Year: 1864




time, as the road progresses, out oe
any public lands now belonging to the
United States not sold, reserved, or
otherwise disposed of, or to which I.
pre-emption claim or right of hoae-
stead settlement has not attached, aud
or which bona fide settlement and
improvement has not been made un-
der color of title derived from the Uni
ted States or from the State of Iowa,
within six miles of said road, as now
located, an amount of land per mile
equal to that mentioned in the act to
which this act is an amendment, as in
tended to aid in the construction Of
said road !; aud il the amount of 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 sach
selections may be made along such
line within twenty miles thereof


Sec. 4. And be it further enacted.
That the Cedar Rapids and Missouri
River Railroad Company, corpora
tion established under the laws of the
State of Iowa, and to which the said
State granted portion of the land
mentioned in the title to this act, may
modify or change the location of the
uncompleted portion Of its line, as
shown by the map thereof now on file
in the General Land Office Of the Uni
ted States, so as to secure better
and more expeditions line to the Mis-
souri, river, and to a conbexion with
tho Iowa branch Of tho Union Pacific
Railroad and for the purpose of fa-
ciltating the more immediate con-
struction of line Of railroads across
the State Of Iowa, to connect with the
Iowa branch Of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company aforesaid, the said
Cedar Rapids and Missouri Riverl
Railroad Company is hereby authori-
zed to connect its line by branch
with the line of the Mississippi and
Missouri Railroad Company and the
said Cedar Rapids and Missouri River
Railroad Company shall bo entitled
for such modified line to the same
lands and to the same amount of
lands per mile, and for such connect
ing branch the same amount OF land
per mile, as originally granted to aid
in the construction of its main line,
subject to the conditions and forfeit-
ures 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 CON-
pany. And IL IS further prortded, That
whenever said modified main line shall
have been established or such connect-
ing line located, the said Cedar Rap
ids and Missouri River Railroad Com
pany shall file in the General Land
Office of the United States a map def
nitely 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, from time
to time, as the work progresses on
the main line, out of any public lands
now belonging to the United States,
not sold, reserved, or otherwise dispos-
ed OF, or to which a pre-emption right or
right of homestead settlement has not
attached, and on which bona tide set
tlement and Improvement has not been
made under color of title derived from
the United States or from the State of
Iowa. within fifteen mi les of the origin
al 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 granted, or intended
to be granted, by the original 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 connect.
ing branch within twenty miles there
of: Prorided, ho,cerer, 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 point at or
near Dennison, in Crawford county !:
Aad prorided, further, That in case the
main line shall be so changed or modi-
fed as not to reach the Missouri river
at or near the forty-second parallel


north latitude, it shall be the duty of


said company, within a reasonable
time after the completion Of it's road
to the Missouri river, to construct a
branch road to some point in Monona
county, in or at Onawa City and to
aid in the construction of such branch
the same amount of lands per mile are
hereby granted as for the main line,
and the same shall be reserved and
certified in the same manner said
lands to be selected from any of the
unappropriated lands as hereinbefore
described within twenty miles of said
main line and branch and said CON-
pany shall file with the Secretary oil
the Interior a map of the location oi
the said branch And pr0rided further


That the lands hereby granted to aid
in the construction of the connecting


branch aforesaid shall not vest in said
company nor be encountered or dis.
posed OF except in the following man.
ner 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 a
section of twenty consecutive miles oi


the main line Of said road west of Ne


vada, then the Secretary shall convey
to said company one-third, and no
more, of the lands granted for said
connecting branch. And when said
company shall complete an additional
section Of twenty consecutive miles.
and furnish the Secretary of the Inte.
rior 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 additional section of twenty miles.


making in oil sixty miles west of Ne


vada, the Secretary. upon proof fur


nished as aforesaid, may convey to