Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-26
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oRFICIAL..
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Paced at the First Session Of Tie Thirty
eighth CongreSs. g9.=



AHEcr for grant Of lands to the State Of iowa. IN
AlternG sections 70 aid In the construction ofA
RAILROAD in said State. 7it.. .51.. +-tstf-i4i so
30 it enacted BY the Senate and House Of Repre-
gress assembled That there BE- aud l. hereby grant.
ed TO the State Of Iowa. tor the purpose Of AdlDg In
the eonAtruetien Of iatEoad from Sioux City, in
ota, At such point ~ the said State Of Iowa may
select beEW9en the Big Sioux and the west fork Of
the Dies M0inOS river also TO said state for the use
aud bSneht Of the Me9regor Western Railroad COM
pAuS for the purpose Of aiding in the construction
street S0nth Me0rGg0r, In said Stat6, In westerly
direction by the most practicable route, or near
the to.ty third parallel Of north latitude until 1t
CGfS to the Minnesota State line, In the county Of
0Brlen, IN said State, every alternate section Of
ana degeesa q S1a Le. hSL @ n
appear that The United States have, Wh0n the lines
OF of laid road are deHItely located, sold any
BsetI any part hereof granted a. Aforesaid,
that tie right or pre- ompti0n homestead settle.
ment has At aehed TO tue same thAE the same has
beea ToSrVed By the United States for any purpose
Whats Vsr then IL Sha be he duty Of the Secretary
Of the Interior to cause to DO selected, fJr the puF
pose aforesaid, fUm the public lands Of tho U1ittd
States TO the tiers Of sections above SpecA
ed 20 mu land in alternate sections or paris Of
sections, deAIgnNted by odA numbers, a. shall be
equal 70 such lands e tue O9tted states have sold
reserved or othetE tse orto which the
Fixht Of homestead eSttlrmoAt or pre-emttiOn has
attached aforesaid which lands thus indicated by
Secretary Of the Interior shall Ve held by the ate
Of IoWa Tor the uses and purposes Aforesaid Pro
VIded That the land selected shall In NO case b
lOe4ted more THAI tNeuty miles from the lines Of
said Tosds: Provided, further, That any and ali bdS
heretofore reserved tie Unted States bY any M
efCOngross,cr 10 any other manner By c0mpetent
authority, for the purpose Of aiding in any object OF
Internal inprovoEents or oshsr PuEpOss WhstsveT,
be AID the same are hereby reserved and excepted
from the Operations Of this act. except 20 far as il
may be found necessary 70 locate the routes Of said
roads through such reserved tandR In winch case the
right Of way shall be granted, subject to The apDro
Val Of the President Of the United states
lseo 2. And be It further iactod, That the SEQ.
lions and paItG OF seetl1ns Of land which BY such
grant shalI remain to the United States within ten
miles each side Of Sam roAds GhAl not be sold for
when col I NOR shall any Of sAid lands become sub
1eet 70 sale at private entry until the same shall
have been nrst onsrSd ct Pnbc sale TO the highest
Prov ded, That actual bona ode settlers under thf
assumption IaHgof the United States may, after
due proof Of settlement, Improvement, and oecupa.
ton, AS now provided BY law, purchase the Eame at
3 Increased minimum price And provided, also,
law, who suaFIy nth the terms and requirements
Of sA1 act sha TO patents for an amount
not exceeding eighty acres each, any thing IN thts
sea. And be L tuft6eF enacted, That the land,
hereby granted shall be subject 70 the dISpoaal Of
the legislature OF Iowa, for he purposes Aforesaid
and other. And tho said railroads shall be, and
remain. public htghWays for the Of the Govern.
ment Of tho U9itsd States free Of all toll or other
trorp1 OF the United States. -
sec. And be II further enacted, That the lands
for the purposes Aforesaid only, and In manner fo
lowing, pamely: When the 0overnor OF ,SaId State
shall certify 70 the Secretary OF tho Interior int
any section Of ten consecutive miles Of either az Hi
roads e completed In good, BubltantIal and WoFk-
mAnlikO manner q . Arst elA9S Railroad thea the
B0cT ORIy Of tho Interior shall issue 10 the 9tHfs
pG4Onts for one hundred sections Of Iaud for. th6
bonoat Of the F1Ad having completed the ton con.
Ses9sTS miles g atpEssaia When ths Governor Of
consecutive miles bhSn have b6On completed a. nfrs
sd then the Secretary the TAtaFi0r 6hal 1e
sets 2 aid st4 IN like manner, fr IKE number;
al sections ten consecutive miles Of Of aid
from time to time, made a. Aforesaid Rd.
Sad qst ad rSs e. e 4; aOr
PteSsG when the who Of tho IandS hereby RTaufSd
& Ds patented % the state for The uses afoteSi
Eor western RAllroAd Company, or aSIirnS TSISiI
AL to complete at least twenty miles 81 liz FoSd
eePtalee ofthe grant provided for in mi al ~.
the state may reanme aid grant an6 n iiSsSa oI
tns saae es Q secure the completion Of roid on
the State shall determine: PrpJided, faFtbeE Thst
the said roads arc not completed within ~ 80
~ taSIs SsEsSai acc Ptanss' Of this EIant
revert to the State of1oFa for th1 puTpose az SSF
Ing the completion Of The GAd roads within sneh
time not 70 exceed av0 Year., and upon ktch tefnS
a. the State shAll deteEmInesi And !rr6YjdSd INV
t9aess 1hat sAtd lands shall not In A1ymanner be
eI,pGSea o. os snsumheIed, except Ssth6 5Amo are
~ 49, M p e9mplote aid roads within I'VE
9nda OF a. Aforesaid Ghall roTert to 40
Sec. 8. And be It further enacted. Tdsf 4, Roo,
the 80Uenonof tie STATE Of Iowa italI m or SnSS
desiEnstiHE the routes 81 raid r6adS Nv M s
the duty fth6 2oeFetaTy o. the Interior ~ ~
from market the lands embraced within tht isTGis
SeS Add e furthtr enacted, n Is.
state4 mail Ehal b tfahSp6 on sSId ros5S 4
branch. 1ndsr the dtEss.ion Po.t once