Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-07-06
Approved, March 8, 1865.
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AN ACT extending the time for the compile
ton of certain lands grant railroads in the
States of Minnesota and Iowa, and for other
purposes. ~. e.-... ... .........- ......
Be Il enacted BIZ the Senate ana House Of Repre-
entatires Of the United States Of Ameriea IN Con
rsss assembled, That the quantity of lands
granted to the State of Minnesota, to aid in
the construction of certain railroads in said
State, rs indicated in the first section of an
(actl entitled IAN act making grant of land
to the Territory of Minnesota, in alternate sec
tons, to aid in the construction of certain rail
roads in said Territory, and granting public
lands, in alternate sections, to the State of Al
ALBANIA, to aid in the construction of a certain
railroad in said State" approved March third,
eighteen hundred and fifty seven, shall be in
creased to ten sections per mile for each of
said railroads and branches, subject to any and
all limitations contained in said act and sub
sequent acts and as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 9. And be IL further enacted, That
the first proviso in the first section of the act
aforesaid shall be SO amended as to read as fol-
| lows, to wit: Prorided, That the land to be
SO located shall in no case be further than
twenty miles from the lines of said roads and
branches, to aid in the construction of each of
which said grant is made; and said lands grant
ed shall, in all cases, be indicated by the Sec
retary Of the Interior.
| Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted, That any
and all lands heretofore reserved to the United
States by any act of Congress, or in any other
manner by competent authority, for the pur-
pose of aiding in any object of internal i'm.
provement or other purpose whatever, he, and
the same are hereby, reserved and excepted
from the operations of this act, except so far
as may be found necessary to locate the route
of said road through such reserved lands, IN
which case the right of way shall he granted,
subject to the approval of the President OF the
United States: Prouded, further, That any
lands which may have been granted to the
Territory or State Of Minnesota for the purpose
of aiding in the construction Of any railroad,
which lands may be located within the limits
of this extension of said grant or grants, shall
| be deducted from the full quantity of lands
hereby granted, and that any lands which may
have been so granted shall be strictly applied
/ in accordance with the terms and conditions
of said act or acts, unless subsequently, modi-
fed by law.
| Sec. 4. And be IL further enacted. That the
sections and parts of sections OF land, which
by said acts and this grant shall remain to the
United States, within ten miles on each side
of said roads and branches shall not be sold
| for less than double the minimum price Of pub
lie lands when sold, nor shall any of said lands
become subject to sale at private entry until
| the same shall have been first offered at public
sale to the highest bidder at or above the min
imum price as aforesaid: Prorided, That act
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