The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-09-03
Approved, April 10, 1859
lPubiic-No. 20.
An act to renew certain grants of land to the Stat,
of A latstrnl.

| PubIic-NO- 20.
An act to renew certain grants Of land to the State
| of Alabama.
Be il enacted by the = nate and House Of Rep
| res-ntatives of the United States of America IN
l Congress assembled, That much of the grant
| Of lands ma lie t. the State of Alabama by act
| of Congress approved June three, eighteen hun
| bred and fifty Fix, ent tied So An act granting
ibiic lands in alternate sections to the State Of
Alabama. TO aid in the construction of certain
| railroads in said state granted to
SYST in the building of railroads =. from near
Gadsden to some pint the alabama and Mi.
siSsippi state line in direction To he Mobile
aud oh 10 railroad. with view to connect With
the said .IubIie and Ohio railroad - and 80 from
Gaissien to connect with the Georgia ana Ten
nessee and Tennessee line Of rairoa Is through
Cha tocsa. Wills, and Lookout valleys" is
hereby revived and renewed, subject I" all the
conditions and restrictions Contained in the act
referred to. and subject the further limitsti
thar if either Of the said Railroads Is not COM
pleted within three years from the time of the
passage Of this act further sale shall be made
tor the benefit If such Taiiroa and the lands I'M
sold shall revert to the United States; Provided,
That the lands granted by the act hereby re-
vive,i. except miner, lands, shall be sold to
actual settlers only in quantities t greater than
one-4uarfer section to purchaser, and for
price not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents
per acre
SEQ. 3 And be it further enacted. That the
right. power authority is hereby given to
the companies building the af resad railroads to
take ON IN. public lands adjacent to the lines of
said rar ads earth. stone, and other materials for
the Construct thereof: and the right Of way is
hereby granted Ia the extent of one hundred feet
in width each side of said railroads where they
PISS the public lands. inciuiing i neces-
sary grounds for stations and structures connected
Herewith, not exceeding forty acres n any one
station.
Approved, April 10, 1869.
iPnbic- No. 221
An Act to extend the time r the Little Rsck and
Fort Smith Railroad Company To complete the
first secti n of twenty miles IF said nd
BE il enacte,; by the senate and House Of Rep
resentatives If the United States Of America in
Congress assembled. Thar act approved July
twenty eight. eighteen hundred and sixty six.
entitled = Al act to revive AID extend the pro-
visions of An act granting tn right of WY and
making grant Of land t. the States of Arkansas
and Missouri t. aid in the construction of rail-
road from point upnn the Mississippi river, op
posite the mouth Of the Ohio river. via Little
Rock TO he Texas boundary Fulton Ark
snsas. with braSches to Fort Smith and the Mis-
sissippi river. approved Fei'fust nine. eighteen
hundred and fifty three and for other parp ses,
be >, amended extend he time to the Little
ock an Fort Smith Railroad, for building the
first section. of twenty miles provided for in the
second section Of said ar. Tor the term of three
years from The Thirteenth day IF May. eighteen |
hundred and sixty even, the time of filing The |
tiiic tie If organZstiuii TO said Con pany pro-
vided for in the third section of said act: pro-
vi,ied, Thai the land granted BY the act hereby |
revived shall he sold actual settlers only, In
quantities MT greater than one,quaTter Of a
section to one purchaser, and for price not |
exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
Approved, April 10, 1859.