Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-07-06

laws Of the United States may, after the r.oi,f
OF settlement, improvement, and occupation.
! as now provided by law, purchase the same at
the increased minimum price: And, protided,
also, That settlers under the provisions of the
homestead law, who comply with the terrnS
and requirements of said act, shall be entitled
to patents for an amount not exceeding eighty
acres each, anything In this act to the cotrary
Notwithstanding
Sec. s. And be Il. further enacted, That the
lands hereby granted shall be subject to the
disposal OF the Legislature of the State of Min
| nesota, for the purposes aforesaid, and no 9th.
er. And the said railroads and branches shall
be and remain public highways for the use of
the government Of the United 6tates. free Of
oil toll or other charges upon the transportaJ
ton of any property or troops of the United
States. :
Sec. 6. And be IL further enacted. That tbs
lands hereby and heretofore granted 20 said
Territory or State of Minnesota shall be dis.
posed of by said State for the purposes afore.
SAID only, and in manner following, nareft:
When the governor of said State shall certify
to the Secretary of the Interior that any Sec
tion of ten consecutive miles of said road is
completed in good, substantial, and --ork-
manlike manner as q first-ciass railroad. and
the said Secretary shall be satisfied that said
State has complied in good faith with this rej
quirement the said Secretary of the Interior
shall issue to the said State patents for all the
lands granted and selected AZ aforesaid, not ex.
ceeding ten sections per mile, situated opposite
to and within limit of twenty miles OF the
line of said section Of road thus completed,
extending along the whole length of said COM
pleted section of ten miles of road, and no
further. And when the governor of said
State shall certify to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, and the Secretary shall be satisfied that
another section of said road, ten consecutive
miles in extent, connecting with the preceding
section or with some other first class railroad,
which may be at the time in successful opera
tion, is completed as aforesaid the said Secre-.
tary Of the Interior shall issue 10 the said
State patents for all the lands granted and sit.
uated opposite to and within the limit of twen-
~ miles of the line of said completed section
OF road or roads, and extending the length Of
said section, and no further, not exceetlipe,
ten sections of land per mile for all that part
of said road thus completed under the provis-
ions of this act and the act to which this is an
amendment, and so, from time to time, until
said roads and branches are completed. And
when the governor of said State shall so certi-
fy, and the Secretary of the Interior shall be-
satisfied that the whole of any one of said
roads and branches Ii completed In q good,
substantial, and workmalike manner, as a first
class railioad, the sail Secretary Of the Interi-
or shall issue to the said State patents to all
the remaining lands granted for and on ac.
count OF said completed road and branches in
this act, situated within the said limits Of
twenty miles from the line thereof, through
out the entire length of said road and branch
es: lrorided, That no land shall be granted
or conveyed to said State under the provisions
OF this act on account of the construction of
any milroad or part thereof that has been co:s-
structed under the provisions of any other act
at the date OF the passage Of this act, and
adopted as part of the line OF railroad provi-
ded for in this act: And proridsd, That moth.
ing herein contained shall interfere with any
existing rights acquired under any law of Con.
gress heretofore enacted making grants of land
to the State of Minnesota to aid in the con.
struction of railroads: And frorided, further.
That said lands, granted by this or prior acts,
shall not in any manner be disposed of, except
a. the same are patented under the provisions
of this act; and should the State fail to COM
plete any one of said roads or branches within
eight years after the passage of this act, then
the said lands undisposed of as aforesaid.
granted on account Of said road or branches,
shall revert to the United States.
Sec. z. Ind be 1t further enacted. That AZ
soon as the governor of the said State of Min
nesota shall file or cause to he filed with the
Secretary OF the Interior maps designating
the routes OF said road and branches. then il
shall be the duty OF the Secretary of the In
braced within the provisions of this act. .,
Sec. 8. Aad be a further enacted, That tho
United States mail shall Dc transported ON
said road, under the direction of the Post Of
flee Department, at such price as Congress may
by law provide: Prorided. That, until such
price is fixed by law, the Postmaster General
shall have power to fix the rate of compensa-
ton.
Sec. 9. ind be IL further enacted. That tho
provisions of this act shall also be construed So
as to apply and extend to that portion of the
line authorized to be vacated by the joint reso-
luton approved July twelfth, eighteen hun.
dred and sixty-two, entitled a joint resolution
authorizing the State of Minnesota to change
the line Of certain branch railroads in said
State, and for other purposes, notwithstanding
the vacation thereof by said State, as though
said joint resolution had not passed, and also
to the line adopted by said State, i'm lieu of tho
portion of the line SD vacated.
Sec. 10. 4nd De ii Juther endcfcd, That tho
time mentioned in an act entitled IAN act
making grant of lands to the State Of Iowa,
in alternate sections, to aid in the construction
of certain railroads in said State.' for the CON-
pletion of the railroads named in said act, DO,
and the same is hereby, extended two years.
Sec. IL. And be IL further enacted, That the
last clause of the second section of an act en-
titled IAN act to regulate the compensation
Of registers and receivers Of the land offices in
the several States and Territories in the loca.
ton OF lands by States and corporations under
general grants from Congress, and for other
purposes" be, and the same il hereby, 50
amended as to read: "A map Of the change
shall be filed with the Commissioner of the
General Land Office within three months after
the said change of location shall be made"
Approved, March 3, 1865. .....