Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1866-05-17

RAUROAD PROsPRCTs.

OIL NO. OV1.- StouttHt 4--~ - 49,
and Missouri State line Railroad Com.
pany, and for other purposes, with sua-
dry amendments.
The bill was read.
First amendment:
Page 5, section four, in lines six AID
seven, strike out the words The point
where it may strike the Missouri river.
and insert in lieu thereof, Nebraska
City; so that il win read;
Sec. 4. And be i further enacted.
That for the purpose Of enabling said
Iowa and Missouri S ate line Railroad
Company TO effect connection with the
Union Pacific Railroad Or any branch
thereof, at a point not further west than
the one hundriedlh meridian Of west lon.
gitude, the said company is hereby au'
thorized TO extend its line from NebFas.
ka 10 some point to be selected BY it
within the limitation abOv prescribed,up-
on the same terms and conditions, and
with the like aid and privileges, thatare
granted to the Burlington and Missouri
River Railroad Company by sections
eighteen, and twenty, Of an act in rela
lion to the construction of Railroad AID
Telegraph line to the Pacific ocean, aP-
proved July ?, 1864: Provided, That no
lands in this section granted shall be te-
ken from any grants or Reservations
heretofore made by the United States.
The amendment was agreed to.
Second amendment:
Page 2, line twenty-five after The
word ITO insert mot further than twenty
miles rom said road and not including
alternate sections reserved" so it viii
read:
That. for the pOrpOse Of aiding The
Iowa and Missouri State Line Railroad
Company (the same being a corporation
organized under the laws Of the State Of
Iowa) TO construct and operate a rail-
road on or near the State line Of Iowa
and Missouri, between tie Mississippi
and Missouri rivers, or 10 connect with
the Des Moins Valley Railroad at or
near Pennington, in the STATE Of Iowa,
running thence IL and along the State
line, as near as praciable, 10 some point
on the east bank Of the Missouri river,
there is hereby granted to said railroad
Company every alternate section Of land
designated by odd numbers, to the ex,
tent of ten sections per mile on each side
road but in case it shall. appear that
the United States have, when The line Of
said road is defni,ly located, sold any
section or any part thereof, granted as
aforesaid, or that the right Of pre-emp-
lion or homestead to the same, or that
the same has been reserved by the US.
for any purpose whatever, then II shall
be The duty of the Secretary Of the In
terror to cause TO be selected for the pur-
poses aforesaid, from the public lands
of the United States nearest to, not fur
iher than twenty miles from said road
and not including alternate sections re-
screwed, the sections above specified, so
much land as shall be equal 10 the
amount to such lands as the United States
have sold, reserved, or otherwise ap-
propriated, or to which the right Of
homestead settlement or pre- emption has
attached as aforesaid. which lands, thus
indicated by the direction Of the Secre-
iary of the Interior, shall be reserved
and held for the use of said company by
the said Secretary for the purpose OF the
construction and operation Of said Rail.
road, as provided by this act, &c.
The amendment was agreed 70,
) Third amendment
Add to the fourth section
And the said company may also form
a connection with BrownYille, on the
, Missouri river, upon the some terms and
with the aid herein before mentioned, +,
but the lands granted by this section
shall not be selected within eight miles
of the Southern boundry of the Territory
; Of Nebraska and no lands shall be Sc
lected under a grant heretofore made TO
aid in the construction Of the execution
of the Burlington and Missouri River
; Railroad within eight miles Of said
Southern bOundry Of The Territory Of
I Nebraska.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. KassOn. move 10 add the fol-
8 lowing as an additional section;
} And be il further enated, That the
lands hereby granted shall be opened 70
pre-emplion, settlement, and purchase
under the laws Of the United States un-
I'll certified 10 be actually seld 10 a bona
: tide settler herein provided for as fully
I as if this grant was made. Provided,
= That the price Of such pFemases shall be
I, 50. so per acre, and such purchase mony
shall be specially accounted for 10 Be
Treasury Of TIE United States, and shall
), be paid TO the Railroad Company when.
J, ever it would become entitled 10 such
lands if unsold.
Mr.. Price. accept thar amenlmsnl