Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-07-07

ing lands to said State to aid in the
construction of railroads in said State,
approved June three, eighteen hum
dred and fifty-six. But in case it shall
appear that the United States have,
when the line or route of said road IL
definitely fixed, sold, reserved, or 9th.
erwise disposed of any sections or
parts thereof, granted as aforesaid, or
that the right of presumption or home
stead has attached to the same, that
it shall be lawful for any agent or
agents of said State, appointed by the
Governor thereof, to select, subject TO
the approval of the Secretary Of the
Interior, from the lands of the United
States nearest to the tier of sections
above specified, as much public land
! in alternate sections, or parts of Sec
tions, as shall be equal to such lands
as the United States have sold or oth-
erwise appropriated, or to which the
right of pre-emp ption or homestead has
attached as aforesaid, which lands
(thus selected in lieu of those sold and
to which the right of pre-cmption or
homestead has attached as aforesaid,
together with sections and parts of
sections designated by odd numbers
as aforesaid, and appropriated as afore-.
said) shall be held by said State, or
by the company to which she may
transfer the same, for the use and pur.
pose aforesaid Prorided, That the
lands to be so located shall in no case
be further than twenty miles from tho
lines of said road.
Sec. 4. dnd be IL further enacted,
That the sections and parts of sections.
of lands which shall remain to the
United States within ten miles on each,
side Of said roads shall not be sold for
less than double the minimum price of
the public lands when sold nor shall,
any Of the said reserved lands become
subject to private entry until the same
have been first offered at public sale
at the increased price. .t 80. ...... ri
Sec. 5. And be IL further enacted,
That the time fixed and limited for the
completion of said roads i'm the act
aforesaid of June three. eighteen hum
dred and fifty-six, be and the same is
hereby extended to a period Of five
years from and after the passage Of
this act. ~
Sec. 6. And be IL further enacted,
That any and all lands reserved to the
United States by airy act Of Congress !,
for the purpose Of aiding in any object
Of internal Improvement, or in any
manner for any purpose whatsoever,
and all mineral lands be and the same
are hereby reserved and excluded from
the operation Of this act, except so
far as it may be found necessary to To-
cate the route of such railroads
through such reserved lands, i'm which
case the right Of way only shall be
granted, subject to the approval of
the President of the United States.
Sec. I. ARd be ii further enacted,
That whenever the companies to which
this grant is made. or to which the
same may be transferred, shall have
completed twenty consecutive miles
of any portion of said railroad, sup
piled with all necessary drains, cul-
verts, viaducts, crossings, sidings,
bridges, turn-outs, watering-places,
depots, equipments, furniture, and all
other appurtenances of a first-class
railroad, patents shal! Issue conveying
the right and title to said land to the
said company entitled thereto, on each
side of the road, as far as the same is
completed, and coterminous with said
completed section, not exceeding the
amount aforesaid, and patents shall in
like manner issue as each twenty
miles of said road is completed Pro-
rided, hOaeerr, That no patents shall
issue for any of said lands unless
there shall be presented to the Secre-
tary of the Interior statement, veri-
fed on oath or affirmation by the presi-
dent of said company, and certified
by the Governor of the State Of Wis
consin, that such twenty miles have
been completed in the manner required
by this act, and setting forth with
certainty the points where such twen-
ty miles begin and where the samo
end /; which oath shall be taken be-
fore a jndge Of court Of record of the
United States. ....-.. . ......
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted,
That the said lands hereby granted
shall, when patented as provided in
section seven of this act, be subject
to the disposal Of the companies res
pectiyely entitled thereto, for the pur-
poses aforesaid, and no other, and the
said railroads be and shall remain
public highways for the use of the
Government of the United States, free
from all toll or other charge, for the
transportation of any property Or
troops of the United States.
Sec. 2. AM be IL further enacted.
That if said road mentioned in the
third section aforesaid is not compile
ted within ten years from the time Of
the passage Of this act, as provided
herein, no further patents shall be is
sued to said company for said lands.
and no further sale shall be made, and
the lands unsold shall revert to the
United States.
! Approved, May 5. 1864.