Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-06-30
oFFICIAL
Laws of the United States.
Passed al the Second Session Of he Thirty.
Eighth Congress-
fPUBLrc-No. io5.

lpUBlic-No. l05
An Act extending the Time or the completion certain
Lnnd-grant Railroads in the States Of Minnesota snd
lows and for other purposes.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House Of Representa-
ves Of The United States Of America In Congress Assem-
bed That the quantity Of Lands granted 10 the sac
Minnesota, 10 aid in the construction OF certain railroad
ia said State indicated the rtt seciion an fact
Untitled making grant or iAni to tho Tsrritor,
Minnesota In aternte sections to aid in the constrne
ton Of certain railroads In said Territory and granting
p1ble lands alternate ctions to the State or Alaba
to aid in the construction Of certain railroad In
said sate approved March hd eighteen hundred and
fifty ven shall increased to ten sections per mile FOR
each Of said railroads Lnd branches subj to any and
al Limitations contained In sid act and subsequsnt acts
aud herenAf provided,
Sec And he II further enacted That the rst proyss
in the fret section Of the act aforesaid shall be amend
ed TO read as follows to wits Provided That the land
be 50 located shall be further than twenty niss
from the lines of said roads aud branches Ia aid In the
construction Of each Of which sid grant s made and
Secretary Of tue lnterisr.
Sec q Ana he i further enacted, That any and all
lands heretofore reserved to the United States by any
OF Congress- or In any other by p4tent
authort Tor the purpose Of aiding Ia any object Of inter
hereby, reserved nnd excepted from the
tous OF This act except 80 r as may be found necessary
to Locate the route Uf said through such
lsnds In which case the right Of way shall be grant
sub eet to the approval OF the. President Of the United
States tfo1ided further, That any lands which may
have been granted the Territory State of Minnesota
for the purpose Of aiding In the construction any rail
road which lands may be located Within the limits Of this
axtsnso CT said grapt grants shall bs deducted from
the full quantity Of lands hereby granted and that any
lands wch may have been 50 granted shall be richly
snnid In accordance with the terms aud Conditions or
sid sct or aets unless subsequently modified by lay.
Soc And be 1t further enacted That the sections and
.rss of sections OF land which by said acts and this
rant shall remain to the United StAes within ten miles
on each side sad roads aud branches shall not be sold
for less than double the minimum ree OF public lands
when aod nor shall any Of said lands become to
sale at private entry until the shall have been rat
offered public to the highest bidder at above the
minimum price Aforesaid Propided Tht actual bona
Hds settlers under the presumption laws OF the United
may, after the proof Of settlement, improvement
and occupation, provided by law, purchase the
same at the Increased minimum price; And prouided
also That settlers under the provisions OF the homestead
law who comply with the terms aud requrem nts OF sad
acl shall bs entitled to patents for amount not
csedng ghy acres eaehi anything 10 this act % tbs
contrary notwithstand ng,
sr,uted shall be subject the disposal Of the legislature
Of the State Of MINNESOTA for the purposes aforesaid and
ether And this said railroads and branches shall be
and reman public highways for the Of the govern.
msnt Of the United States free Of all toll other charges
upon the transportation OF any property or troops Of ths
sec d. And he itfurihsr enacted That the lands here
bv and heretofore RrAnted 10 raid Territory or State
Minnesota shall be disposed Of by said the par.
4 hen the Governor Of said state shall certify 10 this Sec
Tetay OF the Interior that auy section OF ten consecutive
miles Of said road Is completed in good, subsanti and
yTorkmaullke manner as frst-clSss rarosd and the
said eretary shs be satisfied that said State com
FILED good faith with ths requirement the said Seer
tary Of he Interior shall ssue 10 the sd state patents
for all the lands granted and selected aforesaid, not
exceeding sections per mile situated opposite to aud
within limit oftwsnty miles Of the line Of said section
OF road thus eomplesd extending along the whole sng
of said completed section of ten miles u road and
ther And when the Governor Of said Stale shall certify
10 Secretary or this Interior and the Secretary shall
be satisfied tlA another seson Of said road ten
tive miles in extent connecting with the preceding
ton with other nrstclass railroad, which may b0
at tue time In successful operation completed afJre
said the said Secretary of the Interior shall Issue to the
said State patents for all the lands granted and situated
opposite to and within thelimt OF twenty miles Of the line
OF peted section OF road roads, aud extending
the til " said section ana no further not exceeding
Hecous land per mile Tor All that part OF said road
completed under the provisions OF this act and the
ae TO which this Is amendment, Rnd So from time to
time until said roads ana brthehes are completed And
when the Governor of said state sha certify and the
Secretary Of the Interior Aha 20 sahai that the whole
Of any one OF said rods and branches Is completed In
good subtanAl and workmaulike manner az hrsteass
railroad the said Secretary Of the interior shall issue to
the said stats paens to A the remainag Lands
for ind Va 1ceo1nt OF said completed rod and
branches in til act, situated within the esd limits Of
twenty miles IRON the line thereof throughout the enrt
length Of said road and branehta Pr0ufd d. That land
shall bs srant convey cd to sid state under the pro
visions Of ta account Of the construction Of any
railroad or part thereof that hten constructed
the provisions Of any ohsr date Of the patssg
this act and adopted rs part OF tho line ot rAloa
provided Tor this act And Provtded, That nothing
herein contained shall Interfere with any existing rlgh
acquired under any Congress heretofore enacted
m nR grants Of land to tho state Of Minnesota AID
IN the Construction Of railroad And provided further
That said lands granted by tLs prior ass shall
ay manner bs disposed o. except as the are pat
enled under the provisions OF ns act and should TIT
State fail to complete any one Of saa FoSls or nfAnen
within eight years aiter the passage Of this act then th
said undspossd Of a. aforesaid granted on aeeoun
q said roads branches shall revert to the United
stateH
rec T. And be 1t further enacted, That aa tn
Governor the said sate OF Minnesota shall he eAus
be sd with the Sec etAry Of the Interior maps detE
mating lhs Of said road and bIRnehe. then lhAl
be the duty Of The Secretary the lnteio TO Withdraw
om market the lands embraced within the provisions
| this act
see s. And be 1t further enacted, That the Unite
States mail shall ported said road under tn
deetion Of tue Post oHro Dephrms IL At such prices
Congress may by law provide Prorided That until sue
price is h1ed by aw, the Postmaster General shall haV
power to FIX the rate Of compsnsaticn.
9. Asd be it further enaod That the provisions
this act shall ALTO be construed TO sppy and exten
10 hat Ttion the line authorized to BE- vacated by yth
joint resolution approved July wvith, eighteen hundre
sixty two entitled "a joint resolution authoriEin
the Stale OF Minnesota change the line ofeertan hfano
railroads In said state and for other purposes nolWt
standing the vacation thereof by ad State as though sal