Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-22
TPUBIJc-No. l29. !

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| road to Lake Superior.
! lie "a enacted 6y thc !Scp@te and Hoast
Of Representatives Of the United States Of
Amcrica ga Congress assembled, That
there be and is hereby granted to the
State of Wisconsin,, TO aid in the con-
struction of military wagon road
from Wausaw, Marathon county, Wis
consin, following the Wisconsin river
as far as Skonowang, aud from thence,
on the most feasible and direct route,
10 point on the State line between
the State of Wisconsin and Michigan,
iu direction leading to Ontonagon,
on Lake Superior, every alternate Sec
tion of public land, not mineral, des-
ignated by odd numbers, for three sec
tions in width on each side of said
road. But in case il shall appear
that the United States have, when the
line or route Of said road is definitely
fixed, sold, reserved, or otherwise dis
posed Of any section, or any part
thereof, granted as aforesaid, or that
the right of pre-emption or homestead
settlement has attached to the same,
then it shall be the duty of the Sccre-
tary of the Interior to set apart from
the public lands Of the United States,
as hereinbefore described, designated
by odd numbers, as near to said even
section aforesaid as may he, and the
same shall be located within six miles
of said road, so much land as shall
be equal to such lands as the United
States have sold or otherwise appro-
priatcd, or to which the right of pre-.
emption or homestead settlement has
attached which lands, (thus selected
in lieu Of those sold, reserved, or 9th.
erwise appropriated, and to which the
right of pre-emption or homestead set
tlement has attached as aforesaid,
together with the sections and parts
of sections designated by odd num-
bers as aforesaid, and approved as
aforesaid, shall bc held 10y the State
of Wisconsin for the use and purpose
aforesaid Prmidea, That the lands
hereby granted shall be exclusively
applied in the construction OF that
road for and on account OF which such
lands are hereby granted, and shal! be
disposed Of only as the work progres
ses, and the same shall be applied tt
no other purpose whatever : Prori
ded, further, That any and all land'
heretofore reserved to the United
States, or granted By any act of Con
gress, or in any other manner by com
petent authority, for the purpose o
aiding in any object Of internal i'm
provement, or for any other PURPOSE
whatsoever, be and the same are here
by reserved and excluded from the op
Grafton of this act. except so far as j
may be found necessary TO locate th'
ronte of said road through such re
served lands, in which case the righ
Of way only shall be granted.
Sec. 2. And De II further enacted
That the said lands hereby granted I,
the said State shall be subject to TIN
disposal of the legislature thereof, fo
the purpose aforesaid and no other
and the said road shall be. and re
main, a public highway for the use o
the Government of the United States
free from tolls or other charge upol
the transportation of any property
troops, or mails Of the United States
Sec. 8. And be AZ further ,aqcteG
That the lands hereby granted to sal
State shall be disposed Of only in til
following manner--that is to sa,
, when the said governor shall ccrtli
to the Secretary of the Interior tia
any ten consecutive miles Of said roa
has been completed under the provi
ions of this act, and in accordan,