84 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 165. 1866. emor of said State, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the uers of Lands may be sections above specified so much land, in alternate eecticns, designated as ¤°l°°¤d in mu aforesaid, as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold ga2§;§° ?;°;"° or otherwise appropriated, or to which the rights of pre·emption have at- ` tacked, which lands thus selected shallfcxaeld by the Stag of gngzamag for the use and purposes aforesaid an or none other: rovz e ,' mt t *0 Q6 Wllhlu t, the land so selected and located shell in no case be further than twenty ,.;T;'(,§,,fm °S ° miles fiom the line of road when the same shall be located: And pranded Mineral lands, further, That all mineral lands, except those containing coal and iron, and fr’;‘;°lf8;;‘g飓d any lands heretofore reserved to the United State? by any act of Con- ’ gress, or in any other manner by competent authornty, for the purpose of aiding in any object. of internal improvement, or fo? any other purpose whatever, be, and the same are, reserved to the United States from the operation ef' this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to locate Right of way. the routes of said railway through the same, in which case the right of way only shall be granted, subject to the approval of the President of the United States. Sgqfigng of Sec. 3. And be izfurther gmacted, That the sections and parts of sec l¤¤<} f<>Q¤{l¤l¤z tions of land which shall remain to the United States within ten miles on gut; kgltz be either side of said road, and the even sections and parts of sections corsold fm- less than respondimr to the odd ones selected within twenty miles of the same, shall
- 1;]*; r'£;“}‘ not be soil for less than double the minimum price of the public lands
bc H '; g. when sold nor shall an of the sand lands become sub act to rnvatc ento rs 0 1 Y J P fercc} at public try until the same shall have been first 0H`cred at public sale to the high- °°°°‘°“‘ est bidder at or above the minimum price as aforesaid: Provided, That Bonn fide sat- actual bona fide settlers under the pre-cmption laws of the United States g;:'Et}3;°*;"5:°‘ mayaaftcr the proof of settlement; improvement, and occupation, as new provlded bylaw, purchase the same at the mcrcased mmimum pnce; And I S¤tfl¤¤‘¤dl;¤<i¤r‘ provzdcd, also, That settlers under the provisions of the homestead law, mm" °“ W' who comply with the terms and requirements of this [said] act, shall be entitled to patents for an amount not exceeding eighty acres each, any- thing in this act: to the contrary notwithstandinv. fgese rgullroads Sec. 4. Atzd be it further enacted, That the zaid railroads shall be, and l3g};’wl;‘;_s ';‘md remain, public highways, so far as the same may be constructed under rw? {cunt, thm act, for the use of the government of the United States, free of all U¤¤*¤d Sfmsa toll or other charges upon the transportation of any property or troops of tee United Statue, and at the costs m all respects of saxd raxlrcad compa- [0 be bum in mes; and the saxd roads are hereby required to be constructed within the ave yam. term of Eve years from and after the first day of July, anno Domini eiv nteen undred and sixty-six. Egrgs 3e5g iSec. 5. And be it fur:/zer enacted, That the lands hereby granted to gzdispéwfoc sz11d States of Missouri and Arkansas shall be disposed of by said States
for thipurpescs aforesaid only, and in manner following, namely: When- h ll Z i ex Gl r e governor of either of said States shall certify to the Secretary
Q, that a Section of EllB I!1l8l`10I‘ that any section of ten consecutive miles of either of said € f ten congecu- roads is completed in a good, substantial, and workmanlike manner, as a £l;;’ét:§‘kc ; first-class railroad, and the said Secretary shall be satisfied that said State ’ has ccmplied ip good faith with this requirement, the said Secretary of the Internor shall xssue to the saxd State patents for all the lands granted and selecgd qs aforesaid, not exceeding ten sections per m11e, situated 0pp0s1tc to an withm a hmm of: twenty mnlcs of the lme of said section of road tlms completed, extending along the whole length of said completed section of ten mxles ot road, and no further. And when the governor of saxd State shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary
£€i:;*2f9:l;i¥ ehall be szmsfied tlmt another section cf' said road, ten consecutive miles
consecutive m extent, connecting with the preceding section or with some other firstmi1e¤,&c. class rzulroad which may be at the time in successful operation, is completed as aforesaxd, the saxd Secretary of the Interior shall issue to the
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