Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-08-11

the said company the remainder OF
said lands to aid in the construction
of said connecting branch i'r0r'ofea,
hoaoercr, That no lands shall be con.
veyed to said company on account OF
said connecting branch road until the
Governor of the State of Iowa shall
certify to the Secretary of the Interior
that the same shall have been compile
ted as a frst.class railroad. And no
land shall be conveyed to said compa-
ny situate and lying within fifteen
miles Of the original line of the MIS-.
sissippi and Missouri railroad, as lald
down on a map on file in the General
Land Office Provided, further, That 1T
shall be the duty of the Secretary of
the Interior, and he is hereby required,
to reserve quantity of land embra-
ced in the grant described in this sec.
ton sufficient, in the opinion OF the
Governor of Iowa, to secure the con-
struction Of branch railroad from
the town of Lyons, in the State of Iowa,
so as to connect with the main line in
or west of the town Of Clinton in said
State, until the Governor Of said State
shall certify that said branch railroad
is completed according to the require
ments Of the laws of said State (: FRO
ritled, further, That nothing herein con-
tanned shall be SO construed as to re-
lease said company from its obliga-
ton to complete the said main line
within the time mentioned in the orig.
inal grant: Prorided, further, That
nothing in this act shall be construed
10 interfere with, or in any manner
impair any rights acquired by any
railroad company named in the act
TO which this is an amendment, or the
rights of any corporation, person orl
persons, acquired through any such
company nor shall it be construed to
impair any vested right of property,
but such rights are hereby reserved
and confirmed Pror,ded, ho,cerer, That
no lands shall be conveyed to any
company or party whatsoever, under
the psovisions of this act and the act
amended by this act, which has been
settled upon and improved in good
faith by bona fde inhabitant, under
color of title derived from the United
States or from the State of Iowa ad-
verse to the grant made by this act or
the act to which this act is an amend.
ment. But each of said companies
may select an equal quantity of pub
lie lands as described in this act with
in the distance of twenty miles of the
line of each of said roads in lieu Of
lands thus settled upon and improved
by bona fide inhabitants in good faith
under color of title as aforesaid.
Sec. S. And be IL further enacted,
That the Mississippi and Missouri
Railroad Company shall have the right
to transfer and assign all or any part
Of the grant hereby made to said COM
pany to any other company, or person
or persons, if in the opinion OF said
company, the construction of the said
railroad across the State OF Iowa will
be thereby sooner and moro satisfac-
torily completed but such assignee
shall not in any case be released from
the liabilities and conditions accompa-
nying this grant, nor acquire perfect
title in any other manner than the
same would have been acquired by
the grantee herein named: Prorided,
That said transfer and assignment
shall first be authorized by the Gov
ernor of the State of Iowa.
Sec. 6. And be u further enacted,
That the Dubuque and Sioux City
Railroad Company may SO far change
their line between Fort Dodge and
Sioux City as to secure the best route
between those points (; said change
shall not impair the right to, nor change
the location Of, their present land
grant. A map of the change shall be
filed with the Commissioner OF the
General Land Office within one year
after the passage of this act.
Sec. I. And be az further enacted,
That all of the conditions and limita-
tions contained in the act to which
this act is an amendment, and not ex-
pressly changed by this act, shall at
tach to and run with the grants made
by this act, except as the said condi-
tions and limitations have been modi.
fed, and may hereafter be modified,
by the General Assembly Of the State
OF Iowa.
Sec. s. And be it further enacted,
That no lands hereby granted shall be
certified to either of said companies un.
til the Governor of the State Of Iowa
shall certify to the Secretary of the In
terror that the said company has CON-
pletcd, ready for the rolling stock, with
in one year from the first day Of July
next, a section of not less than TWEEN
ty miles from the present terminus OF
the completed portion of said railroad,
and in each year thereafter an addi-
tional section of twenty miles /; but
the number of sections per mile orig
inally authorized shall be certified to
each company upon proof, as afore-
said, of the completion Of the addition
al sections of the road as aforesaid.
And upon the failure of either compa-
ny TO complete either section as alore-
said, to be annually built, the portion
of tho land remaining uncertified shall
become subject to the control and
ulspOSitlOu Vi tu6 LcS ioiotuiS vi tuc
State of Iowa, to aid in the compile
tion of said road.
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted
That all lands hereafter certified to
either of the land grant railroads IN
said State, and lying opposite any
completed section OF such road, shall
be offered for sale by the company to
which they shall be certified within
three years from the completion OF
such section, if then certified and ii
not, then within three years from the
date Of such certificate at reasonable
prices and il not all sold within that
period then during the fourth year all
such lands remaining unsold shall be
exposed to public sale, after previous
notice posted at the county seat of the
county in which such lands shall be
situated, to the highest bidder, and in
tracts not exceeding one hundred and
sixty acres each
Approved, June Q, 1864.