Year: 1864

OF tne MlSSlSSlppl anu MISSOURI hallrOau
Company; and the said Cedar Rapids and
Missouri River Railroad Company shall be
entitled for such modified line TO the same
lands and to the same amount Of lands per
mile, and for such connecting branch the
same amount of land per mile, as original.
ly granted to aid in the construction Of its
main line, subject to the conditions and
forfcitures mentioned in the original grant,
and, for the said purpose, right of way
through the public lands of the United
States is hereby granted to said company,
And ii is further provided That whenever
said modified main line shall have been
established, or such connecting line locat-
ed, the said Cedar Rapids and Missouri
River Railroad Company shall fle in the
General Land Office of the United States a
map definitely showing such modified line
and such connecting branch aforesaid, and
the Secretary Of the Interior shall reserve
and cause to be certified and conveyed to
said company, as the work progresses on
the main line, out of any public lands now
belonging to the United States not sold,
reserved, or otherwise disposed Of, or to
which pre- emption right or right of HON
estead settlement has not attached, and on
which bona fde settlement and improve
ment has not been made under color Of title
derived from the United States or from the
State Of Iowa, within fifteen miles of the
original main line, an amount Of land equal
to that originally authorized to be granted
to aid in the construction Of the said road
by the act to which this is an amendment.
And if the amount of lands per mile grant.
ed, or intended to be granted, by the origi'
nal act to aid in the construction of said
railroad shall not be found within the limits
Of the fifteen miles therein prescribed, then
such selections may be made along said
modified line and connecting branch within
twenty miles thereof: Provided, however,
That such new located Or modified line shall
pass through or near BOOusboro, in Boon
county, and lntersect the Boyer river not
further south than point at or near Den


nisOn, in Crawford county: And provided
further, That in case the main line shall
be so changed or modified as not to reach


the Missouri river at or near the forty sec
ond parallel north latitude, it shall be the
duty of said company, within a reason


able time after the completion of its roaC
to the Missouri river, toconstruct branch
road to some point in MonOna county, il
or at Onawa City; and to aid in the cons


truction of such branch the same amount
of lands per mile are hereby granted as foI
the main line, and the same shall be reser.
we'd and certified in the same manner; said
lands to be selected from any Of the unap


propriated lands as hereinbeiore described
within twenty miles of said main line and
branch; and said company shall file will
the Secretary of the Interior map Of the
location of the said branch: And provided
further, That the lands hereby granted tC
aid in the construction of the connecting
branch aforesaid shall not vest in said com


pany nor be encountered or disposed of ex


cept in the following manner: When the
Governor Of the State of Iowa shall certify
to the Secretary of the Interior that said
company has completed in good running
order aseCtion Oftwenty consecutive miles
of the main line of said road west of Neva
da, then the Secretary shall convey tc
said company one third, and no more, oI
the lands granted for said connecting
branch. And when said company shall


complete an additional section of twenty
consecutive miles, and furnish the Secre


tary of the Interior with proof as 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 an ad-
ditional section of twenty miles, making
in all sixty miles, west of Nevada, the Sec


rotary, upon proof furnished as aforesaid,
may convey to the said company the re,
mainder of said lands to aid in the cons


truction of said connecting branch: PrOvi.
ded, however That no lands shall be con
vCyed to said company on account OF said
connecting branch road until the Governor
of the State of Iowa shall certify to the
Secretary CT the Interior that the same shall
have been completed as a first class rail
road. And no land shall be conveyed to
said company situate and lying within
fifteen miles of the original line of the Mis-,
sissippi and Missouri railroad, as laid down
on map on file in the General Land Off
ce Provided, further That it shall be the
duty of the Secretary of the Interior, and
he is hereby required, to reserve aquantty
of land embraced in the grant described in
this section sufficient in the opinion Of the
Governor of Iowa, to secure the construc'
ton of branch railroad from the town Of
| Lyons, in the State of Iowa. so as 10 con-
meet with the main line in or west of the
town of Clinton in said State, until the
Governor of said State shall certify that
said branch railroad is completed according
to the requirements Of the laws of said
State: Provided, further, That nothing he


rein contained shall be so construed as tC
release said company from its obligation