Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-09-09

PUBLIC-No. 1903
An Ac: TO extend the Time fr the Com
pletion of certain Railroads to which
Land Grants have been made in the
States Of Michigan and Wisconsin.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
cf Representatives IF the tnited States Of
.4mcrica in Congress assembled, That
there be, and hereby is, granted to the
State of Michigan, for the purpose of
aiding in the construction of a railroad
from Marquette, on Lake Superior, to the
Wisconsin state line, at or near the mouth
of the Menomonce River, for the benefit
and use Of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway Company, corporation Of the
State of Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin,
and from Marquette to Ontonagon, for
the use and benefit of the Marquette and
Ontonagon Railroad Company, corpora
ton of the State of Michigan, and for
twenty miles westerly from Marquette
of tho Bay de Noquct and Marquette
Railroad. for the benefit and use of the
Bay de Noquet and Marqu tte Railroad
Company, four additional alternate sectious
Of land. per ml'. to that already granted
by acts of congress approved Jnnc third,
A. D. eighteen hund ed and fifty six. and
joint re solution supplementary thereto. to
be selected upon the same conditions. re-
strictions, and limitations as are contained
in the act Of congress entitled "An act
making grant of lands to the State OF
Michigan, in alternate sections, to aid in
the construction of railroads in said s.atc,"
approved June third, eighteen hundred
and iiftysix: Prosidcd, That the lands
to be so located by either of said roads
shall be selected from tho alternate Sec
tions, designated by odd numbers, within
twenty miles of said road.
Sec. 2. And be At FURTHER enacted, That
the lands granted by said act of congress
and by this act shall only be disposed of
in the following manner, that is to say:
When the governor Of the State of Michi-
gan shall certify to the Secretary of the
Interior that any ten consecutive miles,
upon the route of either of said roads, is
completed in a good and substantial man.
ner, as a first class railroad, then the Sec
rctary Of the Interior shall cause a cerli-
ficatc 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 Sec
ton of ten miles of either of said ronds,
one hundred sections Of land. until the
whole shall be completed: Prorided.
That none of the additional lands granted
by this act for that portion of the Mar
quette and Ontonagon Railroad now COM
pleted shall be certified TO tie State Of
Michigan. by the terms hereof. until the
said railroad shall be completed from
point twenty miles of Marquette to Onto.
nagon; and that none of the additional
lands granted by this act for that portion
Of the railroad from Marquette to the
Wisconsin state line at or near the mouth
Of the Mcnomonee River. now completed,
shall be 80 certified until the said railroad
shall be completed from Bay de Noquet
tn the said Wisconsin state line at or near
the mouth of the Menomonee River afore.
said.
Sec. 3. And he It further enacted. That
the time limited for the completion Of the
:oad from Marquette to the Wisconsin
state line. At or near the mouth of the
Menomon-e River. BE-. and the same is
hereby. extend-d for the term of Eve v-ars.
from snd after the third day Of June, A.
D. eighteen hundred and ,iIsy-sis.
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