New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-06-12

Union Pacific Railroad Company southern branch
ns az he q e and
a railroad from Fort Riley, Kansas, or near said
military reservation Themes down the valley of the
Neosho river to the southern line of the State Of
Kansas. with view to an extension Of the same anle
Smith, Arkansas, there is hereby granted to the
State of Kansas for the and beneht OF said rai
road company, every alternate, section Of land or
parts thereof designated by odd numbers, to the ex-
tent OF i've alternate sections per mile on each side
sections per mile; but IN case it snail appear that
the United ates have when he line of said road Is
Of, granted as aforesaid or that the right Of pre-
euption or homestead settlement mas attached to
the same that the has been reserved by the
shall be the duty Of the Secretary Of the Interior
from public lands of the Uni ed States nearest to
the sections above specified, so much land as shall be
equa to the amount of such lands as the United
States have sold reserved otherwise appropriated
or which the right of homestead settlement or
presumption has att ached aforesaid, which lands
thus indicated by the direction of the Secretary of
the Interior shall be reserved and held for the state
of Kansas for the of said company by the said
secretary 4 r the purpose OF the construction and
operation Of said railroad as provided by this act
PROVIDED That any and all lands heretofore reserved
the United states by any act of Congress, or in
any other manner by competent authority, for the
ment or other purpose whatever, be, and the same
are hereby reserved and excepted from the opsr-
cessary to locate the route of said ROAD through such
w SsTeb saed
the approval of the President of the United States
| And provided further, Inab sara laD1S hereby
granted shall not be selected beyond twenty miles
from the line of said road. ~
SEC 2 And be it further enacted, That the Sec
tons and parts of sections of land which by the
aforesaid grant shall remain in the United States,
within ten miles eacn side of said road, shall not
be sold for less than double the minimum price Of
public lands when sold Provided, That actual bona
States may, after due proof Of settlement improve
ment and occupation, as nowproyded b. law, pur-
the date Of such settlement improvement, and oc-
| cupation: And provided, also, That settlers under
settlement after the passage of this act and comply
with the terms and OF SAID act shall be
| each.
OF lands hereby made is upon condition that SAID
company, after the construction of its road, shall
port Troops munitions of war, supple and public
stores upon it's road for the government Of the
to the government, when REQUIRED to de- 50 By any
depart emit thereof. And the lands hereby granted
lews: When the governor Of the State Of Kansas
shall certify that any section of ten consecutive mi
workmanlike manner as a frst-class railroad, then
the said Secretary of the Interior shall issue to the
land herein granted within the limits above named,
and coterminous with said completed ion hereto.
fore granted; and when certificates of the governor
aforesaid shall be presented said Secretary of the
completion aforesaid, of each successive section
OF ten consecutive miles of said road the said Secre
tary shall in like manner issue to said company
patents for the land for each of said sections of road
as IN the hrst instance until said road shall be
pleted: Provided, That il said road is completed
within ten years from the date of the acceptance Of
unpatented shall revert to the United States
SEC 4 And be il further enacted That as soon as
SAID company shall file VITA the Secretary of the
Interior maps of its line, designating the route
thereof it shall be the duty of the said Secretary
withdraw from the market the lands granted by this
act, in such manner as may be best calculated to
effect the purposes Of this act and subserve the pub
SEC 5. And be it further enacted Th,t the United
States mail shall be transported on said road, and
such price as Congress may by law provide Provided
rnal unll Such price is txed BY law the Postmaster
SEC 6. And be it further enacted That the right
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southern branch its successors and assigns for the
IS hereby given to said corporation to take from The
public lands adjacent to the line of said road mate
said road to tse extent Of one hundred feet in
width on each side OF said road where it may pass
ground for station buildings, workshops, depots,
machine shops, switches, sldetracks, turnt tables,
SEC. I. And be it further enacted That the ac-
ceptance Of the terms, conditions, and impositons
OF this act by the said Pacific Railroad Company
southern branch shall be signifed in writing under
the corporate seal of the said company duly executed
first had and obtained. which acceptance shall be
made within one year after the passage Of this act.
and not afteryard and shall be deposited with the
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted That said Paci.
nc Railroad Company, southern branch, its sue.
cessors and assigns Is hereby authorized and en-,
powered to extend and construct its railroad from
Indian territory with the consent Of the Indians and
otherwise, along the valley of Grand and Arkan.
sas rivers TO Fort Smith in the State of Arkansas;
and the right Of way through said Indian territory
is hereby granted to said company its successors
and assigns, 10 the extent of one hundred feet on
each side of said road roads, and ali necessary
grounds for stations buildings. workshops machine
stations. sA''es' anu water
SEC o. And be it further enacted That the same
graots OF lands through said Indian territory arc
hereby made as provided in the fret section OF this
act whenever the Indian title shall be extnguished
by eaty Or otherwise, not to exceed the ratio per
mile granted in the first section of this act Provided
said iands become part of the public lands Of
SEC. 10 And be it further enacted. That said
and igns snail have the right to negotate
Win ana acquire title TO- land for railroad purposes
United States dispose Of lands and from any other
nation or tribe of Indians through whose la DIS said
nes States the g. o% Of the
pany or parties incorporated authorized for sucn
purposes, Dy such nation or tribe which such
"a ties may have acquired under the laws of the
road company chartered under any law of the United
States, or Of any State which may have been hereto
Congress the United States may connect un;t ne
and consolidate with this railroad company after the
Grand river, upon just fair and equitable terms to
be agreed upon between the parties as shall not be
me public interest, or the interest of the
Approved July %, 1895.
AN ACT to incorporate the washington Temnar.
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sentstiyss o States Of
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and others, who now are or may hereafter become
members Of SAID society and their successors. are
porst by he name ~ - sy and bSdy
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have receive, and retain to them and their success
quests any boSss corOo anc os
polite capable OF making the same. and the same 10
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answered ,s unto defend and be defended in I'll or
Officers or persons whatsoever, in all and singular
actions matters or demands whatsoever. --
corporation lhai power 70 hold stated meetoes.
70 sstAbsh and pat into execution alter abolish
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