, 1868-08-07
TPuBLGc-No. All

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Passed at the Second Session cfths FOrtieth Con-
gress.
TPUBLIc-No. Al
An ACT to further provide for giving effect to
the various grants of public lands to the State
of Nevada
BE il enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatrss Of the Udited States Of Amertea IN Con-
or,s, assembled. That the State of Nevada is au-
tborized to select the alternate eyen-numbered
sections within the limits of any railroad grant
in said State, in satisfaction, in whole or IN
part, of tne several grants made in the toloW>
ing acts of Congress, to wit: the act organizing
the Territory of Nevada, passed March second,
eighteen hundred and si1ty'onei the act admit,
ting the State of Nevada into the Unioni passed
March twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty
four and the act concerning certain lands
granted to Nevada, passed July fourth, eighteen
hundred and sixtyisix ProUided, That this priv
ilepe shall not extend to lands upon which there
NAV be rightful claims under the pre-emption
and homestead laws. And proUided, That II
lands be selected, the minimum price Of which
is two dollars and ffty cents per acre, each acre
SO selected shall be taken by the State in satls-
faction Of two acres the minimum price of which
is one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre
Ana proUided further, That the lands granted in
the EIGHTH and ninth sections of the said act
admitting Nevada into the Union shall be selec-
ted within four years from the passage of this
act and the period for the selection of said lands
is hereby so extended.
SEC 3 And be it 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 the acts amendatory thereto, shall be selecs
ted in the same manner and of the same charac-
ter of lands as may be selected in satisfaction of
any other grants referred to in the first section
of this act. But this act sdall not authorize the
selection of lands valuable for mines of gold,
silver, quicksilver or copper.
SEC. 3. AHd be ii further enacted, That the
county OF Esmeralda, in the State of Nevada,
and the counties of Mono and Inyo, in the State
of California are hereby created a land district;
and the land Office for such district shall be To-
Gated at Aurora, in Esmeralda county and the
President shall be authorized 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 be expedient.
SEC 4. and be ii further enacted, That the
lands granted to the State of California for the
establishment of an agricultural college by the
act of July second eighteen hundred and sixty
two, and acts amendatory thereto, may be selec-
ted by said State from any lands within said
Stote subject to pre.emption and sale: ProUidedi
That this privilege shall not extend to lands up,
on which there may be rightful claims under the
pre- empton and homestead laws, nor to mineral
lands ind proUided further, That if lands be
selected as aforesaid, the minimum price of which
is two dollars and fifty cents per acre, each acre
SO selected shsll be taken by the State in salts
faction of two acres, the minimum price of which
is one dollar and twenty FIVE cents per acre ::
Aad pr0Uidsd further, That such selections shall
be made in every other respect subject to the
conditions, restrictions and limitations contain.
ed iu the acts hereby modified.
Approved, June s, 1868.