Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29

N>fS"SNo ieA WIG SAhSy anu
pair of the same.
Approved, March 8, 1865
PUBLc-No. 1S1
AN ACT to extend the time for the compIe-
| ton of certain railroads to which land grants
have been made in the States of Michigan
and Wisconsin.
| Be Il enacted by The Senate and House of Reprs-
seHtatices Of tie United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That there be, and hereby is,
granted to the State of Michigan, for che pur-
pose OF aiding in the construction of a rail-
road from Marquette, on Lake Superior to-
the Wisconsin State line. at or near the mouth
OF the Menomonee river, for the benefit and
use of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Company, corporation of the States Of Nlichi-
gan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and from Marquette
to Ontonag0n. for the use and benefit of the
Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad Company,
corporation of the State of Michigan, and
for twenty miles westerly from Marquette Of
the Bay de Noquet and Marquette railroad for
the benefit and Use of the Bay de Noquet aud
Marquette Railroad Company, four additional
alternate sections of land. per mile, to that al
ready granted by act of Congress approved
June third. A. ID. eighteen hundred and fifty
six, and joint resolution supplementary there
to, TO be selected upon the same conditions,
restrictions, and limitations as are contained i'm
the act of Congress entitled IAN act making
a grant of lands To the State of Michigan, in
alternate sections, to aid in the construction
| OF railroads III SAID State" approved June
| third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six: Prori-
ded, That the land to be so located by either
of said roads shall be selected from the alter
nate sections, designated by odd numbers,
within twenty miles of the line of said road
Sec. ,. AHd be IL further enacted. That, the
lands granted by said act of Congress and by
this act shall be disposed of only in the follow
| ing manner, that is to say: When the govern
or of the State of Michigan shall certify to the
| Secretary of the Interior that any ten consec-
utive miles, upon the route of either of said
roads, is completed in a good and substantial
manner, as a tirst-class railroad, then the Sec
retary of the interior shall cause a certificate
or certificates to issue to said State for one
| hundred sections of land, for the benefit and
use of such company, and SO from time to time
for each completed section of ten miles of
either of said roads. one hundred sections Of
land, until the whole shall be completed. Pro-
rided, That none of the additional lands grant
ed by this act for that portion of the Marquet-
te and Ontona@on railroad now completed
shall be certified to the State of Michigan hy
the terms hereof until the said railroad shall
be completed from point twenty miles west
of Marquette TO Ontonagon; and that none Of
the additional lands granted by this act for
that portion of the railroad from Marquetteto
of the Menomonee river, now completed, shall
be So certified until the said railroad shall be-
completed from Bay de Noquet to the said
Wisconsin State line at or near the mouth of
Menomonee river. as aforesaid. ar
Sec. 3. Ind be I further enacted That the
time limited for the completion of the road
from Marquette to the Wisconsin State line,
at or near the mouth of the Menomonee river,
be, and the same is hereby, extended for tho
/ term nf five and no fl.IrA
day of June, A. ID. eighteen hundred and six
| ty-six.
Sec l. 4nd be 10 further enacted, That no
| lands To be set apart for the road from Mar
quette to Bay de Noquet, and from Marquette
to Ontonagon, shall be selected and certified
east of that portion of the range line dividing
ranges twenty six and twenty seven that is
south of the township line between townships
forty seven aud furty-eight, nor south of that
portion of the township line dividing town.
ships forty yseven and forty eight that lies e;,s
of the dividing range line above named; and
that no lands to be set apart for the road from
Marquette, on Lake Superior, to the Wiscon-
sin State line, at near the mouth of the
Menomonee river, shall be selected and cert-
fed west of that portion of the range line di-
4 vidng ranges twenty-sx and twenty-seven,
north of the township line dividing townships
! forty-two and forty three nor north of the
| township line dividing townships forty-seyen
! and forty eight; and that, for the purpose of
/ making up any deficiency of lands to which
the line of road from Marquette to Bay de No
quet may be entitled to make its grant equal
to ten sections to the mile, the same shall be
certified on theroute from Marquette to Onto
nagon. within twenty miles of the line of said
road, and east Of the range line dividing ran
ges thlty-Qne and thirty-two, and in accord
ance with the provisions herenbefore contain.
ed. And that. whenever the governor of the
r State of Michigan shall certify to the Secreta.
ry of the Interior that twenty consecutive miles
, OF the line of road from Marquette to Bay dc
Noquet has been completed in a good and sub
stantial manner, as IA nrst class railroad, the
; Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be IT,
sued to said State OF Michigan, for the use ant
benefit of the Bay de Noquet and Marquette
! Railroad Company, assignee OF the State o
Michigan, certificate or certificates for two
hundred sections of land to be selected ant
: located from the sections designated by odt
numbers, on the line from Marquette to Onton
agon, and within twenty miles of said line.
, Sec s. And be Il further enacted That tn,
f time for the completion of the railroad from
3 Fond Du Lac. on Lake Winnebago, to the Wis
4 consin State line, at or near the mouth of til,
!. Menomonee river, shall be- and hereby is, ex
0 tended for the period of FIVE years from ant
e after the third day of June, one Thousand
eight hundred and sixty-six; and that any an,
. all grants of land to said road shall continu
1 and remain in full force and effect.
i Sec. 8. And Be Il further enacted, That eacl
II of said companies shall grade, in q good an
|, substantial manner, ready for the ties, twent
: miles OF its road within two years, aud TWEEN
: ty miles additional thereof in each year there
: after: Prorided, That if said companies, o
It either of them, shall neglect or fail to do SO
IS or to complete its road within the time herein
r specified, the land granted to such compan,
n shall revert to the United States.
| ApproYed March 8, 1865.