The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-05-03

An ACT granting lands to the State Of Ore
gon TO aid In tho construction Of q military
Awagon road from the nAyigable waters OF
Coos bay to Roseburg In said State.
BED Enacted 6y he Senate and HOUSE Of Rep
rssentdtipes Of ~ United States Of America IN
Oon1rea assembled, That there be, and
hereby Is, granted TO the State OF Oregon,
to aid In the construction ofa military wagon
road from the navigable waters Of Coos bay
to Roseburg, alternate sections Of public
lands, designated BY odd numbers, TO Che
extent Of three sections In width on each
side Of said road; PROVIDED, That the lands
hereby granted shall be eIcluslvely applied
to the construction Of said road and To no
other purpose, and shall be disposed Of only
as the work progresses: Provdsd n4rthsr,
That tho grant Of lands hereby made shall
be upon the condition that the lands shall
be sold to any one person only In quantities
not greater than one quarter section, and for
o price not exceeding two dollars and ffy
ceuts per acre; And provided further, That
any and all lands heretofore reserved to the
United States, or otherwise appropriated by
act OF Congress or other competent author
ity, be, End the same are hereby, reserved
from the operation Of this act, except so far
as II may BIO necessary TO locate the route Of
said road through the same, In which case
the right Of way to the width OF one hun
bred feet 10 granted; And provided further,
That The grant hereby made shall not EN-.
brace any mineral lands of the United States,
or any lands 10 which homestead or pre-
emptIon rights have attached. ..r'r
Sec. Q. And b u further enacted, That the
lands hereby granted to said State shall be
disposed Of by the Legislature thereof for the
purpose aforesaid, and for no other and tho
said road shall DO and remain q public high
way for the use OF the government OF the
United States, free from tolls or other
charges upon the transportation Of any
property, troops, or malls Of the United
Sec. s. And b. u Jrart.sr enacted, That said
rood shall be constructed With such width,
graduation, aud bridge as TO permit Of Its
regular use as o wagon road, and 10 spch
other special manner az the State OF Oregon
may prescribe -. e..
Sec. 4. And b. u further enacted, That the
State Of Oregon Is authorised TO locate and
mae in the construction OF said road an addi-
tionai amount of public lands, not previously
reserved to tho United States nor otherwise
disposed OF, and not exceeding six miles in
distance from II, equal to the amount re-
served nom the operation Of this act IN the
arst section Of the same, to DO selected In
alternate odd sections, as provided In section
first Of this act. To- ......- .
Sec. s. And b. u further snaeted, That
lands hereby granted 70 SAID stale snau DO
disposed Of only In the following manner,
that "a 20 say, when the governor Of said
STATE shall certify to the secretary Of the
Interior that ten continuous miles Of sid
road are completed, thop a quantity Of the
land hereby granted, not to exceed thirty
sections, may DO sold, and so on from ume
to time, until said road shall DO completed !
and II said road Is not completed within Aye
years no further sales shall DO made, and
he lands remaining unsold shall revert TO
ths United statesi PROVIDED, hosessr, That
tbs entire amount Of public land granted by
iris act shall not exceed three sections per
mile for each mile actually constructed.
Sec. Q. And b u further enacted, That
the United States surveyor general for the
district Of Oregon, shall cause ssid lands, so
granted, TO be surveyed al the earliest prac-
acted the necessary legislation TO carry this
act into etfec. ... ID
Approved, March 8, 1859. o.. ..t