Nebraska advertiser., 1867-01-31
Be it enacted BY ha Senate and House
Of Representatives. of the United States Of
.Hmeriea an CONGRESS .ASSembled.

That the t'Act granting the right Of way and making
3 giant Of land 70 the state Of Arkansas and Aissouri
90 aid ia The construction Of a railroad from . point np
on the Mississippi opposite the mouth Of tue Ohio Rive.
via Little Rick. to the Texas boun1ary, near Fulten, IN
Arkansar With branches tu Fort Smith AMI tho kfssis-
siEpi Tiver," approved February nine. eizhteen hun
dIed and any-three, With all the provisions therein
made, be, and the anne Is hereby, revived and extern
ced for the term OF ten years from the passage OF this
act, and all the lands therein grantOl, which reverted
to the United StStos under the provisions Of said act,
be, and the same are hereby, restored t0the same Gus
tody, control, and condition, and made subject to the
uses and trusts in all respects as they were before and
al tie time such reversTon took effect Provided, That
all mineral lands within the limits OF this grant and
the grant made IN section two VI this act are hereby
reserved to the Tinted Ltates AMI Provided fIr'het
That all property am troops OF the United Ltates shall
at ali times be transported over sail railroad and bras
ded at the cost, charge. and expense OF the company or
corporation owning or operating said road and branches
respectively, when 50 required by the government Of
the Uniled States.
Sec. ? And be It further enacted, That there Is
hereby granted addeito, and made part OF the dona-
ton OF lands hereby renewed and mIfe subiect to t1e
same uses aud trusts. and under the same custody an
troll, and conditions, and TO be held and dic2 JSei OF 10
the same manner as il included In the original grant,
all the alternate $ 'ctlons AMI parts Of sections, desis
mated by ode numbers, lying along the outer line OF
lands heretofore granite, and within hEe miles on each
side thereof, excepting lands reserved or otherwise
appropriate by law, or TO which the right Of pre-emp-
tiOn or Homestead settIeme0t has attached Provided.
That the additional quantity OF lands hereby granted,
wnen added to the lands specified in section one here
OF, shall not exceed in aygreEate qGantity OF Lads b.
TINS act granted, 10 amount 10 ten S6CLlOnS IT each
mile Of railroad; That the lands embraced in this gfat
and the grant revived by section one Of this act shsS be
dis posed Of only assfollows; whenever proof shall be
furnished, satisfactory to the Secretary OF the Interior
that any section OF ten consecutive miles OF said road
and branches is completed in q good, substantial, and
worknanlike manner as a hrst-cIass railroad, the said
Secretary Of the Interior shall issue patents for ali
the lands granted as aforesaid, not exceeding ten Sec
tions Per mile situate opposite to and within the lin
its OF twenty miles OF the section nj sail road AMI bran
ches thus completed, and when like prsOfshall be fur
nished that smother section % ten miles OF said road
in "a id States or OF The said bE&ucho$gespec-ively con
Meeting with the Proceeding CtiOn is completed as
aforesaid, the Sacse tary Of the Interior sh All ISSUE pat
ents in like manner as in case ef the first completed
seotions, and so on from time TO time until the whole
is comp let. i as herein provided, when the Secretary
Of The Interior shall issue patents for all the remain
ing lands herein granted, not eHSeeding the aggregate
amount provided for AMI located as required by Sec
tiOns one and two Of this act And provided further
That il one section Of twenty miles Of orch OF sail rail :
roads aud branches shall not be fully c0astruIel AMI
completed as a hrst class railroad within three years
from the time thi|aet become, = law. and at east one
sec ion Of twenty miles On each sido Of said roads and
branches in each year thereafter, aud the whole OF said
roads aud branches within ten years from the time
this act s~haittake effect. tnon. and Ia either of said
cases al the lands granted eQ tkeF grant Of which Is
revived OHs EtOnd Cd 90 this acty ana which at tue time
shall b9 uDpatentod TO OF for the oeneat OF the ROAD OF
company making or suffering such failure, shall re-
vert to the United S;atos. .
Sec. 3. AVd be- further enacted, That all the
lands mentioned in this act. and hereby granted, are
hereby reserved from entry. presumption, or approprI-
alion 10 any other pui pose than herein contemplated
Tor 1l9 sac term OF lcu years ITOul u p6>ohbG Vi us
act Provideo that all lands heretofore given to the
State OF Missouri for the construction Of The Cairo and
fulton railroad, or for the use Of said road lying in the
state Of Missouri. and all lands pToTosed to be granted
by tn is act for the use OF in aid Of the road herein
named, aud lying in sill State Of Missouri, shall be
gran cd aud pltented to the said State whenever TIE
road shall! be Completed through said state, which
lIndS may lie held by "a. d State and used toward pay
ing The State the amOtnt Of bonds heretofore issued by
il TO and SAID company, ard a Interest accrued or to &C
crue thereon f, Provides EurtheH,' Tlat the provisions
UI this ACT, So Ia as the same Relate to the Memphis
and Little Rock aud tia Little r ok and Fort Smith
brAnchcS Uf sail road, shall DIT take effect until the
Secretary eT the Interior SHALL make and die a eeTtf-
icate in his once aOd the once Of the Secretary Of state
Of Arkansas, stating that the cOmpznies OF corpora,
tlons claiming the benefit % this act in nehalt okAAA1
cr4ncocs have resoBal1et thelr boards 81 directors "a >
lawful manner, ard after such recpenfIafio1s thst
they have steeindedAA acts raseluti1s5
OF other Drucea1lEzt ta4f1ftaE tae H ~
eonysntions State 3 a4tbertt aNa as
~ co1reFa wtk ef qnacr sfe afthsftYSf ka f41&
called c0n1o1etato STATES oENmericsr
AU5roved, July q, lSc5.