The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-17
OFFICIAL.

law purchase the at the increased minimum pi ice
And prorded also, That settlers under the provisions
of the homestead law who comply with the terms and
requirements of said act shall be entitled to patents for
amount not exceeding eighty acres each anything in
this act to the contrary notwithstanding.
sECb and be il further enacted That the lands hereby
granted shall be subject the disposal Of the legislature
Of the state of Minnesota of nd pss
be and remain public highways for the use OF the gov
eminent of the United States free OF all toll other
charges upon the transportation Of any property troops
Sec. 0. And be 1t further enacted, That the lands here
by and heretofore granted to said Territory or State of
Minnesota shall be disposed of by said State for the pur
poses aforesaid only and in manner following, namely
When the governor of said State shall certify to the Sec
rotary Of the Interior that any section OF ten
tive miles of said road is completed in good substantial
and workmanke manner, brst-class railroad, and
the said secretary shall be satisfied that said State has
complied in good faith with this requirement, the said
Secretary of the Interior shall issue to the said State
patents for all the lands granted and selected aore
SAID not exceeding ten sections per mie situated oppo
site to and within limit of twenty miles OF the line Of
said section of road thus completed extending along the
whole length of said completed section OF ten miles Of
road ana no further And when the governor OF said
the secretary shall be satisfied that another section of said
road, ten consecutive miles in extent connecting with
the preceding section with other rstclass rail-
road which may be at the time in successful operation Ia
completed aforesaid the said Secretary of the Interior
shall issue to the said State patents for all the lands
granted and situated opposite to and within the limit Of
twenty miles of the line of said completed section of road
or roads and extending the length of said section and
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all that part of said road Tins completed under the
visions Of this act and the ct 70 which this ia an
ment and so from time 10 time until said roads and
branches are Completed And when the governor Of sad
State shall so certify and the Secretary of the Interior
shall be satisfied that the whole of apy one of said road.
and branches is completed in good substantial, and
workmanlike manner, rstclass railroad, the said
Secretary of the Interior shall issue to the said State M
tents to all the remaining lands granted for and
count of said Completed road and branches in this act
situated within the said limits of twenty miles from the
line thereof throughout the entire length of said road
and branches P0cided That no land shall be granted
of the ructon of any railroad or part
thereof that has been constructed under the provisions
other act at the date of the passage of this act and
adopted part Of the line of railroad provided for In
this act: Ard procded That nothing herein contained
shall interfere win any exslng rights acquired under
my =. , Ii Wi, t ~ l.; ns GRANTS OF
ahu 70 lhe ou'e 81 eso'a 70 aa ih she construction
@ ~ ',',s W III -, o IN aly 'hanher pe
M nj. ~ , nd shonia 1e M S mnaer inc
picte any one VI su ioaus VI oranches WITHIN eight
al'i ,ae pae ~ "ls aes 'eh .e saia lands
% poeu VI 40 aD e siauu 9n account OF salu
g. snd no. S,se, a',a o we Thnt ~ States.
1 ie t dad e o, @ snail ME or cause
W ~ MI ~ . y. III " u9 In.e,or iuaps uesig
bc the utv Of te Secretary of the Interior m
from market the lands embraced within the proysons
this act
Sso s. And be it further enacted That the United
States mail shall be transported on said road under the
direction of the Post Office Department at such price as
Congress may by law provide Pforied That until s,cb
urice is xei by law the shall says
bower to fix the rate of CONDENSATION
SEC o. And be IL further enacted That the nrovis;ons
S this act shall also be construed so a TO anny and
tend re- that portion of the line authorized to be vacated
hv tba T.; Ut resolution approved July twelfth eighteen
b,niro3 and sixtytwo entitled Joint resolution an
th,in th stte of Minnesota to Change The line ~
, 9Th ,ie eds in said State and far other nnr
wi . o ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the vacation tbsraof bv ppaia
Sta nc tbomah said nint resolution had moi passed and
s h tba line aJonta Inv sai State in lien of the nor
ton of the line 80 vacated,
SEC TO- And be IL further enacted That the time men,
ton"d in an act enled AN act making grant Of
lands 70 The Slate If Iowa in alternate sections 10 aid in
,h Of rtain r,iIrooda in sai state for
tho comnleon of tbn railroads named in said art be
and the sa,Ir h hereby extended two years
g. =, 49,, En-. ,, MI. A., L.. ,.
SEC H. ana De gWWef endctea Ihat the last clause
Vi me eooonu 'ee'i VI On ~ el''ie an az W egu-
late the OF registers and receivers Of the
lahdonces IN the sever STATES anu territories In the
location Of lands oy states ana under gen
era, S'n.s rom SohSlesS anu ioi o.het purposes, pe,
and the same IS hereby SO amended as 70 read "A map
Oh the eIase snaii oe nieu wi,h 'he Vi te
general and-oee WITHIN three months after the SAID
chanse Vi ioc at sn', ,o ee inaue'
Appro'eu' march o. i'o',
AN ACT 10 regulate the lakg Vi pepoSuohs III certain
0ases'
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House Of Represen-
tatires Of the United States of America, IN Congress
assembled That any defendant in criminal case, in the
District of Columbia, either after preliminary examine
ton Indictment or information may examine witnesses
on commission In such manner az Is hereinafter pre-"
scrbed.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That defendant
wishing to take the deposition Of witness residing
Than one hundred miles from the city Of Washington
M select any of the following officers as commits
er to take such depostion the clerk or judge OF
any 1urt OF record or any notary puDc OF any consul
the United States either by the name Of office Of such
officer or by his individual name and Official style and
the name Of the court of which such constituted commits
sioner clerk or judge, and the name Of the State and
county, if without the United States the name OF the
State and town, or city, in which such notary or consul