The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-08-31
Pubic-No- 20.
An act to renew certain grants of land to the Stat
of Alabama

TPubic-No. 90
An act to renew certain grants of land to the State
of Alabama.
Be it enacted by the nate and House of Rep
reS-ntatives of the United States of America In
Congress assembled That much of the grant
of lands male g the State of Alabama by act
Of Congress approved June three, eighteen hun
dred and fifty six, enr tied &c An act & anting
n bic lands in alternate sections to the State Of
Alabama. to aid in the construction OF certain
railroads in said state MS were granted To AS
sist in the building If railroads - from near
G,dsien to some p int on the Alabama aud Ml.-
.issippi state line in a direction to The Mobile
and IN 10 railroad, with view to connect with
the said aobiie and Ohio railroad. and . from
Gadsden to connect with the Gergia and Ten
nessee and Tennessee line of railroads through
Chartooga, Wills and Lookout valleys" is
hereby revived and renewed, subject t" all the
conditions aud restrictions Contained IN the ACT
referred To, aud subject t. the further Limitation
thai if either Of the said railroads Is not COM
pleted within three years from the time OF the
passage If this act no further sale shall be made
Tor the benefit Of such rairoa and the lands I'M
.oli shall revert to the United States; Provided
That the lands granted by the act hereby re-
vive.i except mineral lands, shall be sold to
actual settlers only in quantities 4 greater than
one-1usrter section to one purchaser. and for
price not exceeding two dollars and NIFTY cents
per acre
SEQ. ?. And be it further enacted, That the
right power, AMI authority is hereby given TO
the companies binding the aforesaid railroads to
take ON The public lands adjacent to the lines Of
said rsilr ads earth stone, and other mater Ia Is for
the constructive thereof; and the right If way is
hereby granted t. fhe extent of one hundred feet
in width on each side of said railroads where they
NAV pass over the publi~ lands. inciuting neces
sary grounds TOR stations and structures connected
herewith, not exceeding forty acres atany one
station.
Approved, April 10, 1850.
IPnbEc-No. %
An Act to extend the time r the Little Reck and
Fort smith Railroad Company 10 complete the
first sectt.n OF twenty miles If said r nd.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America IN
Congress assembled. That act approved July
twenty eight eighteen hundred aud sixty six.
entitl, = An act to revive aud extend the pro-
visions of An act granting TIL right of way and
making a grant If land to the States Of Arkansas
and Missouri to aid in the construction Of a rail-
road ON a point upon the Mississippi river, OPP
posite the mouth of the Ohio river. VIA LIT e
Rock. to he Texas boundary near Fulton IN Ark
ansas with branches to Fort smith and tue Wis
sis,ipp river approved February nine, eighteen
hundred and fifty-three, and for other purp s+s
be $, amended as extend he time t" the Little
eek and Fort smith Railroad, for buldns the
fl st section, Of twenty miles provided for in the
second section Of said act for the term Of three
wears from The thirteenth day of May, eighteen
hundred and sixty -even, the time OF ming ne
&c tifc tie If organization to said Con- pany pro-
yided for in the third section Of sad act: pro-
vided That the land granted by the act hereby
revived shall be sold actual settlers only, IN
ou,ntities not grester than ane. quarter of a
section to one purchaser, and for price not
exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
Approved, AprIl 10, 1859.