The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-10-04

ton and homestead laws of the United States,
may, after due proof of settlement, improve.
ment, cultivation and occupation, as now pro.
| ylded by law, purchase the same at the in.
creased minimum price aforesaid: and pr00id
| ed also, That settlers on any OF said reserved
sections, under the provisions ofthe homestead
| law, who improve, occupy and cultivate the
| same, for period of five years, and comply
with the several conditions and requirements
of said act, shall be entitled to patents for an
amount not exceeding eighty acres each, any
thing in this act to the contrary, notwith-
standing.
Sec. 3. and be it further enacted, That the
grant of the lands hereby made is upon condi-
ton that said company after the construction
of its road shall keep it in repair and use, and
shall at all times be in readiness to transport
troops, munitions of war, supplies and public
stores upon its road for the government when
required to do SO by any department thereof
the government at all times having the prefer
ence in the use of the road for all of the pur-
poses aforesaid at fair and reasonable rates of
compensation, not exceeding that paid by pri-
Yate individuals, or the average paid for like
services on other roads. And the lands hereby
granted, held and reserved as aforesaid, shall
inure to the benefit of said company as follows:
When the governor of the State of Kansas shall
certify that any section Of ten consecutive
miles of said road is completed in a good. sub
stantial, and workmanlike manner as q first
class railroad, then the said Secretary of the
interior shall issue to The said company, pat
ents for so many sections of the land hereinbe
fore granted as lie opposite to and coterminous
with the said completed sections And when
certificates of the governor, aforesaid, shall be
presented to said Secretary, of the completion
as aforesaid, of each successive section of ten
consecutive miles of said road, the Secretary
shall in like manner issue to said company
patents for the said sections of said land as
aforesaid for each of said sections of road until
said road shall be completed: PrOVided, That
If said railroad company or its assigns shall
fail to complete at least one section of said
road each year, from the date of its acceptance
of the grant provided for in this act, then its
right to the lands for said section so failing of
completion shall revert to the government of
the United States: Provided further, That if
said road is not completed within ten years
from the date of the acceptance of the grant
hereinbefore made, the lands remaining unpat-
ented shall revert to the United States.
Sec t. A7ad be 1t further enacted, That as
soon as the said company shall file with the
Secretary of the Interior maps of its line, des-
ignating the route thereof, it shall be the duty
of the said Secretary to withdraw from the
market the lands granted by this act, in such
manner as may be best calculated to effect the
purposes of this act and subserve the public
interest
SEC. 5. ind be it further enacted, That the
United States mail shall be transported on
said road and its extension, under the direc-
ton of the Post Office Department, at such
price as Congress may by law provide: Provi-
ded, That until such price is fixed by law the
Postmaster General shall have power to fix
the compensation.
Sec E. 4nd be it further enacted, That the
right of way through the public lands be- and
the same is hereby granted to said Saint Joseph
and Denver city Railroad company, its success
sors and assigns, for the construction of a rail
road as proposed; and the right is hereby Civ
en- to said corporation to take from the public
lands adjacent to the line Of said road materi-
al for the construction thereof. Said way is
granted to said railroad to the extent of one
hundred feet in width on each side of said road
where it may pass through the public domain;
also, all necessary ground for station buildings
workshops, depots, machine shops, switches,
side-tracks, turntables, and manifestations,
SEQ. 81. And be 1t further enGcted, That
the acceptance of the terms, conditions and
impositions of this act by the said Saint Joseph
and Denver City Railroad Company shall be
signified in writing, under the corporate seal
of the said company, duly executed pursuant
to the direction of its board of directors first
had and obtained, which acceptance shall be
made within six months after the passage of
this act and not afterwards, and shall be de-
posted with the Secretary of the Interior.
Approved July %, 1866.