The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-08-18
"A BILL.

l., ei0 ~ tDO CODSJsuCltOu OF q SOuklSFk
2 branch of tbesdUniOn Pacific railway
and Telegraph, from Fort Riley, Kan
p! 8 sas, to Fort Smith. Arkansas. = g al
Belin enacted By the Senate and HOxss O
Representatives.. Of the United States O
! q 7A@SeriOai tn Congress assembled: ,aa
, That for thspuTpbse of aidingothe IN
ion Pacific Railroad Company, southern
branch, the'sams being a corporation or
ganized under the laws of the State o.
y Kansas to- construct and operate railroad
from Fort Riley, Kansas, OF near said
military reservation, thence down the
valley of the Neosho river to the South
4 ern line Of the aStateof Ka csas, with a
! view to an extension of the same through
I a portion Of the Indian Territory to Fost
Smith, Arkansas, thereis hersby granted
to the State of Kansas, for, the use aud
benefit of said railroad company every
alternate section Of land or part thereof
designated by odd numbers, to the extent
lOf 5C51 i've alternate sections per m lie and
/ not exceeding in all ten sections per mile
on each side of said road but in case it
shall appear that the United States have,
when the line of said road is definitely
located, sold any section, or part thereof,
| granted as aforesaid, or that the right of
presumption or homestead settlement has
attached to the same, or that the same has
been reserved by the United States for any
purpose whatever ihel il shall be the duty
Of the Secretary of the Interior to cause
to be selected for the purpose aforesaid,
from the public lands Of the United States
nearest to the seotions above speci6s1 50
much land as shall be equal to the amount
of such lands as the United States have
sold, reserved or otherwise appropriated,
or to which the right of homestead set
Element or pre- emPGon has attached as
aforesaid, which lands, thus indicated by
the direction of the Secretary of the Ia
4 terror, shall be reserved and held for the
State of Kansas for the use of said com
tpany by the said Secretary for the pur
pose of the construction and operation Of
said railroad, as provided by this act.
PTovlded, That any and all lands hereto
fore reserved to the United States by any
actor Congress, or in any other manner
by competent authority for the purpose OF
aiding in any object Of Internal improve
! ment or other purpose whatever, be, and
the same are hereby. reserved and excep-
ted from the operation this act, except
30 far as it may be found necessary 10 To-
cate the route of said road through such
reserved lands, in which case the right
of way, two hundred feet in width, is
hereby granted, subject to the approval oil
fthe President of the United States. And
Il provided further, That said lands hereby
granted shall not be selected beyond TWEEN
" miles from the line of said road y
SEC. 2. And be IL further enacted.
That the sections and parts of sections oil
land which by the aforesaid grant shall
remain in the United States, within ten
miles on each side of said road, shall not
be sold Tor less than double the minimum
price of public lands when sold: Provi-
ded, That actual bona fide settlers under
the pre- emption laws of the United States
may, after due proof of settlement, i'm
provement,. and occupation, as now pro-
vided by law, purchase the same at the
price fixed. for said lands at the date o.
such settlement, Improvement, and occu
patton: Aaad provided, also, That settlers
under the provisions OF the'homestead act
: who make their settlement after the pas
sage OF this act and comply with the terms
ouN VI Sdlu dClS B0dl! De gu
: titled, within the said limits of ten miles
Ito patents for the amount not exceeding
:, eighty acres each. N. e9. ..l. .a..D
SEC. 8. lind be 1t further enacted. Tha
the grant of lands hereby made is upor
condition that said company, after tn,
construction of Its road, shall keepit in
lIepsir and use, and shall at all times be il
readiness TO transport troops, munitions
! of war, supplies, and public stores upon
its road for the Government of the Uni
ted States free from all cost or, charg,
therefor to the Government when required
to, do 80 by any department thereof: AnC
the lands hereby granted, shall inure &c
the benefit Of said company, as. follows:
When the governor, OF the State of Kan
sas shall certify that any section of tel
Consecutive miles of said road is compile
ted in 4 good, substantial aud workman
Hike manner as first class railroad, Their
) the said Secretary of the Interior shall
issue to The said company patents for sc
many sections of the. land herein granted
within the limits above named, and CO
terminous with said completed sectioI
hereinbetore granted; aud when eertif
Gates of the governor aforesaid shall b.
presented to said Secretary of the com
pletion, as aforesaid, of each successiv
ten miles Of said road, the said Secretary
/ shall in like manner issue to said com pa
: ny patents for the land for each of SAID
sections of road as in the first instance
until said road shall be completed
Provided, That if said road is not, com
pleted within ten years from the date O
tie acceptance of the grant hereinbefor'
+, made, the lands remaining unpatenteC
shall revert to the United States.
ID SEC. 4. And be It further ancted. Tha
As sOOa-as said company shall file vii
the Secretary OF the Interior. maps of it
q, line, designating the route thereof,
81 shall be tue duty of the said Secretar
d 70 withdraw from the market the land
"a granted by this act, in suchi manner a
III may be best calculated TO effect she pun
= poses of this act and subserve the pub
10 iutsssses 155sc--3 ls=a lttl-5z -slF $50 d
Z 4 us SEQ 3. ARd Be e further enacted, Tn
y the United States mail shall be trsnspor
n, ted on said road, and under the direcIo
Il of the Post Office DEPARTMENT. At zeuc