Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-11-05

settlement. improvement. and occupation, Is
now provided BY hv. purchase th. same a:
the increased minimum price Asd pr0Ssdaa,
al.o. That settlers under the provisions of the
homestead Law. who comply with the terms
and requirements Of said act, shall b. entitled
to patents for an amount net exceeding eigh-
~ acres each, anything in this ACT to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. s. Asd be IL further enacted, That
the lands hereby granted shall be subject TO
the disposal ofthe legislature Of Iowa. for the
purposes Aforesaid and no other. And the
said railroads shall b., and remain, public
highways for the use Of the government Of
the United States, free Of all toll or other
charges upon the transportation Of any pro-
pcr:s or troops Of the United States.
Sec. 4. Aad bet further enacted, That
the land hereby granted shall Lc disposed Of
by said state. for the purposes aforesaid only,
and in manner following, namely: When
the governor of said state shall certify to the
Secretary of the Interior that any section Of
ten consecutive miles of either of said roads
is completed in a good, substantial, and
workmanlike manner as frst-class railroad,
then the Secretary of the Interior shall issue
to the state, patents for one hundred sections
of land for the benefit of the road having
completed the ten consecutive miles as afore-
said. When the governor of said state shall
certify that another section of ten
consecutive miles shall have been completed
as aforesaid, then the Secretary of the Interior
shall issue patents to said state in like man.
ner, for like number; and when certif-
Gates of the completion of additional sections
of ten consecutive miles of either of said roads
are, from time to time, made as aforesaid, ad-
ditional sections of land shall be patented as
aforesaid, until said roads, or either of them,
are completed, when the whole of the lands
hereby granted shall be patented to the state
for the uses aforesaid and no other: ProUi-
ded, That said lands shall not in any manner
BE- disposed ofor encumbered, except as the
same are patented under the provisions of
this act and should the state fail to COM
plete said roads within five years aforesaid,
then the said lands undisposed of as
aforesaid shall revert to the United States.
Sec s. And be it further enacted, That
as soon as the governor of said state of Iowa
shall file or cause to be filed with the Secre-
tary of the Interior maps designating the
routes of said roads, then it shall be the du-
ty of the Secretary of the Interian to with
draw from market the lands embraced within
the provisions Of this act.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That
the United States mail shall be transported
on said roads and branch, under the direction
Of the postoffice department., at such prices as
Congress may by law provide: Procidcd,
That until such price is fixed by law the
Postmaster-G General shall have power to fix
the rate of fcompensation.
Sec. z. And be it further enacted, That
there be, and is hereby. granted to the state
Of Minnesota for the purpose of aiding in the
construction Of railroad from St. Paul and
St. Anthony, via Minneapolis, to convenient
point of junction west Of tile Mississippi, to
the southern boundary of the state, in the
direction Of the mouth of the Big Sioux river,
four additional alternate sections ofland per
mile, to be selected upon the same conditions,
restrictions. and limitations as are contained
in the act Of congress entitled can act max.
ing a grant of land to the territories of Min
nesota, in alternate sections. to aid in the con-
struction of certain railroads in said territory,
and granting public lands, in alternate Sec
tions, to the state of Alabama, to aid in the
construction of a certain railroad in said
state." approved March third. eighteen hun
dred and fifty.seven: Provided, That the
land to be so located by virtue Of this section
may be selected within twenty miles of the
line of said road, but in no case at greater
distance therefrom.
Approved, May 12, 1864.