The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1866-12-15

Conqress assembled, That the time limited by
the fourth section of an act entitled " An act max
ing grant of alternate section OF the puonc laHuS
to the State of Michigan. to aid in the construction
of certain railroads in said State and tor 0ther puI
poses" approved June three, eighteen hundred ana
ty-six for the completion OF the railroad from All
bow by Hillsdale and Lansing. to some point on OF
near Traverse bay shall be, and hereby is revived
and extended for the period of years from and
after the third day of June, thousand eight nun
bred and sixtYsX; and that said grants shall con
tinue and remain in full force and effect for and d
ring that period if it had been provided IN sad
fourth section of said act OF June three, egnieen
hundred and fifty-SiX: Provided, That the Annoy
Lansing, and Traverse Bay Kallroau Co up S4a
cooperation organized under the laws OF !lie oIato
of Michigan, shall forfeit all right TO sald grant
or any part thereof which IL may nov my ~ ~
which NAV hereafter be conferred upon IL oA UIle
legislature of the State of Michigan, If and When-
ever the said company shall fail. IN whole or IN
part fully and completely 10 perform any oI VlIc
following conditions, that Is to say FIRST 10
clear .grub,and grade twenty consecutive miles o
the road bed OF said road between OWasSo and
Saginaw CITY so that the same shall be in readl-
ness for the ties and iron by the first day of tebru
arv eihgteen hundred and siNty-seven: Second,
to fully complete said road from OwaSsO to ~agi-
nav City so that the same shall be IN readiness
for the runin of trains by the first dav of NoYcm-
Der eighteen hundred and siNty-Scven Third
to fully complete in like manner twenty miles of
said road in each and every year after the said
first dav of November. eighteen hundred and sin
ty-seyen: and to fully complete the entire road by
the time limited by this act And provided fur
her That in case of failure of said AmbOy, LanS-
ing and Traverse Bay company to perform any
of the above conditions by the respective tunes
limited therefor, the legislature OF the SUaIe OF
Michigan may at Its hrst session after any such
failure. confer the said grant upon some other
railroad corporation, or corporations, npon such
terms and conditions as the legislature may see
fit to carry out the purposes of the said act of
June three, eighteen hundred and ffy-slN and
when so conferred, such corporation or corpora
ons shall be entitled to have and enjoy all of the
said grant which shall not then have been law
fully Opposed of to the same extent and in the
same manner and for the same purposes as II the
same had been on ginally conferred upon such
corporal. on or corporations. Ana any Such ran
Il tTO1N co
organized or hereafter to be organized; upon
which said grant may be so conferred IN whole or
in part may receive the same without prejudice
to any land grant, other rights or tranchlse
previously acquired. But in no case shall such
corporation corporations be entitled to receive
more than ten sections of land to the mile, for
that portion of said road which may be consolldat-
And provided further, That if the Legislature
fshall IN any such case OF tallm!ure, so
confer said grant as above provided Tor;
then the said lands or so much thereof as shaI
then remain not lawfully disposed of, shall be sub
ject to the disposal and future control OF said leg
isgture provided IN section three OF said act of
June three eigeteen hundred and titty-SiX until
the expiration OF the time limited by this act.
But in case of said legislature shall in such case
fail to so confer said grant then the said lands
shall revert to the United States.
Sec. And be it further enacted, That the
Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Cmopany may
change the western terminus OF its road to some
point on Lake Michigan, at or south OF Grand
having Ri ht to the spectiye land grants spec
fed in the said act of June three eighteen hun
y,
of the State of Michigan, may unite and and con
tract with each other, or with any other railroad
corporation corporations for the construction and
operation of single line of road fer any portion of
their routes without prejudice to any land grants,
or other rights or franchises previously acquired
And any and all such corporations are hereby au
thOrized to change the location of their lines OF road
far may be necessary for the purpose of such
consolidation, but not to change their respect
i've termini otherwise than authorized by this act
And whenever any change OF terminus or location
of line made as provided for in this act the cor
S1al
lille IN the General Land once new maps detlHltey
showing such change ard the line of road adopted:
Provided That the road mentioned in the first
ton OF this act shall run lie west side OF Saginaw
river and that the principal depot shall be located
the northern portion of the plat of Saginaw river
so belt to accommodate the cities OF Saginaw and
East Saginaw.
See 3 And be it further enacted That the |
lands granted by the said act of June three eigh--
ton OF the railroad described IN the first section OF
this act shall be disposed of only in the following
manner, that is to say: when the Governor of the
state OF Michigan snail certify to the secretary OF
the Interior that ten consecutive miles of
said road have been completed in a good and sub
Stantlal manner, as trSt-cIaSS railroad stating
definitely the commencement and termination of |
each completed portion OF said road and the cor
poration or corporations so entitled to lands on
account thereof, the Secretary of the Interior !
shall cause patents for lands for such completed |
portion of said roads to be issued to said corpora
ton or corporations Provided, That none of said
Janus be acquired or so patented for any portion
OF SAID road completed south OF the lnterceS
ton OF said road with the Detroit and Milwaukee
railway, until the whole OF sad road north of
sad intersection shall have been completed and
the lands therefor PATENTED as aforesaid And
provided further, That the road mentioned IN the
first section of this act shall be andrcmaid pub
lie highway for the OF the government OF the |
United States and shall transport, free from toll
lions of war belonging the same
Sec 4 And be it further enacted, That all laws
of this act are hereby repealed.
Approved, July }, 1850.