Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30

t procided, further, That the lands here
! by granted for and on account of said
road shall be exclusively applied in
the construction of the same, and for
J no other purpose whatever, and shall
be disposed of only as the work pro.
crosses through the same, as in this
act hereinafter provided Prorldca,
also, That no part of the land granted
by this act shall be applied to aid in
the construction of any railroad, or
part thereof, for the construction of
which any previous grant Of land may
have been made by Congress !. And
procided further, That any and all lands
heretofore reserved to the United
States by any act of Congress, or in
any other manner by competent au-
thority, for the purpose of aiding in
any object of internal Improvement,
or for any other purpose whatsoever,
be, and the same are hereby, reserved
to the United States, from the opera
tons of this act, except SO far as it
may be found necessary to locate the
routes of the said road through such
reserved lands in which case the
right of way only shall be granted,
subject to the approval of the Presi-
dent of the United States Proraded,
further. That the minimum price of the
even sections and parts of sections Of
the public lands Of the United States,
within the limits Of ten miles on each
side of the line of said road, shall be
two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
| Sec. 2. And be az further enacted,
That whenever said State shall cause
to be completed twenty consecutive
miles of any portion of said railroad,
supplied with all necessary drains,
culverts, viaducts, crossings, sidings,
bridges, turn.outs, watering places,
depots, equipments, furniture, and all
other appurtenances of a frst-class
railroad, patents shall issue conveying
the right and title to said lands to said
State, on each side of the road, as far
as the same is completed, aud coter-
minous 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 Prorided, hoarerer, That
no patents shall issue for any of said
lands unless there shall be presented
to tho Secretary of tho Interior a
statement, certified by the Governor
Of the State Of Minnesota, that such
twenty miles have been completed in
the manner required by this act, and
! setting forth with certainty the points
: where such twenty miles begin ano
where the same end. . ea -
Sec. g.. And be IL FURTHER enacted
!. That when tho said read shall be def
, nitely located, and plat thereof filed
) with the Secretary of the Interior, the
: lands hereby granted shall not there,
: after be subject to settlement, pre-
5 emption, or private entry adverse to
: this grant. ..-. 49,. ..r
: Sec. 4. And be IL further enacted
That the said State, in addition to the
} grant heretofore mentioned, is hereby
: authorized to locate the said road over
: any public lands of the United States
: not otherwise appropriated, reserved
Or disposed of, and that the right Of
way over said lands of the United
States for the purpose aforesaid ii
hereby granted to said State to thu
D. width of ono hundred feet on oacl
e side Of said road as located. "
Sec. s. And be it further enacted
se That the said lands hereby grantee
IS when patented to said State, shall b.
It subject to the disposal of said State
S for the purposes aforesaid, and for nc
C other and the said railroad shall be
and remain public highway for the
! use of the Government of the United
J, States, free from all toll or Other
!, charge, for the transportation of any
, property or troops Of the United States
/ Sec. G. And be IL further enacted
: That if said road is not completed
f within eight years from the time o
] the passage of this act, as provided
s herein, no further patents shall DO is
o sued for said lands, and no furthe
8 sale shall be made, and the lands un
a sold shall revert to the United States
l. Sec. I. Ind be ii further enacted
If That the United States mail shall b.
d transported over said road, under the
direction Of the Post Office Depart
!, ment, at such price as Congress may
{ by law direct: Prorided, That unit
/ such price is fixed by law the Post
b master General shall have the powel
: to determine the same.
!. Sec. 8. Aad be II further enacted
y That any railroad which may hereaf
; ter be constructed from any point OF
Y the Bay of Superior, in the State oil
y Wisconsin, shall be permitted to con
e meet with the said railroad, for The
: construction of which the said lands
I are hereby granted, at any point which
e may be selected by the President anc
: directors Of said railroad company sc
permitted to connect their said road
and tho said railroad company SO per
mitted to connect shall have the RICH,
and privilege to transport, or have
0 transported, over the track of said
c railroad, for the construction of which
u the said lands are hereby granted, al
or any Of it's cars, passengers, OF
e freights, and the said railroad compa
+ ny control ling the said road, for the
/ construction Of which the said lands
1 arc hereby granted, shall have the
. same right and privilege to transport
f or have transported all or any of its
; cars. freights, or passengers over the
!. track of the said railroad of the com
: pany SO permitted to connect, and
/. said transportation shall be paid by
, the railroad company using to thu
} railroad company according the same
/. at the usual rates or charges which
E may be imposed by the said compa
/ ny upon all other cars, freights, o
s passengers
4 Approved, May 8, 1864.