The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-08-17
Approved, April 10, 1873
TPub ic-No. 20
An act TO certain grant. of land to the State
of Aiahama

TPub ic-No. 20.
An act to renew certain grant. of land to the Stat
of Aabami.
| Be it enacted by the nate and House Of Rep
res-ntarives Of the United States of America ii
| Congress assembled, That 50 much of the gran,
| of Lands ma lie t. the State of Altbtms by &C,
| If Congress approved june three. eighteen hun
bred and fifty ~iN, entitled =. An act 2 antinc
d Iblic land, in alternate sections 10 tie State 81
| slabsmt to aid in the construction of cer tain
railroads in sail state were granred t. 49,
srst in the building If railroads - from neal
G,d>ien To some p int on the Alabama AMI MI
-i>>ippi state line in a direction t. The Mobile
aud oh 10 railroad, with view to connect With
the sill .irbile AMI OHIO railroad. " and - from
GaIs,len To connect with the &c rEia am Ten
re--ee ami Tennessee line Of railroads through
Jhaftoo-a. Wills. and Lookout valleys, Is
hereby revived and renewed. subject t. al the
conditions and restrictions contained in the act
referred t.. anil subject T. the further linit.ti n
thar if either # tie said railroads i not c,sIn-
pleteI within thre- years from the time Of the
passage # This act nu further sale shall tie made
tor the benefit If such rairoai, aid the lands I'm
sill shall revert To the United States: Provided.
Tn It the lands granted by the act hereby re-
yivet except mineral lands, shall be sold to
actual settlers only il: quantities I greater than
one-quaTteT section o. one purchase, and FOR
price not exccedin, two dollars and fifty cents
per
SEQ = AMI be it further enacted. That the
right power. AMI authority i hereby gwen TO
tie companies bu'ld ng tie af reSHid railroads ia
take ON the public lands adjacent to the ii,~ If
said r,r lsd, ,rth. Stone, and other materials fur
the Construct II thereof: and the right If WAY Is
hereby grated Il ;Ee extent Of one hundred feet
in width each side al SAID Railroads where hey
may PISS over the publ" lands tncn ling nece>-
sary grounds fer stations and structures connected
Herewith, not exceed.n. torty acres atany one
statIOr.-
Approved. April u. 1sea.
TPnti.c-Np. -
An Act to extend the time r he Little Rsck and
Fort smith Railroad Company To- complete the
first seCtian OF TWEEN mites If said rlad.
Be il euaefes. by the senate and House Of Rep
r-senta1ives of the Uaited States If America in
Congress assembled. That an act approved July
twenty eight, eighteen hundred aud sixty SIX,
enJiil Il - An act Il revive a;.d extend the pro-
vision. Of An act granting TIA right of Wy and
maxim. grant If land t. she States Of Arkansas
and Missouri t. all in the conjunction IF A rail-
ROAD from point upon the Mississippi Yer. op-
poSite the mouth u the Ohio river. va Lite
Rock. to he Texas boundary near Fulton in Ark
,rsa.. with branches to Port smith aud the Mis-
Sis~iupi river appr we'd February bins. eighteen
hundred and fly three, and for other Purfr So.
be ! amended a. 10 extend he time {, the Little
ocl AMI Fort Sr it'll Railroad, FIR tn ii NJ the
first sec ipf. # rw.u5y miles Vr,v!e'i fIr in tie
second section q: said act Tor the term If three
wears from the thirteenth day IF May. shiet n
hundred and sixty--eVrn, the tine of fling he
ce. titic-te # organization 10 sid pany pro-
yideG for in the third sc tion Of said act: pro
.i,ied / hat the nd granted by tie act hereby
revived shall, bv sold actual settlers only. III
quantities MT Ere,ter titan cne.quarter Of a
section 10 one purchaser, and for a price not
exceeding two d.l|srs AMI fifty cents per acre.
Approved, April 10, 1859.