The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-06-18
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bill fsr tie railroad 70 Hamilton. and. ~
order tllAt none may plead ignorance ol.
its paavisions tonight ne append the
amenlaa Ill entire. L u4afs further
mo5haaaons. The time n which 20
eonple,e the rad ought 70 = reduced
20 ab5ui eighteen months. instead of i've
years. TIE sod hands caght 10 have :
wazinas priee fixed. instead e ayerts-
inr CT uish worthless lands. The min
eral lands ought TO bs entirely exempted.
and lass free. a. noE. These are some
Of the dasirab,e notifications IS they
ocsur g = noE. We ask the people TO
ponder the bIl to-day, that hey mzy b
prepared ID intelligent al tonight. II
Is As follows:
AEuE
Gnaiiar lands to aid in the construction
Of 4 railroad and telegraph line from
the Central Pacific Rzilraad in the
State q Nevada. L the Colorado
River.
Be- i enacted by the Senate and House
Of Rsnas&utaiiyes OF the United states
Of America IN Congress assembled. That
there II. an : hereby granted 70 the
Colorado ani Nevada Railroad and NavI-
guon Company "a corporation organ
led and created under he general laws
OF sid State the right q ny through
the pubhe lands q the United States for
the construction u q railroad aud tale
graph Inc beginning a the town Of
Eko. on TIE Central Pacific railroad, IN
the S;4is q NevaiA. and extending via
the citF d Hamilton. n Ihe State o.
NeVa54 . 5 point On the Colorado
River easi q Nohava City. N - Tenn
tory q Arizona Authority : also gwen
70 take from thu public lands a1acent 10
ihs line d said road. material q timber.
earth. and stone. for the construction
thereof: said HAy i granted 70 the ex-
tent Of Two hundred fee; N width on
each SIDE q sid railroad where Il may
pass through the public domain.
Sac. 2. And be il further enacted,
That there Be. and hereby ! granted, for
the purpose Of aiding II the coustruc-
uon Of sid railroad and telegraph line,
and 10 secure the transportation Of the
mails. Troops, munitions Of war. and
public stores over the route q said line
Of railway. every alternate section Of
public iznd designated By odd numbers,
70 the amount OF twenty alternate sec
tions per mile on each side Of said
railroad On the line thereof. where the
United States have fall title, not re-
served. sold. granted. o. otherwise ap-
propriatei. and free from p1e-empi0n OF
other claims. OF mining nights at the
time the line Of said road : designated
bv a plat thereof fled n the Office Of the
/ Commissioner Of the General Land
Ofhce. And wherever prior 70 said
time any Of said sections o. paris Of
sections shall have been granted, sold,
reserved. occupied BY homestead settlers.
or pre-empted. or otherwise disposed Of,
| or held By any valid mining claim, other
lands nav Be selected by said company
in lieu thereof. under direction Of the
Secretary Of the Interior n alternate
sections. and designated By odd mum
hers. not more than five miles beyond
the limits Of said alternate sections, and
not including the reserved numbers; OF
in case Of a part section such company
may, at its option. accept n len Of the
whole section such portion Of the same
as shall net have been sold, reserved,
occupied, pre-empted, OF held as above
stated.
SEC. ,. And be it further enacted, That
when the President Of said company
shall notify the President Of the United
States, under oath, that ten miles Of the
said railroad and telegraph line have
been completed, the President Of the
United States shall appoint three Com
missioners 70 examine the same, and If
the Commissioners shall report that ten
miles Of said railroad and telegraph line
have been completed, and are furnished
with the rolling stock and equipments Of
a frst-elass railroad. the President Of the
United States shall cause the lands
hereinbefore granted, in respect Of the
said ten miles, to be surveyed, designated
and set apart for the benefit OF said COM
pany.
SIC. 4. Andbe it further enacted, That
when the said company shall file with
the Secretary of the Interior theiI reso-
luton. duly certified under their seal,
accepting the grants hereinbet0re made
on the terms and conditions hereinafter
specified, and shall also file with the said
secretary their duly certified plat Of the
line Of the said road as surveyed and
established by them, the said secretary
shall designate the lands 50 condition
ally granted, and cause such designation
to be entered on the plat Of the proper
land ~offieas, and thereafter the lands 50
designated shall be subject to sale only
in accordance with the provisions Of this
Act.
SIC. ). And be it further enacted, That
the lands granted by this Act, excepting
such as are necessary for the company
to reserve for depots, stations, side
tracks. wood-yards, standing-groUnd,
and other needful uses N operating the
road. and excepting mineral lands, and
timber lands not fit for cultivation after
the timber thereon is removed. shall be
sold only TO persons desiring TO make
actual settlement thereon and improve
ment thereof. in quantities not exceed
ing one quarter section to each person,
at such prices as Will secure TO said COM
pany, its successors or assigns. as afOre-
said. an average price Of not more than
81 80 per acre for the land actually GER
tilted for each completed section Of ten
miles Of said railroad or branch thereof;
and to insure an enforcement Of this sec
ton II shall be the duty Of the company
receiving the certificates from the Seere-
tary Of the Interior as aforesaid. for the
lands granted in aid of the construction
Of the first section Of ten miles Of said
railroad and branch, and within one year
thereafter 10 fix a price on each one
hundrod-and-six,y acre tract described
IN said certificates, in such name
and at sueh rates that the average price
Of the whole amount certified, excepting
mineral and timber lands as aforesaid,
shall not exceed $3.50 per acre. and re-
port the sans 10 the Secretary of the In
terror. exposing a copy Of such report to
the public in the office OF the secretary
of such company; and any person desir-
ing to actually settle upon and improve
said land. or any government subdivision
thereof, shall have the right TO purchase.