The tri-weekly standard., 1867-01-08
No. 124.

proof of settlement, improvement, cultivation,
and occupation, now provided by law, pur-
chase the same, at the increased minimum price
aforesaid: And provided, also, Tint settlers on
any of said reserved sections under the provisions
of the homestead law, who improve, occupy, and
cultivate the same for period of five years, and
ments of said act shall be entitled to patents for
an amount not exceeding eighty acres each, any
thing in this act to the contrary notwithstand.
Sec. g. And be it further enacted That the said
lands hereby granted to said State shall be SUBJ
ject to the disposal of the legislature thereof for
the purpose aforesaid, and no other; and the said
raill Dads and branches shall be and remain public
highways for the use of the Government of the
United States, free from all toll other charge
upon the transportation OF any property or troops
Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That the
lands hereby granted to said State shall be dis
posed of by said State only in manner following,
that is to say: when the governor of said State
shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that
any twenty consecutive miles of either of said
roads or branches is completed in good, sub
stantial and workmanlike manner, as first-class
railroad, and the said Secretary shall be satisfied
that said Stats has complied in good faith with
this requirement. the said State may cause to be
sold all the lands granted aforesaid situated op
pose to and within limit of ten miles of the line
of said section of road thus completed, extending
along the whole length of said completed section
of twenty miles OF road, and no futher. And
when the governor of said State shall certify to
the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary
shall be satisfied, that another section of said
roads or branches, twenty consecutive miles in
extent, connecting with the preceding section, is
completed as aforesaid, the said State may CAUSE
to be sold all the lands granted and situated op-
posite to and within the limit of miles of the
line of said completed section of road, and extend
ing the length of said section, and so, from time
to time, until said roads and branches COM
pleted. And when the governor of said State
shall SO certify, and the Secretary OF the of the In
terror shall be satisfied, tnat the whole of said
roads and branches and telegraph are completed
in a good, substantial, and workmanlike manner,
as first-class railroads and telegraph, the said
State may cause to be sold all the remaining lands
granted and selected for the purposes indicated
in this act situated within the said limits of twenty
miles from the line thereof throughout the entire
length of said road and branches: Provided, That
if any part OF said roads and branches is not COM
pleted within ten years from the passage of this
act, no further sale shall be made, and the lands
unsold shall revert to the United States.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
United States mail shall be transported over said
roads and branches, under the direction of the
Post-Office Department, at such price as Congress
may by law direct: Provided, That until such
price is fixed by law the Postmaster-General shall
have the power to determine the same.
Approved, March 3, 1868.