River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-04-11

aid the construction of railroads in that state and
the other approved May 5, 1864 entitled IAN act
granting lands to aid in the construction of certain
railroads the state of Wisconsin, so far as said
lands are granted TO aid in the construction of
railroad from st. Croix river or lake. between town.
ships twenty-five and thirty-one, to the west end
of lake Superior and to Bayfield, and this grant h
made upon the condition that SAID Milwaukee and
st. Paul Railway Company shall construct rail-
road from point on st. Creix river or lake, at
near Prescott, by the way Of River Falls to the
city of Hudson, and along through the city OF Hud-
son. west Of the bluff, to the valley of Willow river
and thence up SAID valley TO the west end OF Lake
Superior and 20 Rayfied, and is upon the condi-
tion that said Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Com
pany shall proceed Immediately with the construc-
ton of said RAILROAD, and shall construct the same
at the rate of forty miles each year until the same
is completed and that sixty miles thereof shall be
completed and in operation within one year from
and after the passage of this act and also upon the
further express condition that said company shall
within two years also build and complete railroad
from some point on the Mississippi river, from
point below the mouth Of the Chippewa river, in
Buffalo county Wisconsin, in town twenty two coy,
range thirteen 3, by the way of the village of Du
rand or Mondovia to Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls
and to Menominee, and that so much of said road
from the Mississippi river to Durand or Mondovia,
from Eau Claire to Chippewa Falls, shall be COM
peted in one year from the passage Of this act.
Sec. 2. The Milwaukee and 81. Paul Railway
Company shall in consideration Of the granting Of
sin in and to the before named grants Of land erect
and maintain passenger and freight depots within
the city limits Of the city of Hudson, aud shall also,
within two years from the passage of this act,
struct, complete and put in operation railroad
from Monroe, in Green county, to Shullsburg, in
the county of La Fayette.
Sec. 3. The governor is hereby authorized and
directed upon the presentation to him OF satisiac-
tory proof that the first sixty continuous miles of
said railroad from St. Crox river or lake. at or near
Prescott, to the west end of Lake Superior and to
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said acts of Congress and with this act, end that
the said road is also completed from the Mississippi
river as far as Durand or Mondova, or from Eau
Claire TO Chippewa Falls, TO issue and deliver, or
cause to be issued or delivered to said company,
patents In due TO m from the said state for
hundred and twenty sections of said land, and
thereafter upon the completion of any twenty con-
tinuous miles of said road from St. Croix river or
lake towards Superior and Bayfield,, he shall issue
and deliver, cause to be issued or delivered to
SAID company, patents for Two hundred sections Of
said land and shall make and deliver to said ccm-
pany all such certificates required by the acts
of Congress granting said lands provided, that GER
tiflcates for no more than seven hundred and twen
ty sections of said land shall be issued until the
completion of said road from the Mississippi river
by the way of Durand Mondovia and Eau Claire
to Chippewa Falls and Menominee, and from said
Monroe TO ShullsDurg, in La Fayette county.
Sec. 4. The said company shall, within sixty days
from and after the passage of this act, fife with the
secretary of state resolution duly adopted by it's
board of directors. accepting this grant upon the
terms and conditions herein contained, and shall,
also within said sixty days. give to the state OF Wis
consin such security for the completion of said road
from st. Crox river lake to the west end of Lake
Superior and to Bayfield,, in accordance with the
provisions of the said acts of Congress and of this
act, shall be required by the governor and upon
the failure of said company to file said resolution
and to give said security within the time herenbe
fore limited. this act shall be of no effect 60 far as
it grants to said Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway
Company any interest in, or right to said grant.
Sec. 5. If the said Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail-
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give said security, provided in the preceding
ton, it shall be the duty of the governor as the
agent of the state, to proclaim forfeiture by the
said company of all rights and privileges under this
act, and thereupon any other railway company that
shall first, after said proclamation of forfeiture
hereinbefore referred to- file with the secretary Of
state resolution of its board of directors accepting
said grant upon the terms and conditions of said
acts of Congress and of this act and shall deposit
with the state treasurer security, approved by the
governor, to construct said road in accordance with
the provisions of said act of Congress and of this
act, shall succeed to the rights and privileges herein
conditiOnaly granted to the said Milwaukee and st.
Paul Railway Company, as fully as though this act
had in the first instance applied to said company.
Sec. 6. Upon the presentation TO the state treas
urer of satisfactory proof that said Milwaukee and
ST.. Paul Railway Company has completed forty
miles of said road from St. Croix river or lake to-
wards the west end of Lake Superior and to Bay
field it shall be the duty of said treasurer, and he
is hereby directed to pay over to said company all
moneys in the treasury collected from trespasssers
ON said lands embraced in said grants.
Sec. z. Any person who, prior to the first day Of
January, 1870, may have settled upon any quarter
section other subdivision less than quarter sec
ton of said lands and improved the same a farm,
and who has since continued to reside thereon and
occupy the same his home, may, proving
such settlement, improvement and continued resi-
dence. acquire the title to the same by paying to
said Milwaukee and st Paul Railway Company the
sum of two dollars and fifty cents per for said
land, such proof and payment to be made within
one year from the passage of this act.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March II, 1873.