretary OF the Interior TO cause TO be selected, for
tho purposes Aforesaid, fom tho public lands of the
United states nearest 20 tiers OF sections above spcc
nod, much land, in alternate sections parts OF
sections, designated by odd numbers, as 81 all be
equal 70 such lands as tho United Sta have sold,
res rveI, otherwise appropriated, 10 which tho
rlghts OF pre- emf tilu homestead settlements have
attached as aforesaid which lands, thus Indicated BY
odd numbers and solicited by direction Of tho Score
t,ry OF the Interior aforesaid, shall Do held by the
state of Kansas for the use and purpose atoresa q
ltdeG, hat the land 90 he selected, shall In no
case, be located further than twenty Wies from the
limos OF said road and branches PTOUidei GrrtleT,
That tho lands hereby granted for and account OF
said road and branches sayeralIy, shall be exclusively
applied u the construction OF the same, and for 10
uthpr purp. whatever, and shall be disposed of only
as tho work progresses through tue same as 10 ths
act hereinafter provided Porided also That no paft
OF che land granted by this act shah be applied 90 aid
In tho construction OF any railroad or part thereof Tor
tho ERECTION OF which any previous grant Of land
o. bonds may have been made by Congress Dad
provided fUthrr, That any aud al lands heretofore
reserved DO the United States, by any act Of Con.
Ergss, or n any other manner by competent authou-
~, Cor thc purpose OF aiding Ia any object Of internal
Improvement, ur for any other purpose whatsoever,
DO ANA tle same are hereby resCryei 20 tho United
States nom Tho operations OF this act, except So far
ua may De found necessary 10 locate the routes OF
tNl Inll and branches through such reserved lands
n Nhsu ease mo right ut way only shall DO granted
To l"e approval tho President OF tho United
sos. .. And De 10 further enacted, That the sections
am parts ol ''l.l'us II land which, by such grant
shall remain 90 tho United states within ton mil on
clch side OF said road and branches shall moi bS sod
Tor less than double tn muiuum urlr, Of ID. nuhI,
lands whou sold nor shan any of said lands become
subject salo at private outry until The sIrne shaIl
bayt been urst offered al public SAFE 10 die birhost
hi llur, 100 or above tho Increased minimum prr, as
Aforesaid: lf,udri, That aetna, aud bona hde sot
tiers under the provisions ~ tho pro tmpuon and
homestead lave Ui the UnlicU Slates may, alter duo
Woot OF settlement, Improvement cultivation, aud
occupation, as now provided by law, purchase tho
Same 40 tho increased minimum price Aforesaid
and provided, Ji0 That settlers ON any ol SAID re-
s.ryoI sections, under The provisions o the homo
stoal law, who improve, oc,uyt and cultivate the
gamo for period OF live years aud comply with The
several conditions and requirements 81 sad act, shall
De entitled 90 patents Tor an amount rot exceeding
eighty acres each, any tAlng IN tins aol TO tho contra
ny u0tw outstanding,
SIC. g. And b q trhcr enacted That tho said
,Aoa hereby Fautod 10 said state shat be subject 10
l4'dsposW of hb legislature thereof for the purposes
ll5lr1Al1i ana mo- othur ana the said railroads and
o''AeAe shat be and remain public highways, Ter tho