THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 79, 80, 81. 1854. 303 the Interior shall be satisfied that any twenty miles of said road are completed, then a patent shall issue for a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and twenty sections, and included within a. continuous length of twenty miles of said road, and so from time to time, patents shall be issued in like manner upon the completion of each additional twenty H mad not miles of said road until it shall be completed, and if said road is not com- completed in ten pleted within ten years, no further sale shall be made, and the land un- Vitale lm? 2**** sold shall revert to the United States. i};,,t£`§Q,;,S_° Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall Transportation be transported at all times on said railroad under the direction of the 3§ag“‘t°° S°"t°° Post-Oflice Department at such price as Congress may by law direct: ` Provided, That until such price is fixed by law, the Postmaster-General P¤‘i<=¤ YM ¤¤¤¤°- shall have the power to determine the same. Approved, June 29, 1854. CHAP. LXXIX.—-An Act for the Construction ofcertuin Mzlitary Roads and Wells in the July 17, 1854. Territory of New Mexico. ""_”""_" Be it enacted by thc Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums of f£g>é>€3l6*;Q¤*l°¤ money be, and are hereby, appropriated for the construction and repair :0,,,5 gud Q], of Roads in the Territory of New Mexico: in New Mexico. From Taos to Santa Fe, the sum of twenty thousand dollars ; From Santa Fe to Dona Ana, the sum of twelve thousand dollars; any portion of which may be applied to the sinking of wells if required by the necessities of said road. The said sums of money to be expend- How expendod under the control and direction of the Secretary of War. °d· Approved, July 17, 1854. CHAP. LXXX.—An Act pr the Payment of the Civil Officers employed in the Ylzrritory July 17, 1854. of · New Mexiw while under Military Government. ‘""°;"‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and [Ruse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, Secretary of and he is hereby, authorized, from any money in the Treasury not other- tl!;""$g2§?£ wise appropriated, to pay to the civil officers employed in the Territory ries dire to said of New Mexico, while the same was under military government, the (mil °m°‘*”- salaries due and payable to them from the twenty-second of September, eighteen hundred and forty-six, until the third of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, according to the rate of compensation prescribed by the organic law promulgated by General Stephen W. Kearney for the Government of said Territory of New Mexico, deducting therefrom such sums as have already been paid to them from the Treasury of said Territory: Provided, That under the provisions of this act, no compensation shall P¤`°Vi$°· be made to any officer of the army of the United States for discharging the duties of any civil office in the Territory of New Mexico. Approved, July 17, 1854. Cnar. LXXXI.-—An Act to provide for the Continuation of the Military Road _/rom July 17, 1854- Myrlle Creek to Scottsburg/1, in Oregon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty thou- Appmpi-tation sand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money €;3,2g;?3(;;;€"" in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 'the extension and com- Plgfg said md, pletion of the Military Road from Myrtle Creek, in Umpqua Valley, to Scottsburgh, in the Territory of Oregon; the said road to be constructed under tho direction of the Secretary of War. Approved, July 17, 1854.
