Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-02-25

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ssilrSedsS I'D sesh bs6a ineosp31Atsa
and were In activs opseatins n ~ daab
e. the IesaAse 1t ss16 - TIA lads
ruanee34o tke 6saze fof ~ ohso4s Abeas
s1nts6 sesmhrassd svssy altstnats seokioe
tssignatsd' By odd ssstions 10 milss III
wi6sA, n sAeh si1s 81 sxils roaas.ss not
psegioasly Disposed 1t by the unItad
Ssa1ss when cav Oh az ne odd ssd-
IDEAS IL land wiih1n shs ifnifs Aforesaid,
had been prsviso&iy dispessd q By shs
q. T., A sgsas spPeiussd By tbs Gsvsfa
o. OF sswa, with the approval pf tia
Secretary at the Iusexiex, wss, wighin ar
additioaal aissauss cf Ave miles on sfkh4r
sidsof che lines af said roads, "a mako
mp tbs asHeisney by seisskion from the
unsold odd sessions Of land bslaEsing 10
shs u. 3. wishia each increased avka. ~
the fsrwss u said Act Of Congrsss fhsSs
lands sssTs 10 be dlspossd Of sfrixly Cor
tbs purpose Ut constructing saiA rail
roads and sss.y a. shs work on eAnh road
Progressed. fhs Legislature, asainK Id
behalf Of the State, b3 aid oct was lin.
tied IN shs sxsrsiss Of shis general pow
~; for, by axpFsss psovisicns In section
4 Of said aes, Id 10 prescribed, shas sAid
lands shall DO dispossd Of osss In the
following nannsx. Rs
!. ga quantity Of land not axcesding
LOO sections for sssh Of said roads may
be sold ID the ou&staTs. ..ls4 =.
q eWhsn The Gevernor sg Iowa shall
certify 10 he Secretary of the IasaRias
thai any 30 eonsinuoaa milas ee amy aa
said roads 10 completed, sAsn another
quantity Of said lAaas nes 10 exceed l20
sections Eos each Of said roads hazing 90
coutinuous miles completed "a aforesaid,
and inclnaed wikhin consinn0as lsagsh
Of 10 milss al Zach al said Saads. may
be sold; and 70 frosA tims 10 kims, anal
ksia reads are esmplsted. z-s !.
;. "n AIRY of said roads ass nos soan-
plsssd wishin 10 ysars, no farther ssle
shaii be made, and the lszda aasoad shall
rsvsrs 10 the UniseG ssrtes.',
Upea tbs aashorisy Oh ths aaeasioa Of
ths Saprszas Ooast OF Iowa, In sAs Cass
u Aliis0n W. Half Acre rspsrssa In Lib
Voi. Of Iowa Rsporfs, on pses $50. i az
seft, that The Act Of Congress above re-
fsrred 10, operated gx pYanrio vsoors "a
soavsy 70 said State og Iowa de ls9al
title IN ne odd ss0sioas Of land raned In
said aos- Bus alkkeagh thHs layssssa
With the legal title 70 said laasas, he Ssass
heid them In Rass fer q certain ase,
namsiy to aid In shs eoassruesion of
said f0ar railroads. La the. sxeoasiou nj
tina trust, the Sests was limizsa and
bound Sy the restrictions and soasdiaions
accompanying the graft; that Is 10 ssy,
sihs could not, BY Der legislasaEss, altar
the tsTIns and conditions prescribed In
the Act OF Congress, upoa whish ssxsaia
quantities OF said lands shoaId be dis
posed OF BY Gale, for said roads. I,
Nov ies ~ examine aad ascsrsain whas
has BEEN done under said Act of Goa
gfess. On the ID al July, 1856, sha
aovernor Of lowa convened Spesial
Ssssisn OF tho Lsgialssurs. BY ID ass
OF said General assembly, approved ia
b Ia, 1885, 'sths rishss, powers and priv
aeges granted % and conferred npon the
State by ssia Act o. Coagrsas wsrs as-
cspted npSn the tsraa, acadisioas and re.
s<ricslons thewezn contained. By tks
same Aes Of the Legislature, tie lands
and inlarssss soessxEsd .npsn shs Stats by
said Act OF Congress swsrs disposed oil
md granted respectively 70 sha Eaar Rail
road companies, upon the cDndislaa ssshas
II either Of said railroad oompaaiss shall
fail 20 have eompissad and sa.iped 70
.zaisas OF ltd road within ysaxs frea the
Lat of Dec. 1855, 30 milss In addition
10 each year sheresfssr for years. and
The remainder Of their whole [iBs Ia ups
rear thereafter or on the lss of Dsasmhsr.
1866, then and In skak casa, il shall be
competent fer the State of Iowa 70 re-
same sli rights % the landa tharebJ
granted and remaining undisposed al By
sss company 90 falling to have the lsngsh
OF road completed In manner and wiskin
the time aforesaid And BIZ anoshar
clause, is was enacted shas said couDs-
nlss were cat all times 20 b sabisss 60
saeh rales and regalasions a. saighs from
siaas @ time be enacted By the Gsasral
Assembly OF Iowa, not Inconsistent With
The prosfsioa of said Act, sad che Aas of
Congress fsss making tina great From
si,s foregoing synopsys is will be seen
Aow ths State. By III Lsgislasurs, has sx-
ecuted or attempted % exeoass sbs p9w-
err annexed to The grant Of shsse Iansis
70 hsr as trustee fog nse OF said fsilraadx.
Ist. By an ass Of the Lsxislasurs sas |
Iegai title at the State Ia said iassdg q |
ls4pasfsd 10 the four several railroad eoua-
panfes fos the bsne6t Of whose fosas he
aad held shsxn. Ess the essa as AIIison
" Halfsrrs Ia the IIsh Vol,s. az Iowa
reports above referred 10. an aos dis.
posed % cAFaii at this grsasfsv. by the |
State Of her legal title 10 hose lsssas. Is
aid railroad sonp4niss. upon tks Rllrl
rs OK = csfti6c&ss By the Gossrnos oil
IoRa iB the 0ilss Of shs Sessstasy AZ sAs
Of the oosnp1stioa of ans ssssSon
III % miles of road By aay Oh ssia rail
'ced eempsaiss, the nambsg al seeticus
& land Aashcrixsd 10 be- ssld b. - ~
t Ccngruss, sAu BE- sold IL vel b. IL |
Ompxuy invested with the tisla tSerSka Il
= shsy could have been sold by shs Soc
nd Ne spirif uf de ass ali Donarsss
which requires ths Stats 10 diauoss, 81
hese lands soiely v aid Ii tie sonstxus-
.ou Of sid railroads h semplied wish.
! TIP oompsny OF csnpaniss 10 whun
b 4ssss Shattered her fifIs ssll 49,
znda u he shines ID tie msnnst. fcr e. j
afrsss sd On 10 ssfms prssesibsd BIZ /
~ -aet 81 Cosgrsss. II
1nd. The eondikioas annexed by the