St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-10-23
Approved, June S, 1868.

IN act to further provide for giving eff
feet 10 the various grants Of public
lands to the state OF Nevada
BE II enacted by the Senate and House
.. Representatives OF the United States
ca America i'll Congress assembled. That
liz stale OF Nevada is authorized to Sc
It the alternate even numbered sections
within the limits OF any railroad grant
III sad state, III satisfaction, III whole or
~ part, OF the several grants made in
ire following acts vi congress, to wit:
i"e ACT organizing the Territory OF Ne
,".la, passed March second, eighteen
...ndrcI and s!Nty-Oue tie act admit
tlr the state OF Nevada into the Union.
passed March twenty -Oue, eighteen hum
g, ed and slNty-iour and the act COLI
,,Tning certain lands granted to Nevada.
/ used July fourth, eighteen hundred and
Ny six: Provided that this privilege
-.ldlI not extend 10 lands upon which
tAerc may be Iighltul claims under the
iro-emption and homestead laws: And
provided, that il Lands be selected. the
minimum Puce Oh which Is two dollars
ana iliy cents l.Gc acre, each acre 80 Sc
eJted snail DC taken by the stale in sails
action OF two acres, the minimum price
u which Is one dollar and twenty five
cents per acre And prov ided iurtaer,
That the lands granted III the eighth
and ninth sections .. the said act adj
uniting Nevada INTO the mon shall be
selected within four years from the pas
sag oi tins act, and the period Tor the
>ciection vi S;id lands is hereby So eX-
tunded.
ST.. >. And be it further enacted.
That the lands known and designated for
the establishment OF all agricultural col
..ge by the act Vi July second, eighteen
hundred and slAty-lwo, and the acts
amendatory thereto, shall be selected in
tie same manner and OF the same char
acter OF lands rs may be selected in salts
faction OF amy other grants referred to III
the first section OF this act. But this
at shall not authorize the selection OF
lands valuable tor mines of gold, silver
quicksilver, or copper.
SEC. ). And bc it further enacted,
That the county Of Esneralda, in the
stale OF Nevada, and the counties OF
Mono and luyO, IN the state OF California
are hereby created 4 land district; and
the land OIlice 10. such district shall be
located al Aurora. in EsmeraIda county
and tie president shall DC authorized
hereafter from lime 10 time, as circum-
stances may require, to adjust the buun-
diaries OF amy and all of the land districts
III sad state, and change the location of
the land Office from time TO time, when
tire sam- snail be cXpcdient
SEC. :. And be Ii further enacted.
hut the lands granted IL the state OF
California tor the establishment OF All
agricultural college by the act of July
second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,
AID acts amendatory thereto, may be,
selected by SAID state from any lands
within said state subject to pre-emption
and sale: Provided, That this privilege
shall not extend TO lands upon which |
there may be righttul claims under the
presumption and homestead laws, nor to
mineral lands: And provided further.
That if lands be selected as aforesaid, the
minimum price of which is two dollars
aud fifty cents per acre, each acre so Sc
jrcted shall be taken by the state in sat-
islaction OF two acres, the minimum
price OF which is one dollar and twenty
five cents per acre: And provided fur
ther, That such selections shall be made
III every other respect subject to the con-
dltlons. restrictions, and limitations con-
tanned in the acts hereby modified.
Approved, June 8, 1865.
SHoCKING.-George L. Richardson of
( ouyuo,d and of tla firm, ~ De-.