The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-12-13

on each side thereof, excepting lands reserved
OF OF nerwlse appropriated by law, or to which
tne Ilght OF presumption or homestead settle
lnent has been attached Provided, That the
aaanio9al quantity of lands hereby granted,
when added to the lands specified in section
one hereof, shall not exceed in the agpierate9
quahtlty OF lands by this act granted sufficient
TO amount to ten sections for eachmile of rail-
road And provided further, that lands en-
praced IN thls grant and the grant revived by
section one ofthis act shall be disposed of on
~ as follows Whenever proof shall be fur
nlshed, satisfactory to the Secretary of the In
terror, that any section of ten consecutive
miles OF said road and branches is completed
N good, substantial, and workmanlike man.
her as nrst class railroad, the said Secretary
OF the Interior shall issue patents for all lands
granted as aforesaid, not exceeding ten sec
uons per mile situate opposite to and within
the limits OF twenty miles of the section of
said road and branches thus completed and n
when like proof shall be furnished that anoth-.
er see1lon of ten miles of said road in said
States or on the said branches respectively
connecting with the preceding section is com
Pleueu as AFORESAID, the Secretary of the Inte-
rlor snali issue patents in like manner as in
case of the first completed sections. and so on
from time to time until the WhoIeis complet-
ed as herein provided, when the Secretary of
the Interior shall issue patents for all the re-
naming lands herein granted not exceeding
the aggregate amount provided for and loca-
TED as required by sections one and two of this
act: And provided further, That if one section
OF twenty miles of each of said railroads and
branches shall not be fully constructed and
completed as first class railroad within three
years from the time this act becomes a law
ana at least one section of twenty miles on
each OF said roads and branches in each year
thereafter, and the whole of said roads and
orancneS within ten years from the time this
act snail take effect, then and in either of said
cases all the lands granted or the grant of
WP!cn is revived or extended by this act, and
which at the time shall be unpatented to or
for the benefit of the road or company making
or suffering such failure shall revert to the
United States.
Sec. g. And be ii further enacted, That all the
lands mentioned in this act, and hereby gran >
tea, are hereby reserved from entry, pre-emp-
tlon, or appropriation to any other PURPOSES
than herein contemplated, for the said term of
ten years from the passage of this act ProUi-
ded, That all lands heretofore given to the
State of Missouri for the construction of the
Cairo and Fulton railroad, rfor the use of
said road lying in the State of Missouri and all
lands proposed to be granted by this act for the
use orin aid OF the road herein named and living
IN the State of Missouri, shall be granted and
patented to the said State whenever the road
shall be completed through said State which
lands may be held by said State and used to-,
ward paying the State the amount of bonds
heretofore issued by it TO said company, and
al interests accrued or to accrue thereon;
Pf0Uaded FURTHER, That the provisions of this act
% Iar as the same relate to the Memphis and
Little Rock and the Little Rock and Fort
smith branches of said road, shall not take eff
1ect until the Secretary of the Interior shall
make and file certificate in his office and the
office OF the Secretary of State of Arkansas,
stating that the companies or corporations
claiming the benefit of this act in behalf of
SAID branches have recognized their boards of
directors IN lawful manner and after such
reorganization, that they have respectively
resclnded all acts, resolutions, or other pro-
ceedlngs, transferring the lands, rights, or
privileges OF such corporations or companies
to any convention, State, or authority recog
nlzing or acting in concert with, or under the
authority of the late so-called Cenfede rate
States of America .sl-r = ~.
Approved, July Is, 1866. st X, .s,.