The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-08-09
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.


OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at tie FIRST Session Of tie 7hirty- ninth
Congress.
TPUBuC-No. 90.I
M AoT O amend an act entitled IAN act to amend |
...-.-, .,.-.od AN act to aid in the construction
Of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri
river TO the Pacific oceanand TO secure to the Gov
ernment the of the foG posta military, and
other purposes approved July 1, 1862, approved
July 9 1864.
Be enact ed by the Senate and House of Representa-
tves of the United States OF America in Congress assem-
bled That theU nion Pacific RailwaYC ompany
division, is hereby authorized to designate the gen
era route Of their said road and to file map thereof
as nowrequired by law, at any time before the first
day OF December, eighteen hundred and and sixty |
six and upon the filing OF the said map, showing the
general route of said road, the lands along the en-
tire line thereof so far as the same may be designa
ted, shall be reserved from sale by order of the Sec
rotary Of the interior: Provided That SAID company
shall be entitled to only the same amount OF the
bonds of the United States TO aid i'll the construction
Of the line of their railroad and telegraph they
would have been entitled TO if they
had connected their said line with
the Union Pacific railroad on the one hundredth de
gree OF longitude as now required BY law And pro
Uided in tier, That said company shall connect
their lire Of railroad and telegraph with the Union
Pacific railroad, but not at point more than fifty
miles westwardly from the meridian OF Denver III
Colorado.
Sec 2 And be tforttor enacted. That the Union
proya OF the Secretary OF the Interior hereby
thorized to locate, construct and continue their
road from Omaha, in Nebraska Territory, westward
according to the bestand most practicable routeand
without reference to the initial point on the one hun
dredth meridian of west longitude as now provided
by law, IN a continuous completed line, until tney
shall meet and connect with the Central Pacific Rail
road Company of California; and the Central Pacific
Railroad OF California, with the consent and APPROX
al OF the Secretary OF the Interior are hereby author
lied to locate, construct and continue their road
eastwards, in continuous completed line until the
shall meet and connect with the Union Pacific rail
road: Provided, That each of the above named com
panies shall have herght when the nature Of the
work to be done, by reason OF deep cuts and tn es
shall for the expeditions construction OF the PaClhc
railroad require it, TO work for extent of not to
exceed three hundred miles in advance OF their con-
tinuOus completed line.
Approved, July 3, 1866.
[PUBLIc No 9I.1
AN ACT granting certain lands to the State of Mich
gan to aid in The construction Of ship canal to
connect the waters of Lake Superior with the lake
known as Lac La Belle.
Be ii enacted By the Senate and House of Repre-
SentdtiUeS 0ttt3 United States OF ADleI&c an Con-
QreSs assembled, That there be, and is hereby grant
ed to the State of Michigan, for the and benefit
of the Lac La Belle Harbor Improvement Com
pany, company organized under and by virtue Of
the laws of the State OF Michigan, Tor the purpose OF
aiding in the construction of a ship canal to connect
the waters of Lake Superior with the lake known as
Lac La Belle. in said State, one hundred thousand
of the Public lands of the Uuited States in the
upper peninsula of Michigan, to be selected from the
odd-numbered sections oil land nearest the location
of the said canal, not otherwise reserved or appro-
priated, nor designated by the United States as
mineral lands prior to the passage this act, nor
| to which the rights OF presumption or homestead
have been attached PrOCided, That The said canal
shall be at least one hundred feet wide at the top,
seventyfve feet wide at the bottom, and shall have
when completed depth ofwater through its entire
length of at least twelve feet, running from sixteen
feet of water in Lake Superior to fourteen feet OF
water in Lac La Belle: and pyOoided FURTHER, That
said canal shall be and remain public highway for
the OF the government OF the United States, free
from toll or charge OF upon els employed by
said government in the transportation OF any prop
erty or troops of the United States.
Sec 2. And be ii further endcted, That the lands
hereby granted shall be subject to the disposal of the
legislature of the State OF Mchigan for the purposes
aforesaid and no other; that as soon the governor
of the said State shall file cause 10 be filed, with
the Secretary of the interior map or plan showing
the location of the said canal, then it shall be the
duty of the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw
from market the lands applicable and subject to the
provisions OF this act; and whenever the governor
of the State of Michigan shall certify TO the Secretary
Of the Interior that the said ship canal has been com
pleted, in good substantial, and wOrkmanlike
manner in all respects in conformity with the pro-
visions of this act and to his satisfaction, then it
shall be the duty Of the Secretary ofthe Interior to
issue patents to the said State OF Michigan for the
Sec 3. Aad be jtfstther enacted Thatif the said
ship canal shall not be completed within two years
from and after the passage OF this act, the lands
hereby granted shall revert to the United States.
