The Van Buren press., 1866-09-14
The Renewal of the Cairo and Fulton
Railroad and its Branches.


in the construction OF railroad from a
point upon the Mississippi, opposite the
mouth of the Ohio river, via Little
Rock, to the Texas boundary, near
I Fulton in Arkansas, with branches, 10
Fort Smith and the Mississippi river,
approved February 9th, 1883, and for
other purposes
Be aenacfed by the Senate and House ot
Reprts satafiaes If tie United States oj
.lmcrica IN Congress assembled, That the
"act granting the right of way and making
a grant of land to the States of Arkan-
sas and Missouri, to aid in the construc-
ton Of railroad from point upon the
Mississippi, opposite the mouth of the
Ohio river, via. Little Rock to the Texas
boundary. near Fulton in Arkansas, with
branches to Fort Smith and the Missis
sippi river" approved February Q, 1888,
with all the provisions therein made, be,
and the same is hereby revived and OK
tended for the term of ten years from the
passage of this act, and all the lands
therein granted, which reverted to the
Uuited States, under the provisions of
said act be, and the same are hereby re
stored to the same custody, control and
condition, and made subject to the uses
and trusts in all respects rs they were DC
fore and at the time such rcyersion took
effect, provided that all mineral lalrls
within the limits of this grant and the
grant made in Section two of this act are
hereby reserved to the United States aRa
1 pfovhied tayther, That all property and
troops of the United States shall, at all
times, be transported over said railroad
and branches at the cost, charge, and cX
pense of the company or corporation
owning or operating said road and bran
ches, respectively, when so required by
, the Government Of the United States.
SEC. 3.--Ind be II further enacted, That
sherc is hereby granted, added to, and
made part of, the donation of lands here
by renewed and made subject to the same
! uses ami trusts, and under the sauic Gus
/ todv, control and conditions, and to be
held and disposed OF in the same manner
as if included in the original grant, all
/ the alternate sections and parts OF sec
tiops, designated by odd numbers, lying
along the outer line of lands hereto
fore granted, and within five miles on
each side thereof, excepting lands rcscry
cd or otherwise appropriated by law, or
to which the right Of pre-cmption or
| homestead settlement has attached; pro
eaial, That the additional quantity of
lands hereby granted, when added TO the
lands specified in section one hereof, shall
not exceed in the aggregate quantity OF
lands by this act granted, sufficient to
amount to ten sections for each mile of
railroad: Ind proriacd jHHfer, That the
lands embraced in this grant and the grant
revived by section one of this act, shall
be disposed of only as follows: whenever
proof shall be furnished satisfactory to
| the Secretary Of the Interior that any
section OF tn consecutive miles OF sad
road and branches is completed ira good,
substantial and worhmanlikc mannct as a
first class railroad, the said Secretary of
the Interior shall issue patents for all
the lands granted us aforesaid, not eXcee-
ding ten sections per mile situated oppo-
site to. and within the limits of, twenty
miles of the section of said road and
branches thus completed; and when like
proof shall be furnished that another sec
ton Of ten miles Of said road in said
States, or on said branches, respectively,
connecting with the proceeding section,
is completed rs aforesaid, the Secretary
of the Interior shall issue patents in like
manner as in case of the first complet-
cd sections, and 50 on from time to time
until the whole is completed as herein
provided, when the Secretary of the ln-
terror shall issue patents for all the re-
naming lands herein granted, not excec-
ding the aggregate amount provided for
and located, as required, by sections one
and two Of this act. And propided fur
ther, That il one section Of twenty miles
Of each of said railroads and branches
shall not bc fully constructed and com.
plctcd as first class railroad within three
years from the time this act becomes Il
law, and at least one section Of twenty
miles on each Of said roads and branches
in each year thereafter, and the whole OF
said roads and branches within ten years
from the time this act shall take effect
then. aud in either of said cases, aIl the
lands granted, or the grant of which is
revived or extended by this act, AMI whicI,
at the time shall be unpatented to or for
the benefit Of the road or company max
ing or suffering such failure, shall revert
to the United States.
SEC 3.--IRd bel frthcr enactek That
all the lands mentioned in this act, and
hereby granted, are hereby reserved from
entry, pre- emption, or appropriation to
any other purpose than herein contcm
plated, for the said term often years from
the passage Of this act Propidcd, Tha,
all lands heretofore given to the State oI
Missouri for the construction OF the Cal
70 and Fulton railroad or for the use oI
said road, lying in the State of Missouri
shall be granted and patented to thc said
State whenever the road shall be compile
ted through said State, which lands may
bc held by State and used toward paying