The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-10-04
TPUBLIC-No 119.


AN ACT for grant oflands to the State of Kan
sas to aid in the construction of the Northern
Kansas railroad and telegraph.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
Sentatiyes othe United States Of A1aeric0 in Con-
qreSs assembled, That there is hereby granted to
the State of Kansas, for the use and benefit of
the Saint Joseph q Denver City Railroad Com
pany, the same being corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Kansas, to con
struct and operate railroad from Elwood, in
Kansas, westwardly, via Maryville, in the same
State so as to effect a junction with the Union
Pacific railroad or any branch thereof not far
Their west than the one hundredth meridian of
west longitude, every alternate section of land
designated by odd numbers, for ten sections in
width on each side of said road to width on each
side of said road to the point of intersection =
But in case it shall appear that the United
States have, when the line or route of said road
is definitely fixed, sold and section or any part
thereof, granted as aforesaid or that the rirht
OF presumption or homestead settlement has at
tached to the same, or that the same has been
reserved by the United States for anv purpose
whatever, then it shall be the duty of the Sec
retery OF the Interior to cause to be selected for
the purposes aforesaid, from the public lands of
the United States nearest to tiers of sections
above specified, so much land, in alternate sec
lions or parts Observation-Disclosures byodd num
bers, as shall be equal to such lands as the
United States have sold, reserved or other
wise appropriated, or to which the RIGHTS of
presumption or homestead settlement have
attached as aforesaid; which lands, thus in
olcated by odd numbers, and selected by di-
rection OF the secretary of the Inferior as afore-
sild, snail be held by the State of Kansas for
Tue use ana purpose aforesaid .PToaided THAI
Ihe Iand TO be so selected shall in no case he
located further than twenty miles from the
line OF said road: Proyided, further That the
lanos hereby granted for and on account of
SAID road shall be exclusively applied in the
construction OF the same and for no other mr.
pose Whatever, and shall be disposed of only
as IN this act hereinafter provided: Proyided |
also, That no part of the land granted by this |
act shall be applied to aid in the construction |
OF any railroad or part thereof for the con |
structlon OF which any previous grant of lands |
or bonds mas been made by Congress: Ind pro |
e10e0 JdfMer, That any and all lands hereto !
fore reserved to the United States by any act of |
Congress, or IN any other manner by compe- |
tent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any
object of internal improvement, or for any 9th
er purpose whatsoever, be, and the same are /
hereby reserved to the United States from the /
operations of this act, except so far as may be
found necessary to locate the route of said
road through said lands; in which case the
of said road only shall be granted, subject to
the approval of the President of the United
States.
Sec 2. Ind. be it further enacted That
the sections and parts of sections Ofland which
by such grant shall remain to the United States
within ten miles on each side of said road. !
shall not be sold for less than double the min
mum price of the public lands when sold; nor
shall any of said lands become subject to sale
at private entry until the same shall have been
first offered at public saleto the highest bidder
at or above the increased minimum price as
aforesaid, Provided, That actual and bona fide
settlers, under the provisions of the pre-emp