Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-06-27
oFFICIAL.
Laws of the United States.
Passed al tho Second Session Of The Thirty
Eighth Congress.
lPuDLio-No. 1881

II lPuBuo-No. 1921
An Act to extend the Time for the Completion Of esra
Railroads. 10 which Land Grants have been made in h
& States OF Michigan and Wisconsin
BE It enacted by the Senate and House Of Represent,
yes Of tho United States of America in Congress
Oed That there be- and hereby Is granted the Stat
Eo Michigan for the purpose Of aiding In the construC
z o. railroad from Marquette Lake Superior, to tn
Wisconsin state line the the mouth Of the BE
nom9nee River for the bsnet aud Of the Chicago
NorhWeslern Railway Company, corporation OF tn
Estates OF Michigan Illinois, Wisconsin, aud from Mar
quete to ontonagoD, for the use aud benefit Of the Mar
squette and 0utonagon Railroad Company corporation
aof the State of Michigan and for twenty miles wester,
from Marquette of the Bay de Noque and Marquette
haroad for the benefit aud Of the Bay de Noque and
Marquette Railroad Company four additional alternate
sections Of land, per mile to that already granted by
congress- approved June third, A. D. eighteen hundret
aud hitsN and joint resolution supplementary thereto
so be selected upon the conditions restrictions,
limitations as are contained in the act Of entitled
An set making grant OF lands to the State Of Mchl
ga In alternate sections, to aid In the construction of
railroads IN said state approved June third, eighteen
hundrsd and hiysix Provided That the land to be SO
9eted by either Of said roads, shall be selected from the
ALTERNATE sections, designated by odd numbers, within
twenty miles Of the line Of said road
Sec = And be 1t further enacted, That the auds grant
ed by said act Of congress and by this act shall be dis
posed Of only in the following manner that Is to say
hen the governor Of tho State OF Michigan Bha earthly
the Secretary of ths INTERIOR that any ten consecutive
nes upon the route either Of said roads completed
n good and substantial manner, as hrstcsss rail-
road then tho Secretary OF the interior shall
lteAe o certificates to lssne to said state for one hum
dred sections uf land for the benefit use such
of ton miles Of either OF said roads, one hundred sec
ons OF land, until the whole shall he completed Pro-
pdea Iht none oi the additional lands granted by this
lie for that portion Of the Marquette and ontonagon
railroad now completed shall be certified to the State of
Michigan, by the Terms hereof until the ssid railroad
shall be completed from pont twenty miles west Of Mari
queta to 0ntonagoni and that OF the eddll0nal
andS granted by this act for that portion OF the railroad
from Marquette to the Wisconsin state line at or the
mouth OF tbs Msnomones River completed shall be
10 certified until the said railroad shall be completed
from Lay de Noquet to the said Wisconsin state Inc all
tVara
Sec. O. And be it further enacted That the time lin
ted Tor the completion Of the road from Marquette toI
he Wisconsin state line, at the mouth OF ihel
henemonee river be- aud the same Is hereby extended
Or tue term Of five years from and after the third day of
June, A. d. eighteen hundred and aixty.six.
Fec. And be 1t further enacted That no lands 10 be
set apart for the road from Marquette to Bay de Noque
and from Marquette to ontonaEon shall be selected and
certified es OF that portion OF the range line dividing
ranges twentyHix and twenty seven that s south Of he
township line between townships orty-seVen and forty
eight, south Of that portion Of the township line d
yidng townships forty and orty-eigh that lies
east of the dividing range line above named and tina
lands be apart for the road from Marquette on
Lake Superior to the Wisconsin state line near the
mouth of the Menon River, shall be selected and
certified west Of that portion Of the range line dividing
auges twenytx and twentyseven that is uorth OF
ioWnsl.. llne dividing townships orty-wo and forty
three nor north .. the township line dividing townships
fory-seven fortyeght a; that for the purpose
IN ng up any deficiency Of lands 10 which the line Of
road from Marquette Bay de Noquet may be entitled to
make grant equal to ten sections to the mile the SAM
shall be certified the route from Marquette to ontona
son within twenty miles OF tho line Of said road,
Of the range line dividing ranges hirtyone andb
hrtywo and in accordance with the provisions herein
before contained And that whenever the governor oil
the State Of Michigan shall certify 10 the Secretary Of the
Interior that twenty consecutive miles Of the line Of road
from Marquatet Bay de Noquette has been completed
In good and substantial manner as first class railroad
he Secretary Of the Interior shall be saued
said state OF Michigan for the and benefit of the Bay
de Noquet and Marquette Railroad Company assignee
the state Of Michigan certificate certificates for two
hundred sections Of land to be selected and located from
the sections desiguated by odd numbers, on the line
from Marquette 10 ontonRgon, and within twenty miles
Of said line
Sec O. And be il further enaced That tie time for the
completion of the railroad from Fond du Lac, Lake
Wnnebtg0, to the Wisconain state linz at the
mouth OF the Menomonee River, shall be- and hereby is.
extended for the period Of i've years from and after the
third day Of june thousand eight hundred and sixty
six and that any and all grants Of land to said road
shall continue and remain in full force aud effect
Sec. d. And he II further euaced That each OF said
companies shall grade, in good aud substantial manner
ready for the eH twenty miles OF Its road within two
years and twenty miles additional thereof In each year
thereafter Propided, That II said companies either
OF them, shall neglect fail to do to complete is
road within the time herein specified. the land granted
to such company shall revert to the United States.
APPROVED, March ,, 1865.