New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-06-26

in section one hereof shall exceed, in the aggre
10 amount to ten sections Tor each mile Of railroad
And pro ded further, That lands embraced IN tbs
act shall be disposed Of Only as fellows: Whenever
proof shall be furnished satisfactory to the Secie-
tary OF the Interior that any section of ten
tive miles of said road and branches is completed in
good substantial, ano workmanhke manner as a
first class railroad the said Secretary of the Interior
shall issue patents for all the lands granted afore
said not exceeding ten sections per mile situate OPP
posite TO and WITHIN the limits of twenty miles of
the section of said road and branches thus com
pleted and when lac proof shall be furnished that
another section of ten mi es OF said road IN SAID
States or the said branches respectively, connect
ing with the preceding section completed as atore
said the Secretary of the Interior shall issue patents
in like manner of the first C0mpl sec
tions, and so on, from me to time until the whole
is completed herein provided, when the Secre airy
of the Interior shall issue patents for all the re-
naming lands herein granted not exceeding ne az
gregate amount provided for and located as required
by sections one ana two of this act: And provided
further That If one section of twenty miles OF each OF
said railroads and branches shal not be fully con
structed and completed as tirst-cass railroad with
three years from the time this act becomes a law
and at least one section OF twenty miles on each OF
said roads and bran hes IN each thereaf and
the whole of said roads and branches within ten
years from the time this act shall take effect then,
and in either of said cases, al he lands nted or
the grant OF which is revived or extended by this
act and which at the time shall be unpatented TO or
for the benefit of the road or company making
or suffering such failure shall revert to the United
States.
SEC, 3, And be it further enacted, That all the
lands mentioned in this act aud hereby granted, are
hereby reserved from entry, pre- emptlOn, or APP
pr opriation to any e,her purpose than herein con
tempated Tor the said term OF ten years from the
! assage of this act: Provided, That all lands here
tofore given to the State of Missouri for the con
structon of the Cairo and Fulton railroad or for
the use of said road lying IN the state of Missouri,
and all lands PROPOSE TO be granted by this act for
the in aid of the road herein named, and
lying in said State of Missouri shall be granted and
patented TO the said state whenever the road shall
be tompleted through said State, which lands may
be held by said State and used toward paying the
State the amount of bonds heretofore issued by it
to aid said company, and all interest accrued TO
acrue thereon: Provided further, That the pro-
Wis OF this act, so far the relate the
Memphis and Little n ock and the Little Rock and
Fort Smith branches of said road shall not take eff
feet until the secretary of the Int Tor shall make
and file certificate hs office and the office the
Secretary Of State of Arkansas, stating that the
companies corpora ions claiming the benefit of
this act in behalf of branches have reorg 4nized
their boards OF directors in a lawful manner. and
after such reorganizat that they have respectively
resCinded all acts, resolutions other proceed ngs
transferring the lands rights, privileges, Of such
corporations ur companies, to any convention,
state authority, recognizing acting concert
with, under the authority OF, the late so-caled
Confederate States OF America.
Approved july Is 1866.