Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-10-31
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,

ISerenth Congress.
1PUBL1c No. 9S.
An Act for Grant of Lands to the State of
Kansas, in alternate Sections, to aid in
the Construction of certain Railroads and
Telcgraphs in said State.
BE It enacted Jv the Senate and House 9
Representatives. efthe United States Of Amer-
;co in Congress assembled, That there be.
and is hereby, granted to the State Of Kan
sas, for the purpose Of aiding in the con-
struction: First, of railroad and telegraph
from the city Of Leavenworth by the way of
the town Of Lawrence, and via the Ohio
''ity crossing of the Usage river. to the
southern line of the State, in the direction
of Galveston bay in Texas, with a branch
Lawrence by the valley of the Wakarusa
River, to the point OH the Atchison, Topeka,
and Santa Fe Railroad, where said road in
tcrsects the Ncosho River. Second, of a
railroad from the city of Atchison, via Topc-
ka, the capital of said State. to the western
line of the State, in the direction Of Fort
Union and Santa Fe, New Mexico, with a
branch from where this last named road
crosses the Ncosho, down said Neosho valley
to the point where the said first-named road
enters the Ncosho valley; every alternate
section of land, designated by odd numbers.
for ten sections in width on each side of said
roads and each of its branches. But in case
It shall appear that the United States have.
when the lipcs or routes of said road and
branches arc definitely fixed, sold any section
or any part thereof, granted as aforesaid, or
that the right of prc-emption or homestead
settlement has attached to the same, or that
the same has been reserved by the United
States for any purpose whatever, then it
shall be the duty of the Secretary of the In
terror to cause to be selected, for the pur-
poses aforesaid, from the public lands of the
United States nearest to tiers of sections
above specified, so much land, in alternate
sections or parts of sections, designated by
odd numbers, as shall be equal to such lands
as the United States have sold, reserved, or
otherwise appropriated, or to. which the
rights of pre-emption or homestead settle
ments have attached as aforesaid; which
lands, thus indicated by odd numbers and
selected by direction Of the Secretary Of the
Interior as aforesaid, shall be held by the
State of Kansas for the use and the purpose
aforesaid P,Oridcd, That the land to be
so selected shall, in no case, be located fur
thcr thdn twenty miles from the lines of said
road and t,ranches: Proridcd. further, That
tho lands hereby granted for and on account
Of said roads and branches scverally, shall
be exclusively applied in the construction Of
the same, and for no other purpose whatever,
and shall bo disposed of only as the work
progresses through the same, as in this act
hereinafter provided: Prorided, also, That
mo part of the land granted by this act shall
be applied to aid in the construction of any
railroad or part thereof, foxthc construction
of which any previous grant of land or
bonds may have been made by Congress ::
,.Amd pyorided, further, That any and all
eanns heretofore reserved to the United
States, by any act of Congress, or in any
other manner by competent authority, for
the ruzroee of aiding in any object Of inter-
nal improvement, or for any other purpose
whatsoever, be, and the same arc hereby,
reserved to the United States from the opcr-
atoms of this act, except SO far as it may be
found necessary to locate the routes of said
road and branches through such reserved
lands; in which case the right of way only
shall be granted, subject the approval of the
President of the United States.
Sec. 9. Ind be 1t .fxrtAer enacted, That
the sections and parts of sections Of
land which, by such grant, shall remain 10
the United States, within ten miles on each
side Of side road and branches, shall not be
sold for less than double the minimum price
of the public lands when sold; nor shall any
of said lands become subject to sale at pri-
vate entry until the same shall have been
first offered 1t public sale to the highest bid
der, at or above the minimum price, as afore-
said: P-orided. That actual and bona fide
settlers. under the provisions of the pre-emp-
ton and homestead laws of the United
States, NAV. after due proof Of settlement,