Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-10-31

Improvement. cultivation, and occupation, as
now provided by law, purchase the same, at
the increased minimum price aforesaid
And pror;ded, also, That settlers on any OF
said reserved sections, under the provisions
of the homestead law, who improve. occupy
and cultivate the same for period OF five
years, and comply with the several condition,
and requirements of said act, shall be enti-
tied to patents for an amount not exceeding
eighty acres each, anything in this act to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That
the said lands hereby granted to said State
shall be subject to the disposal of the legis-
lature thereof, for the purposes aforesaid,
and no other: and the said railroads and
branches shall be and remain public high
WAYS, for the use the Government OF the
United States, free from all toll or other
charge upon the transportation of any prop
cfty or troops of the United States.
Sec. 4. Ind be nfIrthcr enacted, That
the lands hereby granted to said State shall
be disposed of by said State only in manner
following, that is to says when the governor
of said State shall certify to the Secretary
of the Interior that any twenty consecutive
miles of either of said roads or branches is
completed in a good, substantial, and work
manlikc manner, as first-class railroad. a'll
the said Secretary shall be satisfied that SAL
State has complied in good faith with THIS
requirement, the said State may cause to be
sold all the lands granted as aforesaid siin-
atcd opposite to and within limit OF ten
miles Of the line of said section of road
thus completed, extending along the who'll
length of said completed section OF twenty
miles of road, and no further. And whcn
the governor of said State shall certify to the
Secretary of the interior, and the Sccrctary
shall be satisfied, that another section OF
said roads or branches, twenty consecutive
miles in extent, connecting with the prcccd-
ing section, is completed as aforesaid, the
said State may cause to be sold all the lands
granted and situated opposite to and within
the limit Of ten miles Of the line OF said
completed section of road, and extending the
length of said section, and so. from tim"
to time, until said roads and branches are
completed. And when the governor OF SAID
State shall so certiar and the Secretary OF
the Interior shall be satisfied, that the who!a
of said roads and branches and telegraph
arc completed in good, substantial. ami
workmanlikc manner, as first-class railroads
and telegraph, the said State may cause to
be sold all the remaining lands granted and
selected for the purposes indicated in t'is
act situated within the said limits Of twenty
miles from the line thereof throughout the
entire length of said road and branches !:
Prorided, That if any part of said roads
and branches is not completed within ten
years from the passage Of this act. no further
sale shall be made, and the lands unsold shall
revert to the United States.
Sec. 5. Ind be 1t .farther enacted, That
the United mail shall be transported over
said roads and branches. under the direction
of the Post-O Office Department, at such price
as Congress may by law direct: P"ridcd,
That until such price is fixed by law the Post
MASTER General shall have the power to de-.
terminc the same.
APPROVED. March 3, 1868.