The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-04

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AN Acr to further provide for giving effect t
the various grants ofpublic lands to tn
State Of Nevada.

IPUBLIc-No. al.
AN Acr to further provide for giving effect to
the various grants ofpublic lands to the
State Of Nevada.
Representaiipes Of the United States Of Ameri-
ca in Congress assembled, That the State Of
Nevada Is authorised to select the alternate
even numbered sections within tho limits OF
any railroad grant in said State, in satisfac-
ton, In whole or In part, Of the several grants
made In the following acts Of Congress, to
wit: the act organizing the Territory Of
Nevada, passed March second, eighteen hun.
dred and sixty one the act admitting the
State Of Nevada into the Union, passed March
twsnty.ono eighteen hundred and sixty -four;
and the act concerning certain lands granted
to Nsvads, passed July four, eighteen hundred
and siIty-siI: Propiasd, That this privilege
shall not oxtend to lands upon which there
may be rightful claims under the preomption
and homestead lave: And pyOpided, That II
lands be selected, tho minimum prico Of
which is two dollars and fifty cents per acre,
each aero so selected shall be taken by the
State in satisfaction of two acres, the mini.
mum price Of which is one dollar and twenty.
five cents per acre: And provided IDthsr,
That tho lands granted in tho eighth and
ninth sections of the said act admitting
Nevada into the Union shall DO selected with.
in four years from the passage Of this act,
and the period for the selection Of said lands
IS hereby so extended.
SEC. 2. And Be a further enacted, That the
lands known and designated for the establish
ment Of an agricultural college by the act Of
July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,
and tho acts amendatory thereto, shall be Sc
lected In tho same manner and Of the same
character Of lands as may be selected in salts.
faction Of any other grants referred to In the
Grst section Of this act. But this act shall
not authorize the selection Of lands valuable
for mines Of gold, silver, quicksilver, or cop
per.
SEC. 3 And be IL purifier enacted, That the
county Of Esmeralda IL the State Of Nevada;
and the counties of Mono and Inyo, In the
State Of California, are hereby created land
district; and the land office for such district
shall DO located at Aurora, in Esmeralda
county; and the President shall be authorised
hereafter, from time to time, as circumstances
may require, to adjust the boundaries Of any
and all Of the land districts in said State, and
change the location Of the land Office from
time to time, when the Same shall DO expe
dient.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That tn,
lands granted to the State Of California fol
the establishment Of an agricultural college BY
thereto, may DO selected by said Stat,
from any lands within said State subject
10 .emption and sale; Provided, That thil
privilege shall not extend to lands upon which
there may be rightful claims under the pre-
smption and homestead laws nor to minsrs
lands; Aud provided further, That II land,
be selected as aforesaid, the minimum price o.
which Is 81, 90 per acre, each acre so selected
shall be taken by the State in satisfaction 0
two acres, the minimum price Of which !
tI.25 per acre; And provided FURTHER, Tha
such selections shall DO made in every othe
raSpsct subject to the conditions, restrictions
aud limitations contained In the acts hereby
modified.
Approved June 8, 1868.