Year: 1861

vidual or individuals, shall by this article be
granted to said State. Fifth, That FIVE per
centum of the net proceeds of sales of all public
lands lying within said State which shall be
sold by Congress after the admission Of said
State into the Union, after deducting all the
expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to
said State for the purpose of making public
roads and internal improvements, or for other
purposes, as the Legislature shall direct: Pro.
pided, That the foregoing propositions herein
before offered are on the condition that the
irrevocable without the consent Of the United
States, that said State shall never interfere
with the primary disposal Of the soil within the
same BY the United States, or with any regula.
tions Congress may End necessary for securing
the title 10 said soil to bona 6de purchasers
thereof. Sixth, Aud that Me said State shall
never tax the lands or the property Of the Uni.
ted States in said State horided, however,
That in case any Of the lands herein granted
to the State of Kansas have heretofore been
confirmed to the Territory Of Kansas for the
purposes specified in this act the amount so
confirmed shall be deducted from the quantity
specified in this act.


Sec. 4. And be Il. further enacted, That from
and after the admission Of the State Of Kansas,
as hereinbefore provided all the laws of the
United States, which are not locally inapplica.
Bile, shall have the same force and effect within
that State as in other States Of the Union; and
the said State is hereby constituted judicial
district of the United States, within which
district court, with the like powers and jurs.
diction as the district court Of the United
States for the district of Minnesota, shall be
established the judge, attorney, and marshal
of the United States for the said district of
Kansas shall reside within the same, and shall
be entitled to the same compensation as the
Judge, attorney and marshal of the district Of
Minnesota and in all cases of appeal or writ
Of error heretofore presented, and now pending
in the Supreme Court of the United States,
upon any record from the supreme court Of
Kansas Territory, the mandate of execution or
order of further proceedings shall be directed
by the Supreme Court Of the United States
to the district court Of the United States for
the district of Kansas, or to the supreme court
of the State of Kansas, as the nature Of such
appeal or writ Of error may require; and each
Of those courts shall be the successor Of the
supreme court Of Kansas Territory, as to all
such cases, with full power TO hear and deter
mine the same, and to award mesne or final
process therein.


Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
Judge of the district court for the district of
Kansas shall hold two regular terms Of the
said court annually, at the seat of government
Of the said State, to commence on the second
Mondays Of April and October in each year.


approved, January 29, 1861.


CP xXv-An Act to authorize the Extension and Use Of


Branch of the Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire Rail
road within the City OF Georgetown.


Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of'the United States Of america
IN Congress assembled, That the Alexandria,
Loudoun, and Hampshire Railroad Company
be, and they are hereby, authorized and em.
| powered to extend branch of their railroad
into and within the city Of Georgetown, in the
District of Columbia, and that said company
shall have and exercise the same rights and
powers and be subject to the same regulations
and restrictions, in regard to the construction
| and use of such extension, as are or may be
granted and prescribed by the charter Of said
company in regard to the main stem of said
road, or by the laws Of Virginia in relation to
| railroads within that State.


Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That the
corporate authorities of the city of Georgetown
shall have power to regulate the manner and
speed Of running the cars Of said company
within the limits Of said city.


Sec. 3. And be il further enacted, That the
said company shall have power to construct
and operate their said extension upon such
streets and public ways in said city as may be
deemed most expedient by the said company
and with the consent Of the corporate authori
ties o said city.


Sec. A. And be it further enacted, That the
circuit court of the District of Columbia, and
the several officers thereof shall have and ex
ercise all the powers and duties in relation tc
the condemnation and acquisition Of land OF
other property by the said company for the
purposes OF such extension Of their branch al
are or may be possessed and exercised by tn,
courts of Virginia and their officers in regart
to the same; and the same proceedings shal


be had therein as are or may be prescribed o.
authorized by the laws of Virginia in sucl
cases.


4pprored, February s, 1861.


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