The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-01-22
Ann Granting Lands 10 the state Of
West Virginia, 10 AID In the COnstrue-

A BIn GrantIng Lands 10 the Sfate oL
West Virginia. 10 Aid In the COnstrue-
fiOn OF Certain Railroads. b-i' l'--t
EIntrod odlced by the Hon. Geo, r. Latham,
Member of Congress from the Second
West Vfr0iiid Distict, on the17th fs''t.l
Be It enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives. Off United States
Of fAheTieG IN Congress assembled, That
there be, and are hereby granted to the
State Of West Virginia, for the purpose
of aiditig in the construction OF rall-
road from the Pennsylvania line In
Preston, or an adjoining county, West
Virginia, to the Ohio river, at some
pointin Gabell, OF. Wayne county, West
Virginia, under the charter of the west
Virginia Central Railroad Company;
and also of a railroad from the Penn
sylyania line, in Monongalia county
West Virginia, on or near the 4Monon-
gahela river, to the location offthe Vir-
ginia Central railroad, at or near Lew
fsburg, Greenbrier county, West Ntr-
Sifiiai1 under the charter of the! Monou-
gahela and Eewisbnrg Railroad Co.,
an amount of public land equal to one
hundred and twenty sections TO every
twenty miles of said railroads; or either
of them. ~ iiiii!iil ii 81 - IA ,lI.s-.s /.
sec. Q ls,Aad be Il. further enacted, That,
upon the receipt by the Secretary of the
Interior of the certificate of the Cover
ernor of the State of West Virginia OF
the location and length of said raj lroads,
or either of them, ii shall be the dutyof
said Secretary to issue to the State of
West Virginia, for the purposes pre-
scribed in this act, land scrip to the
amount Of one hundred and twenty
sections to every twenty miles for. each
of said roads, or either of them, the
proceeds of which, when sold, as here
inafter provided, shall be exclusively
applied to the construction of that road
for and on account of which such scrip
shall'issue, and which may, when sold,
be located by the assignees of said
State on any unapp propriated land OF
the United States subject to private
entry at one dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre: Pr0Vided, That said re-
port or reports of said location shall be
made within five years from the appro-
val of this act: 4Hd provided further,
of ftheIand granted by this act shall be
located, Gby said assignees within any
one State igg 7'l,i -zsH 1,5i., 70 ~. Z
Sec. s.. And be ft further enGcted, That
the lands hereby granted shall be dis
posed of by said State of West Vir=
ginia, under the direction of the legis-
lature thereof, only in manner follow
ing :. that is to say, that ayquantity of
land not exceeding one hundred and
twenty sections for each of said, roads,
or either OF them, may be sold and
when the Governor of said State shall
certify to the Secretary of the Interior
that any twenty continuous miles of
said roads, or either of them, are COM
pleted, then another quantity of land
hereby granted, not to exceed one hum
dred and twenty sections for each of
said roads, or either of them, may be
sold, and so, from time to time, until
said roads, or either of them, are COM
pleted Provided, That If said roads,
or either of them, are not completed
within ten years from the issuing of the
land scrip aforesaid, no further sales for
the benefit of such unfinished road or
roads shall be made, and the unsold
lands shallrevert to the United States.
Sec. 4. And be Il further enacted, That
said roads shall be, and remain public
highways for the use of the UnitedStates,
and shall mt all times carry any property
or troops thereof, free from all toll or 9TH
er charge: Provided That the provisions,
of this act be accepted, and the lands
hereby granted used and the proceeds
thereof applied as aforesaid: 4nd pro-
vided further That Congress may, by
law, fix the price for which the United
States mail shall be transported over
said road, and that until such price is
fixed by jaw, the Postmaster General
shall have the power to determine the
same. -li7-Fl f.. -.