New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-07-02

in section one hereof shalt exceed, in the aggre
gate quantity of lands by ths act granted sufficient
And prov ded further, That lands embraced in this
grant and the grant revived by section one OF TINS
act shall be disposed of only as fellows henever
proof shall be furnished satisfactory to the Secle
tery of the Interior that any section OF ten conseea
a good. substantial, and workmanlike manner as
first class railroad the said Secretary OF the Interior
shall issue patents for all tire lands granted as aore
said not exceeding ten sections per mule situate OPP
posite to and WITHIN the limits OF twenty miles OF
pleted and when Ike proof shall be furnished mat
snother section Of ten mes OF sala read a an saa
ing with the preceding section is completed as afore
said the Secretary OF the Inferior sha aa
tions, and so on from time to time until the whole
Of the Interior shall Issue patents for, all the re
naming lands herein granted not exceeding the az,
gregate amount provided for and located required
By sections one and two of this act And provided
further That if section OF twenty miles OF each OF
said railroads and branches shall not be fully
structed and completed a frstclass railroad with
in three years from the time this act becomes law,
said roads and bran hes in each year thereafter and
the whole of said roads and branches within ten
years from the time this shall take effect then,
and in either of said cases, al 'he lands granted or
the grant OF which is revived or extended by TINS
act and which at the time shall be unpatented to or
for the benefit of the road company making
or suffering such failure shall reveItto the United
SIC g. And be it further enacted That all the
lands mentioned in this act aud hereby granted, are
p,opriaton to any orher purpose than herein con
templaed for the said term of ten years from the
t0fore given to the State of Missouri for the
struction of the Cairo and Fulton railroad, or for
the use OF ad road ng IN the STATE ct 5 r.,
the use 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 Ompleted through said State, which lands may
be held by said State and used toward paying the
State the amount of bonds heretofore issued by 1t
to aid said company, and all interest accrued or to
acrue thereon: Provided further, That the pro
visions of this act, so tar the same relate 10 the
| Memphis and Little Rock and the Little Rock and
Fort Smith branches of said road shall not take eff
feet until the Secretary Of the Interior SHALL make
and file certificate his office and the office OF the
| Secretary of State of Arkansas stating that the
compauies or corpora ions claiming the benefit OF
dis act in behalf of said branches have reorg nzed
their boards of directors in lawful manner, and
after such reorganization that they have respectively
rescinded all acts, resolutions, other proceedings
| corporations or companies, to any convention,
state authority, recognizing or acting in concert
with, under the authority Of the late socalled
Confederate States of America
| Approved July ., 1866.
| AN ACT to authorize the use of the metric system
| of weights and measures.
| Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That from and after the passage
OF this act it shall be awful throug bout the United
| States of America TO employ the weights and
dealing or pleading in any court, shah be deemed
Invalid or liable to objection because the weights or
weights or measures of the metric system,
SEC 2. And be it further enacted That the tables
in the schedule hereto annexed shall be recognized
IN the construction OF contracts and in all legal
proceedings, establishing in terms of the weights
and measures now in use in the United states, the
equivalents of the weights and measures expressed
tables may be lawfully used for computing. deterIn-
| lining, and expressing in customary weights and
MEASURES OF LESGTH.