The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-08-19
Approved, April 10, 1863
Pub ic-No. %. !

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An act to certain grant. 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 ~
Congress assembled, That much of the grant
of lands maize t. the State of Altbima by g act
of Congress approved June three. eighteen hun
bred and fifty >iN, ent tied 90 An act anting
p blc lands in alternate sections 10 the State ut
Alabama. to aid in the construction Of certain
| ra IlroaIs in said State g5anfed t. as
s,st in the building of railroads from rear
Gtdslen to some p int the ,ahama and MI.
sissippi state line in direction t. The Mobile
| and bhio railroad, with view to connect With
| the said tobrle and Ohio railroad - and - from
Gais,len TO connect with the &c rgia ana Ten
| nesSee and Tennessee Inc of rsilruai through
Thattoosa. Wills. and Lookout valleys" is
hereby revived and renewed. subject I, all the
conditions and restrictions contained in the act
referred to- and subject I, the further limit ii
thar if either of the said Railroads is not cum-
peted within three wears from the time Of the
passage If this act no further sale shall be made
the benefit If >uch raiiroa ard the lands
soil shall revert to the United States: Provided.
That the lands granted ty the act hereby
vivei, except mineral lands. shall be sold to
actual settlers only in quantities 4 greater than
one-Gusrter sAcrion tn one purchaser, and for a
price not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents
per acre.
SEQ. .. And be it further enacted. That the
right. power an: authority is hereby given To
the companies bT.'id'ng the af resaid railroads To
lake ON tne PUBIC aili's 10 lines
said rIir ads etrth. stbne and other mIfeial> FOR
the Construct thereof: and the right IF way j.
hereby granted IL the extent of one hundred feet
in width on each side of SAID railroads where they
may PISS he publif lands, Inciu ling neces
grounds fer stations and structures Connected
Herewith, not exceedin. forty any one |
station.
Approved, April 10, 1859.
fPBbIic-No %
An Act to extend the time he Little R-ck and |
Fort Smith Railroad Company 10 complete the |
first sect n OF twenty miles Of said Rad.
Be il enartei by the senate and House Of Rep
resentatves Of the United States If America in |
Congress assembled. That act approved July
twenty eight, eighteen hundred and sixty sin |
entitled An act To revive and extend the pro-
visions of An act granting tn right of wy and
making grant Of land To- the States of Arkansas
and Missouri t. aid in the Construct of "A rail-
rolf from paint upon the Mississippi yer. cp-
ooste the mouth of the Ohio river. va Lit
Rock. To he Texas boundary near Fulton IN Ark I
,nsis. with branches To Fort Smith and the Mis-
'is-irpi rlver. approved February nine. Eight. en-
undre1 and fiffy three. and for other pUrp. srs,"
be $, amended as to extend he time t. the Little
ock ami Fort Smith Railroad. f1r build n the
irst section. of twenty miles provided fr in The
second section # said srr. to- the term IF three
fear- trAm The Thirteenth d-y Of May. g ehreen
hundred and sixty--eyen, the time Of filing The
e tifictte If or-aniZ alton to sid psny pro-
Tiied for in the third Sc ton of said act: pro.
ii.d That the lind granted by the act hereby
revived shall be sold 10 %ctusl settlers only, IN
quantities nnt rre,ter than on, quarter Of a
section tn one purchaser, and for price not
exceeding two i liars sni fifty cents per acre.
Approved, April 10, 1s69.