The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-03-31

CHAP. OCEAN act to revive and extend
the Provisions of Gan act granting the Right
of Way and making Grant of Land to the
States of Arkansas and Missouri, to aid in
the Construction of q Railroad from Point
upon the Mississippi opposite the Mouth of
the Ohio River, via Little Rock, to the Texas
Boundary, near Fulton, in Arkansas, with
Branches to Fort Smith and the Mississippi
River" approved February 8, 1858, and for
other Purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives ofthe United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the ''Act grant
ing the right of way and making grant of
land to the States of Arkansas and Missouri to
aid in the construction of railroad from
point upon the Mississippi opposite the mouth
Of the Ohio River, via Little Rock, to- the Texas
boundary, near Fulton, in Arkansas, with
branches to Fort Smith and the Mississippi
River" approved February nine, eighteen
hundred and fifty-three, with all the proyi-
sions therein made, be, and the same is hereby,
revived and extended for the term of ten years
from the passage of this act; and all the lands
therein granted. which reverted to the United
States under the provisions Of said act, be, and
the same are hereby, restored to the same
custody control, and dition,and made subject
to the uses and trusts In all respects us they were
before and at the time such reversion took
effect: Provided, That all mineral lands with
in the limits of this grant and the grant made
in section two Of this act are hereby reserved
to the United States: And provided further,
That all property and troops of the United
States shall ut all times be transported over
said railroad and branches at the cost, CHARGE
and expense of he company or corporation
owning or operating said road and branches
respectively, when so required by the govern
ment of the United States.
Sec. 2, And be It further enacted, That there
is hereby granted, added to, and made part of
the donation of lands hereby renewed and
made, subject to the same uses and trusts and
under the same custody, control, and condi
lions, and to be held and disposed of in the
same manner as il included in the original
grant, all the alternate sections and parts of |
ections, designated by odd numbers, living |
llong the outer line of lands heretofore grant |
ID, and within five miles on each side thereof |
lands reserved or otherwise apprO- |
'riated by law, or to which the right Of pre-
mpt1on or homestead settlement has attached:
Provided, That the additional quantity of
ands hereby granted, when added to the lands
pecitied in section one hereof, shall not eX-
eed, in the aggregate quantity Of lands by
his act granted, sufficient to amount to ten
ections for each mile of railroad: And proVi-
ed further. That the lands embraced in this
rant and the grant revived by section one of
his act shall be disposed of only as follows: ,
Whenever proof shall be furnished, satisfac-
Try to the Secretary Of the Interior, that any
.ction Of ten consecutive miles of said road
nd branches is completed mi good substan-
al, and workmanlike manner as a tirst-class
ilraod the said Secretary of the Interior
lall issue patents for all the lands granted as
oresaid, not exceeding ten sections per mile
tuate opposite TO and within the limits of
Tenty miles Of the section of said road and I
anches thus completed, and when like proof
all be furnished that another section Of ten
lies Of said road in said State or OH the said
anches respectively connecting with the pre-
ding section Is completed as aforesaid. the
af l1a Tnfnpfar oh al
&c manner as as in case Of the frst completed l
;tions, and so on from time TO time until the
1oleis completed as herein provided, when the
cretary Of the Interior shall issue patents for
the remaining lands herein granted, not f
ceeding the aggregate amount provided for
d located as required by sections one and
o of ehis act: And provided further, That
one section Of twenty miles Of each Of said
lroads and branches shall not be fully con- +
ueted and completed as a first class railroad
thin three years from the time this act be- !
mes a law, and at least one section of twenty
les on each OF said roads and branches in M
ID year thereafter, and the whole Of said
IDS and branches within ten years from the
e this act shall take effect then and in
ler OF said cases all the lands granted or the :
mt Of which is revived or extended by this
/, and which at the time shall be Impatient
10 or for the benefit Of the road or company
king or suffering such failure shall revert
he United States.
&c. o. ANA Oe " turther enacted, That all | Il
lands mentioned in this act, and hereby
nted, are hereby reserved from entry; pre-
ltion, or appropriation TO any other pur-
G than herein contemplated, for the said
n Of ten years from the passage Of this act:
vtded, That all lands heretofore given 10
State Of Missouri for the construction of BE
Cairo and Fulton railroad, or for the use
aid road lying in the State Of Missouri ana
ands proposed TO be granted BY this act for
use or in aid Of the road herein named. and ]
z in said state OF Missouri. shall be grant J
nd patented 10 the said State whenever the -
shall be completed through said State
eh lands may be held by said State and n
toward paving the state the amount nf
il heretofore issued by It to aid said COM
7, and all interest accrued or 10 accrue
con; Provided further, That the proYi-
Of this act, 80 far A. the same relate 10 the
lphis and Little Rock and the Little Rock Z
Fort smith branches Of said road, shall =
take eject until the Secretary OF the In "
r shall make and file a certificate in his ia
and the Office Of the Secretary Of State Of
lnsas, stating that the companies or cor
lions claiming the benefit o. this act in be-
o. said branches have reorEanized their
a. Of directors In a lawful manner. and.
such reorganization. that thew have re,
lively rescinded all aets. resolutions. or ~
proceedings, : transferring the lands. =
=, or privileges o. such corporations or otns
anies 70 any convention, state. or au- -. -
y rcorgauizing or acting in concert with. tnel
lder The authority Of the late so-cailed sam
.derute States Of America.
proved, July ., IsBs. Jan
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