Approved July B, 1856.
TPUBMc-No. 92.l
AN Act granting lands to the State of Michigan, to
aid in the construction of harbor and ship canal
| atPortage lake, Keewaunaw point, Lake Superior
in said State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatiyes OF the United States of America in Con
ress assembled That there be and hereby is grant
ed to the State OF Michigan, to aid in the building
. harbOr and ship canal at Portage lake, KeewaunaW
Point Lake superior, i'll addition to former grant
for that purpose approved March the third, eighteen
hundred and siEtyiye, two hundred thousand acres
of land in the upper peninsula of the State Of Mich
igan and from land to which the right of homestead
| OF presumption has not attached: PrOOSded, Thai
one hundred ana fifty thousand acres shall be Sc
lected from alternate Odd-numbered sections and
fifty thousand acres from even-numbered section,
Of Thea lands of the United States. Said grant o.
Shall inure to these and benefit ofthe Portage Lake
Superior Ship Canal Company in accordance will
an act of the Legislature of the State of Michigan con
ferring tina land granted TO the said State by the
herein referred to, on said Company: AndProoddec
Ef~Iher That the time allowed for the completion o
said work and the right OF reversiOn to the United
States, under the said act of Congress approved
March the third eighteen hundred and sixty-ive be
extended three additional years and prC0ided fur
Mer, That no lands designated by the United States
as mineral before the passage of this act shall b.
included within this grant.
Approved July 3, 1856
[PUB1Ic-No G3l
AN ACTto regulate the transportation of Nitro
glycerine, or Glynon Oil, aud other substances
therein named.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Renre
sentatiyes OF the United States ofAmerica in Con
gress assembled That hereafter it shall not be law,
lui to transport carry or convey, ship, deliver
be delivered on board, the substance or articl,
known or designated as nitro glycerne, or olynoi1
OIL ntroleum or blasting oil, nitraed OIL or pow
der mixed with any such oil, or fibre saturated with
any such article or substance upon or in any ship
steamship, steamboat, vessel, car wagon, or Other
vehicle, used Or employed in transporting passen
gers by land or water between place or places viii
IN the limits OF any State Territory or district of he
United States, or between place in State, ter
ritory district OF the United States and place in
any other State, territory, or district thereof and
any person., company, or corporation Who shall
knowingly violate the provisions OF this section shat
be liable TO line OF not less than one thousand nol
more than ten thousand dollars, at the discretion OF
the court one half to the use Of the iniormer.
| Sec. >. And be 3tJLrtber enacted, That in case
the death ofany person shall be caused directly OF
indirectly, by an explosion OF any quantity of said
substances or articles or either Of them, while the
same is being placed upon or in any such ship
steamship, steamboat, vessel, car, wagon Other
vehicle to be transported, carried or conveyed there
on or therein in violation of the foregoing section
Whlle the same Is beng so transported, carried OF
conveyed or while the same is being removed from
such ship, steamship, steamboat, vessel car, wagon
or other yohicle every person who knowingly placed
or aided permitted the placing of the said sub
stance upon or in such ship, steamship steamboat.
vessel, car wagon or other vehicle, to be trans
ported, carried conveyed shall be deemed guilty
of a mansaughter, and on conviction thereof shall
suffer imprisonment for period not less than two
years.
Sec. 3. And be al Iatr,her enacted. That it shall
not be lawful to ship send or forward any quantity
OF the sand substances articles. or to transport
convey, or carryR the same by a shin boat yes.
sci, vehicle or conveyance, ofany description upon
land or water between place in a foreign country
and a place within the United States, or between a
place IN one state, territory district thereof I'M
less the same shall be securely enclosed deposited
orpacked in metallic vessel surrounded by plaster
OF paris, or other material that viii benon-eXplosVe
when saturated with such oil or substance and sep
arate from all other substances and the outside Of
the package containing the same, be marked paint
| or Labelled IN conspicuous manner with the
words ''NitrOGlycerine, Dangerous:'' and anv per
son, company or corporation, who shall knowingly
Violate the provisions ofthis section shall be liable
| TO tne OF not less than one thousand nor more
than five thousand dollars at the discretion Of the
court, one half to the OF the informer.
See. 4. And be it further enacted, That the dis
trIct court OF the United States within the dis
which IL - In L.