The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-08
CHAP. CLXNI.
An Act ooncerninI certain Lands granted to the

An Act concerning CERTAIN A"iio'
State of Nevada.
BE it enacted by the Senate ana house vi ~
resentatives of the United States OF Alnefica ~
Congress assembled That the appropriation oy
the Constitution of the State of Nevada 10 educl,
tional purposes OF the five hundred tnousanu
acres of land granted to said Sllts ny tils law -
September fourth, eighteen hundred ana lorly
one for purposes of internal improvement, Is
hereby approved and confirmed
SEC 9 And be it further enacted, Ihat lana
eoual in amount to seventy-two entire sections,
for the establishment and maintenance OF UNI
versity in said State, is hereby granted TO the
State of Nevada. -, =,
SEC B. And be it further enacted, That the
grant made by law of the second day OF Jnly,
eighteen hundred and siXty-two, to each stare, OF
land equal to thirty thousand acres LOT each Oh ls
senators and representatives in Congress, Is eA-
tended to the State of Nevada; and the diversion
of the proceeds of these lands in Nevada rom tne
teaching of agriculture and mechanic arts 10 that
of the theory and practice OF INNING Is allo"eu
and authorized without; causing forfeiture OF
SEC 4 And be it further enacted, That the
President of the United States, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, shall be- ana he
is hereby, authorized to appoint a suIveyor-seh
eral for Nevada who shall locate his office at such
place as the Secretary of the Interior shall from
time to time direct, whose compensation shall DC
three thousand dollars per annum, and whose uu-
ties, powers, obligations responsibilities ana al
lowances for clerk hire, office rent, 1uel anu incl
dental expenses shall be the same us those OF the
surveyor general OF Oregon, under the direction
OF the Secretary of the Interior may IN MS us
cretion, vary the lines of the subdivisions from
rectangular from, to suit the circumstances OF the
country; but in all cases lands valuable for mines
of gold silver, quicksilver, or copper shall DC re-
served from sale. -,
SEC 8. And be it further enacted, That until
the State of Nevada shall have received her full
quota of lands named in the first, second, and
third sections of this act, the public lands Ill that
State shall not be subject TO entry, sale, or Ioca-
ton under any law of the United States, or any
scrip or warrants issued in pursuance OF any sucn
law except the homestead act OF May twentieth,
eighteen hundred and SiNty-Iwo, and acts amen
datory thereto, and the acts granting aud reSuia
ting Dreemptions, but shall be reserved eNclu-
siveIy for entry by the said State for the period OF
two wears after such survey shall have been made
Provided That said State shall select said lands |
in her own name and right, in tracts OF not less
than forty acres and dispose of the same i'll tracts
not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres,
only to actual settlers and bona tide occupants:
And provided further, That city and town prop
erty shall not be subject to selection under THIS
act: And provided further, That this section
shall not be construed to interfere with or impair
rights heretofore acquired under any law OF Con-
gresS.
Approved, July 4, 1866
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