The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-08-01
Approved, April 10, 1869
Pub ic-No. 90
An act to renew certain grant Of land to the Statt
of Alabama

An ACT 10 renew certain grant OF atl 10 tie STATE
of Alabama.
Be it enacted by the : nate and House IF Rep
resentatives of the United Stairs of America IT,
Congress, assembled, That 81 much of the grant
Of lands lie to the State of Alabama by { e act
IF Congress proved. June three, eighteen hun
bred and fifty fix, ent tied :. An act Z antin-
p hlc lands in alternate sections 10 the State If
Alabami. to aid in the construction ef certain
railroads in said state were gran ed t.
syst in the building of railroads :. from near
Gtisden to some point on the alabama and Me
-issippi state lin- in direction to the Mobile
and Jh 10 railroad, with a view to connect With
the sud d"bile and Ohio railroad > and - FROM
'iads'len to connect with the &c rgia an Ten
nes>ee aad Tennessee line of railroads through
Chsftooya, Wills. and Lookout Valleys" is
hereby revived and renewed, subject t. all the
conditions aud restrictions Contained in the act
referred TO, and -ulject the further limit iii
tina if either If the said Railroads j. not
pleted within three wears from the time Of the
passage # this act further sale shall lee made
or the benefit If such rairoa AID the lands nv
S'li shall revert TO the United States; Provided
tn I the lands granted by the act hereby re-
viyei. except mineral bands stall he SID to
actual set ler- only in quantities I greater than
one-guarter srcriOn to one pui chaser, and f,i a
price not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents
per acre
SEC. .. And be il further enacted That the
right. pow-r, AMI authority is hereby given 10
the companies build ng the af .ressid railroads To
take ON til. public lands adjacent to the lie- Of
aid raj adj etrth stone, and ether mate ,ials foE
he Construct Thereof; and the right If WAY is
hereby grai ted T. The extent of hunirei feet
in width each side OF sand railroads hey
may pass over the publ lands. 'ncu Ing al nect.s-
stiy grounds tr stations and structures connected
Herewith, not excecdin. forty acres tany one
station.
Approved, April 10. lseo.
Prbl C No. %
An Act to extent the tim-f = lie Little Peck and
Fort smith Rar'rtd Company To complete the
first sect OF twenty miles If said I'D.
Be il euarte,l by the -enstc and House of Etp-
res-ntatives IF the United States If America in
CongT ess assembled. That an act approved: July
twenty eight. eighteen hundred and sixty six
entiti = An act tn revive and extend the pro
visions Of An act granting III right of WY and
MAKING grant # Land to the States of Arkansas
and vi sour to aid in the construction Of a rail-
road fton a point upfn the Mississippi RIVER. op
nestle the Ia nth # the Ohio river. L,tr e
Rock. to he Texas boundary near Fulton in Ark
,nsas, with branches t. Port Smith and the Mis-
sissippi river approved February nine. eighteen
hundred and fifty three. and for oiier purI ses'
be So amended as TO exrend he time t. tue Little
ock AMI Fort Sn it'll Railroad, FIR building the
Il st sectir Of twenty miles pr. yided FIR in the
secs'nd section cf said act for the ferm If three
ye"rr from the thirteenth day Of May. eighteen
hundred and sixty even, the time of filing The
&c fifc'te # organization TO sid CO" Fany pro-
vided for in the third section IF said act pro-
vided. That the land granted by the act hereby
revived shall BE- sold to actual settlers only, in
quantities mt greater than one quarter Of a
section to one purchaser, and for price not
exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
Approved, April 10. 1863.