Year: 1864




land granted by the original act to aid in the
construction Of said road shall not be found
within the limit Of six miles from the line Of
said road. then such selections NAV be made
along such line within twenty miles thereof.


Sec. 4. Ind Be It /srfAer esacted, That
the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Rail-
road Company. corporation established un-
der the laws Of the State Of Iowa, and to
which the said State granted portion Of the
land mentioned IN tho title TO this net, may
modify or change the location of the uncom-
plrtcd portion Of its line, as shown by the
map thrreof now on file in the General Land
Office of the United States, so as To secure a
better and more expeditions line to the Mis-
souri, river. and to 4 connection with the
Iowa branch of the Union Pacific Railroad !;
and for the purpose of facilitating the more
immediate construction Of line of railroads
across the State of Iowa. 10 connect with
the Iowa branch of the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company aforesaid. the said Cedar
Rapids and Missouri River Railroad Com
pany is hereby authorized to connect its line
by branch with the line of the Mississippi
and Missouri Railroad Company; and the
said Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Rail
road Company shall be cntitle for such mod
ificd line to the same lands and to the same
amount of lands per mile, and for such con-
Meeting branch the same amount of land per
mile, as originally granted to aid in the con-
struction of its main line, subject TO the con-
ditions and forfeitures mentioned in the oriSi-
nal grant, and, for the said purpose, right Of
way through the public lands of the United
States is hereby granted to said company.
Ind 1t IS further pr0ridcd, That whenever
said modification main line shall have been
established or such connecting line located,
the said Cedar Rapids and Missouri River
Rail,oad Company shall file in tho General
finitely showing such modified line and such
connecting branch aforesaid; and tho Secre-
tary Of the Interior shall reserve and cause
to bc certified and conveyed to said company.
from time to time, rs the work progresses on
the main lne out of any public lands now
belonging to the United States. not sold, re-
served, or otherwise disposed of, or to which
a prc-emption right or right of homestead set
tlement has not attached, and on which n
bona fide settlement and improvement has
not been made under color of title derived
from the United States or from the State of
Iowa, within fifteen miles uf the original
main line. an amount of land equal to that
originally authorized to be granted to aid in
tho construction of the said road by the act to
which this is an amendment. And if the
amount of lands per mile granted, or intended
20 be granted, by the original act 10 aid in tbs
construction OF said railroad shall not be
found within the limits of the fifteen miles
tn rein prescribed, then such selections may
be made along said modified line and connect
ing branch within twenty miles thereof:
Prorided, howcrcr. That such new located or
modified line shall pass through or near
Boonsboro', in Boon county, and intersect
the Boyer river not further south than a point
at or near Dennison, in Crawford county
And provided, further, That in case the
main line shall b. 90 changed or modified ns
not to reach the Missouri river at or near the
forty second PARALLEL north latitude. il shall
be the duty of said company, within reason
able time after the completion Of its road to
the Missouri river, to construct branch
road to some point in Monona county. in or at
Onawa City; and to aid in the construction
of such branch the came amount Of lands per
mile are hereby granted as for the main line.
and the same shall be reserved and certified
in tho same manner; said lands to be select.
ed from any Of the unappropriated lands as
hereinbefore described within twenty miles of
said main line and branch and said company
shall file with the Secretary Of tho Interior a
map of the location ofthe said branch: And
yrorided, further, That the lands hereby
granted to aid in the construction of the con-
Meeting branch aforesaid shall not vest in
said company nor be encountered or disposed
of except in the following manner: When
the Governor Of the State of Iowa shall Ger.
tify to the Secretary of the Interior that
said company has completed in good running
order section Of twenty consecutive miles of
the main line of said road west of Nevada,
then the Secretary shall convey to said com.
pany one.third, and no more, Of the lands
granted for said connecting branch. And
when said company shall complete an addi-
tional section Of twenty consecutive miles,
and furnish the Secretary of the Interior with
proof rs aforesaid. then the said Secretary may
convey to the said company another third Of
the lands granted for said connecting branch; ;
and when said company shall complete nm
additional section Of twenty miles. making in
all sixty miles west Of Nevada. the Secretary.
upon proof furnished a Aforesaid, may con-
vry to the said company the remainder Of
said lands to aid in the construction Of said
connecting branch: Pvorided,l howerer


That no lands shah be conveyed to said COM
pany on account of said connecting branch
road until the Governor Of the State Of Iowa
shall certify to the Secretary Of the Interior
that the same shall have been completed as a
firs,-clas- railroad And no land shall be
conveyed to said company situate and lying
within fifteen miles Of the original line Of the
Mississippi and Missouri railroad. as laid
down on q map o. file in the General Land