618 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Rss. 29, 30. 1862. April 24, 1862, [No. 29.] Joint Resolution to supply the_Smiths<mx`qrg Institution with Vblumes of Wilke.? ···;······ bxpkwring Expedetzon. sinamsungm Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United L”S*l*“*l°¤ *2 States of America in Congress assembled, That the officer in charge of viim{;;p§,;,]0,._ the Library of Congress be, and he is hereby, directed to furnish to the ing Expedition. officer in charge of the Smithsonian Institution a copy of each of the volumes ot" the Exploring Expedition of Captain Wilkes, now in the possession of the Library. Armzovian, April 24, 1862. · . . , i{th t 0 n `r `
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Construction of lgailroads in said) State. Construction Resolved by the ‘Semzte and House of Representatives of the United or wm~d•·¤0m1- States of America in Congress assembled, That the word "n0rtherly,” in §gg’6"c§;¤ tg § 1 the first section of the act entitled "An act granting public lands to the VS1_ gipf 2O_` State of Wisconsin to aid in the construction of railroads m said State," approved June third,_ eighteen hundred and fifty-six, shall, without forfeiture to said State or its assigns of any rights or benefits under said act, or exemption from any of the conditions or obligations imposed thereby, be construed to authorize the location of the line of railroad in said first section provided for, upon any eligible route within ranges sixteen to twenty- three, inclusive, east of the fourth principal meridian. And the line of railroad as now located according to the records of the General Land Oflicc in pursuance of said act is hereby authorized to be changed to stmt,) receive within the above specified limits : Provided, however, That upon the congame unntity struction of said railroad upon the new line, or of a sufficient part thereof, °f l¤¤[il¤, &°· according to the terms of said act, the State of Wisconsin, its grantees or assigns, shall receive upon the route originally located, and in the manner prescribed by the act, the same quantity of lands, and no more or other, except as liereinaiter provided for, as it or they would have received if such railroad had been constructed upon the line originally located. Gmut of me Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That there be and is hereby granted ¤> ¥¤ll¤>*}<U¤ to the State of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in the construction W’°°°“5m' of a railroad from the town of Appleton, in said State, to some point oh Green Bay, at or near the' mouth of Fox River, in said State, so much of the public lands of the United States lying at or near the mouth of said river, in the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin, known as the Fort Howard Military Reserve, as may be required for right of way, tracks, turnouts, depots, workshops, warehouses, wharves, and other railroad uses, not exceeding eighty acres, to be so selected by the State of Wiscousin or her assigns as to exclude the tort therefrom : Provided, however, That if no railroad be constructed and in running order between the termini in this section mentioned within three years from the passage of this joint resolution, then this grant shall be void. . Lands 0,,1;,,,, SEO. 3. And be it fur!/zer resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior of mi1r9ad,1ww be and he is hereby authorized to cause all even sections or parts of even w b° ‘“s¥’°"°d °f‘ sections of public land that may be brought within six miles of the new line of railroad, as herein provided for, to be sold at the same price and in the same manner as those have been upon the originally located route of railroad. And all purchasers, or their heirs or assigns, within the sixmile limits of the said originally located route, who shall be more than six miles from the new line of route herein authorized, and who have paid the sum of two dollars and fifty cents an acre, shall have the right either to exchange their locations upon the line as first established to the new line, upon the same terms, in like quantities, and in the same manner, as on the line first established as aforesaid, or, at their option, to enter without further payment, anywhere within the Menasha land district, in the
