The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-11-29

three per numbered pounds to he determined by
the returns of the weighefs. g ~ . u -
SEC. 2. and be 1t further enacted, That the
office of measurer at the port of New York hereby
polished and the duties heretofore performed by them
SEC. 3. And De 1t further enacted, That the
weighers at the port of New York, shall receive from
twenty five hundred dollars: PROVIDES That the in
crease compensation over and above the present salary
amount of fees earned by them.
Approved July 26, 1866
[PUBLIc-No. 1911
ACT granting lands to the State of aid in
the construction of a southern branch of the Union
Pacific railway and telegraph, from Fort Riley, Kan
| Be 1t enacted ythe Senate and House OF Repre-
sentaUeS Of the United States OF Ane1aca IN Congress
cifc Railroad Company southern branch the same be-
ing corporation organized under the laws Of the State
or said military reservation, thence down
valley OF the Neosh3 river to the southern line OF the
through portion of the Indian Territory to Fort smith,
for and benefit Of said railroad company every
SECTION Of land or parts by
mile on each side of said road and not exceeding in all
wRen the ad
tely sold any section or any part thereofgran
stead settlement has attached same or that the same
Pee Sep ~ be he uy of @
the interior to to be selected for the purpose aore
the sections above specified SO much land shall be
equal to the amount of such lands as the United states
have Sold reserved otherwise disposed ofor to which
the right of homestead settlement or pre.emptlon has
attached as aforesaid which lands, thus indicated by
reserved and held for the State of Kansas for the use of
of the construction and operation of said railroad
provided by this act PROVIDED That any and all lands
heretofore reserved the United States by act OF
Congress- or in any other manner by competent author
Improvement OF other purpose Whatever be, and the
hereby reserved and accepted from the oper
Of I d. through such
lands in which case the right Of Two hundred feet
the president the United States: AND PROVIDED FUR
That af sn as m from 6e ne of said re road
| Sec. g. Aaad be 1t further enacted, That the
sections and parts Of sections OF LAND which py Inc
within miles each side OF said road, shall not be
lands when Sold Provided That actual bona fde set
tiers under the presumption laws of the United States
occupation, as now provided by law purchase the same
price fixed for said lands at the date of such set
| Element, Improvement and occupation: PROVIDED,
ALSO That settlers under provisions of the homestead
this act and comply with the terms and requirements
Of said act shall be entitled within the said limits OF
ten miles, to patents for an amount not exceeding
| eighty acres each.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the
grant lands hereby made is upon condition that said
Company after the construction of its road shall keep
it repair and use, and shall at all times transport
troops munitions of suppes,and public stores up
its road for the government OF the United Statestree
When required to do 50 by any department. thereof
And the lands hereby granted shallnu to the bene
State Kansas shall certify .hat any section of ten
consecutive miles OF said road is completed in good
raroa then the said Secretary of the Interior shall
of the lands herein grantedgwthin the limits above
named, and cotermineus with said completed sector
aforesaid shall be presented to said Secretary
as aoreSa of eaGn nod Fee sd Sec
rotary shall in like manner issue to said company pat
ents for the land for each of said sections OF ROAD as
the first tance until said road shall be completed
PROVIDED, Thatif said road is not completed with
grant 6ereinbefore made, the lands remaining unpat
ented shallrevert to the United States.
SEC. f. And be 1t further enacted, That
said company shall file with the eecreta
a of the Interior maps Of its line, designating the
oute thereof it shall be the duty Of said Secretary
% 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 subserye the
public interest.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
United States mail shall be Transported ON sa1c
road, and under the direction of the Post Office De
partment, at such price Congress may by law pro
vide: Provided, That until such price is fixed by
law the Postmaster General shall have power to III
the compensation.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the
right of way through the public lands be, and the
same is hereby, granted to said Pacific Railroad
e Company, southern branch, its successors or as
signs for the construction of railroad as proposed
and the right is hereby given to said corporation Il
take from the public lands adjacenteto the line o
said road material for the construction thereof
Said way is granted to said railroad to the extent
one hundred feet in width on each side of said roat
where it may pass through the public domain; alst
all necessary ground for station buildings, work
shops depots, machineshops, switches, slde-tracks
turn tables and water-stations
Sec. Z. and be it further enacted, That thu
acceptance of the terms, conditions and imposition
of this act by the said Pacific Railroad Company
southern branch, shall be signihed in writing, un
der the corporate seal of the said company duly ex
ecued pursuant to the direction of its board OF di
rectors first had and obtained which acceptanc
shall be made within one year after the passage o
this act, and not afterwards, and shall be deposited
with the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. s. A1d be 1t further enacted, That s9lt
Pacific Railroad Company,it its heirs and assigns, i
i hereby authorized and empowered to extend ant
cOnstructits railroad from the southern boundary
Kansas, south through the Indian Territory, witt
the consent of the Indians and not otherwise along
the valley of Grand and Arkansas rivers, to For
smith. in the State of Arkansas: and the right O
way through said Indian Territory is hereby grant
ed to said Company, its successors and assigns. t
the extent of hundred feet each side of salt
road roads and all necessary grounds for station
buildings, workshops, machnie-shops, switches
side -tracks, turn -tables, and water-stations.
Sec 9. A4d be 1t FURTHER enacted, That TIN
same grants oflands through said Indian territor
are hereby made as provided in the first section
this act, whenever the Indian title shall be extn
guished by treaty or otherwise, not to exceed tn
ratio per mile granted in the first section of this aci
Pro0dded, That said lands become part of the pub
lie lands of the United States.
SEC. 10. Aqad be ii. further enacted, That saiC
Pacific Railroad Company. southern branch, its sue
cessors and assigns, shall have the right to negot
ate with, and acquire title to land for purposes from
any Indian nation or tribe authorized by the Untet
States to dispose of lands, and from any other ma
ton or tribe of Indians through whose lands salt
railroads may pass, subject to the approval of tn
, United tates, or from any company or parties in
corporated or authorized for such purposes by suc
nation or tribe or which such parties may have &C
quired under the laws of the United States.
Sec. II. ARd be ii further enacted, That an,
railroad company chartered under any law Of tn
United States, or OF any State which may have beef
heretofore shall hereafterbe organized by any &C
the Congress of the United States. may connect
mite, and consolidate with this railroad company
after the same shall be located to the valley OF tn
Neosho or Grand river upon just fair, and equit
able terms, 10 he agreed upon between the parties
as shall OF be against the public interest, or tn
United States.
Approved, July 26, 1866