New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-06-29

in section one hereof shall not exceed in the aggre
10 amount to ten sections for each mile Of railroad
And provided further That lands embraced in this
grant and the grant revived bv Section one of this
act shall be disposed of only as fellows: Whenever
proof shall be furnished satisfactory to the Secie.
tary of the Inter that any section of
tive miles of said road and branches is completed in
good, substantial, and workmanlike manner as a
first class railroad the said Secretary of the Interior
shall patents for all the lands granted as afore
said not exceeding ten sections per mile situate op
t Sei Section of sad road and branches thus com
pleted and when like proof shall be furnished that
another section of ten mi es OF SAID road in said
States the said branches, respectively, connect
ing with the preceding section is completed as afore-
said the OF the Interior shall issue patents
in like manner as in case of the first completed
toas and on, from me to time, until the whole
of the Interior shall issue patents for all the
naming lands herein granted not exceeding the aF,
gregate amount provided for and located required
by sections and two of this act: And provided
further That if section OF twenty miles OF each OF
SAID railroads and branches shal not be lullY con
strueted and completed tirst-cass railroad with
in three from the time this act becomes law,
and at least section of twenty miles on each OF
SAID roads and bran hes m each year there al err ana
the whole OF said roads and branches f WITHIN h ten
years from the time TINS act shall take effect then
and in either OF said cases. al he lands granted or
ne Grant % %nea TeSsa or TO
for the benefit of the road company making
or suffering such failure, shall revert to the United
SIC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the
lands mentioned in this aud hereby granted, are
hereby reserved from entry, pre- emption, or ap-
Precipitation to any other purpose than herein CON
tenplaleu tue Sblu OF years from Tue
passage of this act: Provided, That ali lands here
tOtOre given to the State OF Missouri for the con-
structon of the Cairo and Fulton railroad, for
the of said road living the State of Missouri
and all lands proposed to be granted by this It for
| the use in aid of the road herein named. and
lying in said State of Missouri, shall be grantsu and
patented 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 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 in his office and the office OF the
| Secretary OF State of Arkansas. stating that the
| cOmpauies corpora ions claiming the benefit of
| their boards of directors in a lawful manner. and
after such reorganiZat hat they have respectively
resclnded all acts resolutions, other proceedings
transferring the lands rights, privileges, of such
| corporations companies, to any convention,
state aut orty recognizing acting in concert
with, or under the authority of, the late so-called
| Confederate States of America.
| Approved July gS 1856.