The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-30

IPubic-No 81
| An Act granting lands TO the State of Oregon to
| all in the construction O. military wagon
| road from the navlgable waters of Coos BAY IL
Eoseburg in sslId State.
| Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
| resentatives of The United states Of America in
COngress assembled. That there be, and hereby is,
granted 10 the State IF Oregon to aid in the con-
stru tiun % military wagon road from the navi-
gable waters al Coos bay to RoseburC. alternate
sections of public lands designated by old numbers
tie extent Of three sections width On each sid.
of "a -o.d- Provided, That the lands hereby
granted shall lie exclusively applied TO the con
struction # said road and to no other uurIose and
shall be disposed of only as the work Progresses
Provided further. That the grant If lands hereby
made shall bee upon the condition that the land.
shall be sold I" any one person only in quaint
ties nat greater than one quarter section, and
for price not exceeding two dollars and fifty
certs per acre: And provided further That any
and all lands heretofore reserved TO the United
states, or othe Sise appropriated by the act Of
Congress or other comp etent authority be, and
the same are hereby. reserved flom the opera
ton Of this act, except 50 far it may he
sIry TO ncate he route Of said road through the
same in which case the right OF way to the width
of one hundred feet is granted And provided
further, That The grant hereby made shall not
embrace any mineral lands of the Jn:ted States,
any Lands I which homestead or pre-em, ton
rights have alta he'd
SIC. =. And he IT further enacted, That the
lands hereby granted t. said State shall be dis
posed Of ry the legislature thereof for the pur-
prse aforesaid. and for other: and the said
roads 4htll Ice aud remain public highway for the
Sc ofths goverumeilt Of the United States, free
from tolls or other charges upon the tran-p"rta-
ton of any properly, troQl'-, or mails Of the
United States.
SIC g. And be ii further enacted, That said
road shall lie constructed with such width,
grad1Iati m and bridge to permit of its regular
use a. a wagon road, aud in such ether special
manner as the State Of Or gOn may pres ribe.
SEC !. And be it further enacted, That the
State of Oreeun is authorized TO locate and use in
the construction of said road an additional amount
of public lands, moi previously Reserved TO the
United states nor otherwise disposed Of, and not
ey eeding SIX mics i'll distance from it, equal to
the amount reserved from the operation Of this act
in the first section Of the saae, TO be selected in
ait rnate odd sections, provided in section
first of thu, act.
Sec. 5. Ard be it further enacted. That lauds
hereby granted to said state shall be disposed OF
only In the fulhwing manner, that il 20 say,
when the governor of said State shall certify to
the Secretary OF the Interior that ten CONTIGUOUS
miles of said road are completed. then quantity
Of t.e land hereby gaanted, not To exceed thirty
sections, may. be sold land on from time TO time,
until said road sh I'll be completed; and if said
DAD is not completed within five years no fnr-
Their sales -hai be made, and the aGas remaining
unso shall revert the United States provided,
h we, er, That the entire amount Of public land
granted by his act shall not exceed three sections
per mile for each mile actually constructed.
SEC. q. And lie it further enacted. that the
CniiSf States surveyor general fsr the district
IF oregon. sbal cause said lands, so granted, to
be surveyed at the sarlest raeticsbeperiOd after
sad state shall have enacted the necessary legis-
lstion to carry this act into effect. fV<A -
Approved, March ), 1859. .oi:- t-rsH