Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-24
lGRNRRAL rATURK-No "a

An ACT amendatOry of an act entitled .An..,
to further provide for giving effect to the
various grants Of public lands tn the State OF
Neyada: approved June eighth, eighteen
hundred and eixty Height
BE q enacted By tAe Senate and House of R,pr.
sentatires Of tie United States of Americ1 IN Con
gress dfsemoted, That section four OF an act en-
titled "An act to further provide for giving
enect TO the various grants Of public Iands 10
the State Of Nevada" be, and the same is
it rs further enacted that the lands granted IN
the State Of California fer the establish ami oY
an agricultural college by the act of ally second.
e,sn.eSen nunared ana sixty-two, and acts
smendatory thereto, may be selected by said
State from any lands within said State, subject
TO pre-emption, settlement, entry SALE or loca-
tioD, under any Laws of the United States Su:h
seiection may be made In any legal subdiy visions.
adjoining by sides, so ms tn constitute bode, OF
not less than one hundred and sixty acres: or
they may be made In separate Subdivisions Of
forty, eighty, or one hundred and twenty acres.
respectively: Provided, That this privilege shall
not extend to lands upon which there nav ha
righuul claims under the presumption ami
prorided further, That If land, be selected a.
af res aid, the minimum price of which IL two
dollars and nifty cents per acre, they shall
of the grant, and the State OF Cslifornia
shall pay to the United States the sum ~
one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for
patented to the State by the IJniteS Sts,a DC
Prorided further, That where lands sousht 70
be selected for the agricultural college, are mn.
s survey the proper authorities of the STATE
register Of the United States land ofice. sie.
scriting the land by township and range. AND
shall make application to the United States
survey or general for Q survey OF the SAM. the
expenses Of the survey for field work to be oaid
by the state, provided there Do no appropria Atom
by Congress TOR that purpose. The United States
have the raid lands surveyed and ire fownshin
plsts returned to the United States land Off ca
and lands 20 surveyed and returned shall, for
United States land once, be held excibsiveiv
for location for the Agricultural COLLEGE ana
within .aid thirty days the proper authorities Of
States land office for the lands sought In bs
located by sections and parts of sections. Pro
rided, That any rights, under the pre.emptiou
OF N, Homestead laws. acquired prior to the ding
register, shall MT be impaired or affected nv
this act: And provided further, That such seec,
lions shaii be made in every other respect sub
ject to the conditions, restrictions, aud limita.
tons contained in the acts hereby modified.
Approved, March 3, 1871.
lGKNERAL HArURB-No. 59l
AN ACT to amend an act entitled t" An act to
reduce the expenses Of the survey and sale Of
proved May thirty, eighteen hundred and
Be Z enacted by ne Senate and House of Repre-
sentdtires Of the United States of America in gon
cress assembled, That the act entitled " An act
10 reduce the expenses Of the survey and sale oS
the public lands in the United states, - approved
May thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be-
and the same is hereby, amended by adding
thereto the following additional section, 20 be
numbered as section eleven, viz:
"SEC. IL. And be IL further enacted. That
in all cases where settlers shall make de oosits in
sccoT dance with this act. to the credit of the
Unit6 81 ates, for public surveys, such anon nts
90 deposited shail 20 In part payment for their
OF which Is paid for ont Of said deposits: and
effect shall be given to this act By ations Ia
be prescribed by the Commissioner or the Gem
eral Land omce.. lAHRroved, March 8, 1871.
[GENxRAL NArURE-No. COL
An ACT to tne time for the Isyerson to
gress 10 the State Of Michigan to aid In the
construction OF . railroad from Pere Mar
f. quette to Flint, In said State, and for other
I Be L enacted By the Senate and House of R.nr..
sentdtjres of the United States of America sn Gon-
press dssembied, That the time specified In the
june third, eighteen hundred And ffty-six. en-
titled IAN act making grant Of alternate sec-
lions Of the public lands TO the State OF Michi-
gan 20 aid n me construction RI OF certain rail-
the reyersion 10 the United Of the lands granted
by said act to aid In the construction OF Z rail-.
road from Pere Marquette to Flint, and for the
hereby, further extended for the period Of n
years from and after the passage Of this act.
SEC. 2. That the State OF Michigan may AM
granted to aid IN the construction Of said raiI-
road from Pere Marquette to Flint, whenever
and a. often - the governor OF said State snsll
certify that ten additional miles Of sid railroad
is completed and In running order e frst-class
railroad Provided, That Said lands authorized
TO be sold - aforesaid shall tneinds only land
siiusted opposite to and ootsrmlnous With the
said railroad shall not be fully completed nom
Flint to Lake Michigan withtnthe time extended
by this act, al the lands included In SAID granf
to which the right to sell shall not then have -
tached shall revert to the United States.
Approved, March 3, 1871. ~ 100
lGBNHRAL uATuRB-No. 61lg ~ 80
An ACT confirming the title to certain lands.
Be 1 enacted BY fks Senate and Hsnss 81 Repre-
sentatices Of Ms United States of Amsrieo IN Con-