Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-04-22

the operations of this act, except so far as
may be found necessary to locate the route
Of said roads through such reserved lands
in which case the right Of way only shall be
granted, sui ject to the approval o. the Presi-
dent Of the United States: And, proraed
also, That nothing in this act or in any ex-
listing law shall be so construed as to prevent
the junction Of the railroad first named in
this act with the Dubuque and Sioux City
railroad, at point west of the Des Moines
river, and the construction and use of a CON-
mon trunk thence to Sioux City, on such
terms and conditions as may be prescribed
by the State of iowa, and the application of
that portion of the lands herein granted, and
heretofore granted for the use and benefit of
the said Dubuque and Sioux City railroad,
pertaining to that part Of each road west Of
the point of junction. to aid in the eonstruc-
ton of the common trunk read, as aforesaid,
the same as if no junction were made.
SEC. 2. And be ii further enacted, That
the said State in addition to the grant here.
tofore mentioned, is hereby authorized to To-
cate the said roads 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 is hereby granted to
said State to the width Of one hundred feet
on each side Of said roads as located. .
Sec. 3. And BE- it further enacted, That
the sections and parts of sections Of land
which, by such grant, 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 said lands, not
heretofore offered for sale according to law,
become subject to sale at private entry until
the same shall have been first offered at pub.
lie sale to the highest bidder at or above the
actual bona fido settlers under the pre.emp-
ton laws Of the United States may, after due
proof Of settlement, improvement, and occu-
patton, as now provided by law, purchase
the same at the increased minimum price !:
And proride3 also, That settlers under the
provisions Of the homestead law. who COM
ply with the terms and requirements Of said
act, shall be entitled to patents for an amount
not exceeding eighty acres each, anything
in this act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
the lands hereby granted shall be subject to
the disposal of tie Legislature of Iowa, for
the purposes aforesaid, and no other; and
the said railroads shall be 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 prop.
erty or troops Of the United States.
SEC 8. and be it further enacted, That
when the Governor Of said State shall certify
to the Secretary Of the Interior that any ten
consecutive miles of either Of said roads are
completed in good, substantial, and workman.
like manAer, as a first class railroad, then the
Secretary of the Interior shall issue to the
State patents for the lands opposite to and
cotermnous with said completed section
When the Governor Of said State shall certi.
fy 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 manner as afore-
said and when certificates of the compile.
ton of additional sections of ten consecutive
miles of said roads are, from time to time,
made as aforesaid, additional lands shall be
patented as aforesaid, until said roads, or
either Of them are completed, when the whole
of the lands hereby granted shall be patent
cd to the State for the uses aforesaid and
hoiC OtiiEt L IcCtUCu, uul III IUduS arc
not completed within ten years from the
time Of the passage of this act, as provided
herein, no further patents shall be issued to
said State, for said lands, and no further sale
Of said lands shall be made by said State,
and the lands unsold shall! revert to the Uni
ted States. F.. ...n gz gts s.Ias3
Sec. 6. And DO it further enacted, That
AS soon as the Governor of said State ofIowa,
shall file or cause to be filed with the Sccreta-
~ OF the Interior, maps designating the prob.
able routes Of said roads, then it shall be
the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to
withdraw from market the lands embraced
within the provisions of this act.
SEC. 7. Ind be it further enacted, That
the United States mail shall be transported
on said roads under the direction of the Post
Office Department, at such price as Congress
may, by law, provide: Prorided, That until
such price is fixed by law, the Postmaster
General shall have power to fix the late Of
compensation.
SEC. s. And be it further enacted, That
there be, and there is hereby, granted to the
State Of Minnesota, to aid in the construc-
ton of railroad from Mankato, in said
State, to the southern boundary thereof, so
as 10 connect with, and become part of, the
railroad mentioned in the first section Of this
act, to be located from Cedar Falls to the
northern boundary Of Iowa, so as to connect
with the Minnesota Central Railroad, lin the
direction Of Mankato. Also from Mnnkato
to the southern boundary of the State of
Minnesota, so as to connect with, and become
part Of, the railroad mentioned in the first
section Of this act, to be located from Sioux
City, in the State Of Iowa, to the northern
boundary thereof, in the direction of Manka
to, every alternate section of public lands of
the United States, not mineral, designated
by odd numbers, in like quantity per mile of
said railroads, situated in the State of Min
nesota, and on conditions and with lmita
tons in every respect the same as those at
tached to the grant herein made to the State
of Iowa, as fully and completely as if the
foregoing sections were herein recited in full
substituting Minnesota for Iowa where the
latter occurs therein.
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