The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-11-01

cufrency.
SEC. s. And belt. further enacted, That Con.
gress reserves the right to alter or repeal this
TACT at any time.
Approved, July 25, 1865
[PUBLIc-No 1877
AN ACT legalizing marriages and for other
purposes in the District of Columbia.
Be IL enacted By the Senate and House of Repre
Sentdti0es Qftha United States OF Anaet dcd in Con
greSs ds8en6ted That all coored persons in the dis
trlct OF Columbia, who, previous to their
emancipation, had undertaken and agreed to
occupy the relation to each other of husband
and wife, and cohabitating together as such OF
in any way recognizing the relation as still ex.
listing at the time of the passage of this act
whether the rites of marriage have been cele-
brated or not, shall be deemed husband and
Wife, and be entitled to all the rights
and privileges and subject to the duties and
obligations Of that relation in like manner as
if they had been duly married according to
law, and all their children shall be deemed le-
climate, whether born before or after the
passage of this act And when the parties
have ceased to cohabit before the passage OF
this act in consequence of the death of the
woman, or from any other cause, all the chill
dren Of the woman recognized by the man to
be his shall be deemed legitimate.
Approved, July 25, 1866.
PUBLIC-No 138
AN Act granting lands to the State of Kansas
Neosho Valley railroad and its extension to
Red River.
BE 1t enacted By the Senate and House of Repre-
SentdtiCeS 0ftte United States Of AneTicd Ia Con-
9reSS assembled. That for the purpose of aiding
the Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad Com
pany, the same being corporation organ
lied under the laws of the State of Kansas, to
construct and operate railroad from the east
ern terminus of the Union Pacific railroad
eastern division, at the line between Kansas
and Missouri, at or near the mouth OF the Kan
sas river, on the South side thereof, south
wardly, through the eastern tier of counties in
| Kansas with a view of its extension, so as to
effect junction at Red River with a railroad
now being constructed from Galveston to Red
River at or near Preston, in Texas, there is
! hereby granted to the State of Kansas for the
use and benefit of said railroad company every
alternate section of land or parts thereof, des
ignated by odd numbers to the extent of ten
sections per mile on each side of said road to
| be selected within twenty miles of the line
| of said road but in case it Shall appear that
the United States have when the line of said
road is definitely located, sold any section. or
| any part thereof granted MS aforesaid, or that
| the right ofpre- emption or homestead settle
lment has attached to the same, or that the
| same has been reserved by the United States
! for any purpose whatever, then it shall be the
| duty OF the Secretary of the Interior to cause
to be selected for the purpose aforesaid, from
| the public lands of the United States nearest
to the sections above specified so much lands
as the United States have sold, reserved, or
otherwise appropriated, or to which the right
| OF homestead settlement or pre-emption has
attached as aforesaid, which lands, thus indi-
Gated by the direction of the Secretary of the
| interior, shall be reserved and held for the
State OF Kansas for the use Ofsaid company by
the said Secretary for purpose of the cOnstruc
ton and operation Of said railroad as prOvi-
ded by this act: Provided, That any and all
lands heretofore reserved to the United States
! by any act of Congress-, or in any other man
| er by competent authority for the purpose Of
aiding in any other manner by competent au-
thority, for the purpose of aiding in any object
| of internal improvement or other purpose
whatever, be, and the same are hereby, reserv-
ed and excepted from the operation of this act
| except so far as it may be found necessary to
locate the route of said road through such re-
served lands, in which case the right of way
two hundred feet in width is hereby granted
subject to the approval of the President Of the
United Stare s: Ind pro0ided further, That
none of the lands hereby granted shall be Sc
lected beyond twenty miles from the said
| road.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
sections and parts of sections of
lands which by the aforesaid grant
remain in the United States, within ten miles
on each side of said road, shall not be sold for
| less than double the minimum price of public
| lands when sold, nor shall any of said lands
| become subject to sale at private entity until
sale to the highest bidder at or above the
minimum price aforesaid: PyOrided, That ac
tual bona fde settlers under the presumption
laws of the United States may, after due proof
of settlement, improvement and occupation,
as now provided by law, purchase the same at
the price fixed for said lands at the date OF such
settlement, improvement, and occupation =
ind pr0gided also, That settlers under the pro-
visions Of the homestead act, who make their
settlement after the passage, of this act and
comply Withthe terms and requirements ofsaid
act, shall be entitled within the said limits of
ten miles'to patents for an amount not exceed
ing eighty acres each.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
grant of lands hereby made is upon condition
that said company, after the construction Of
its road, shall keep it in repair and use, and
that it will at all times be in readiness to trans
port troops, munitions of war, supplies, and
public stores upon its road for the government
when required to do so by the government
| at the cost, charge, and expense of said com
| pany. And the lands hereby granted, held,
and reserved, as aforesaid shall inure to the
benefit of the company as follows When the
governor of the State of Kanas shall certify
| that any section of ten consecutive miles of
said road is completed in good substantial, and
Workmanlike manner, as a first class railroad
then the said Secretary of the Interior shall is
| sue the said company patents for so many sec
! tons of the land within the limits above named
! as are cotermnous with said completed sec
|
Gates of the governor aforesaid shall be presen-
| ted to said Secretary, of the completion, of
| each successive section of ten consecutive
miles of said road the Secretary shall in like
manner issue to said company patents for
| the lands for the land for each of said sections
as in the first instance, until said road shall be
completed: PTOUided, That if said road is not
completed within ten years from the date of
the acceptance ofthe grant hereinbefOre made,
the lands remaining unpatented shall revert
| sTTofY
That the said lands shall not in any manner
| be disposed of or incumbered by said company
! ct its assigns except as the same are patented
under the provisions of this act
| SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That
] as soon as said company shall file with the
| Secretary of the Interior maps of its line, des-
ignating the route thereof, it shall be the du-
| ty of the said Secretary to withdraw from the
market the lands granted by this act in such
manner as may be best calculated to effect the
| purposes of this act and subserve the public
interest.
SEC. 5. And be 1t further enacted, That the
United States mail shall be transported on
SAID road and its extension, under the drec
tion OF the Post Office Department at such
price as Congress may by law provide: PROM
ded, That until such price is fixed by law the
Postmaster General shall have power to fiv tbe
compensation.
SEC. q. Ind be IL further enacted. That 4ba
right of way through the public lands he and
the same Is hereby, granted to said Kapsa
and Neosbo Valley Railroad Company its snc- |
cessors and assigns, for the construction of q |
railroad as proposed; and the right is hereby
gwen 70 said corporation to take from the pub |
lie lands adiaceny to the line of said road mo
terial for the construction thereof. Said wav
Is granted to said railroad to the extent Of one
hundred feet in width on each side of said road
Wnere II may pass through the public domain:
all necessary ground for buildings work sbo,ae
depots, machine-shops, switches, side-traclls
turntables, and water-stations ms
SEQ Z. dnd be ii further enacted That
the acceptance of the terms conditions. and