10 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 29. 1856. Pwviw- so loenmd shall, in no case, be further than fifteen miles from the lines of said roads, and selected for and on account of each of said roads: Pra- Said lands vided, further, That the lands hereby granted for and on account of said £;**;*£<?m°§}1°l>Lr_ roads severally shall be exclusively applied in the construction of that Wm_ P road for and on account of which such lands are hereby granted, and shall be disposed of only as the work progresses, and the same shall be applied to no other purpose whatsoever: And provided fur!/mr That an _ Prior rescrva— and all lands heretofore reserved 00 the United States, by ajny act sty
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right of way. of aiding in any object; of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be and the same are hereby reserved to the United States from the operation of this act, except so fer as it may be found necessary to locate the routes of said railroads through such reserved lands, in which case the right of way only shall be granted, subject to the approval of the President of the United States. S20. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of seclt Pri? of Nw tions of land which, by such grant, shell remain to the United States goggm ° B"` within six miles on each side of said roads, shall not. be sold for less than dpuble the minimum price of the public lands when sold; nor shall any 0 said lands become subject to private entry until the same have bee first offered at public sale at the increased price. n Lands granted Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted ¤°l°b' *`°¤‘ **18 to the said State shall be subject to the disposal of the levislature thereof °'b°;;§;;p§‘; for the purposes aforesaid, and no other; and the said Failroads shall bé be Public high_ and remain public highways for the use of the Government of the United w;»·]ys,fre¤ from States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any t° property or troops of the United States. I Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to shEm);¤3$U¤¤d¤ said State shall be disposed of by said State only in manner followin · “¥’°“°d umso th o ·f · g` 0;; is say, a a. quantity o land not exceeding one hundred and twenty sections for each of said roads, and included within a. continuous length of twenty miles of each of said roads, may be sold ; and when the governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any twenty continuous miles of any of said roads is completed, then another quantity of land hereby granted, not to exceed one hundred and twenty sections for each of said roads having twenty continuous miles completed as aforesaid, and included within a. continuous lenvth of twenty miles of each of such roads, may be sold, and so from timento time until snidroads are completed; and if any of said roads are not completed wuhm ten years, no further sale shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States. ofratnspqitsgiou Sec. 5. And 6e it further enacted, That the United States mail shall md ILP1g22d8e I; transported over said roads, under the direction of the Post-Oihce Tlepprtment, at supb prioe as Congress may by law direct: Provided, a unti such price IS inxed by law, the Postmaster-General shall have the power to determine the same. Approved, May 15, 1856. M¤y1s,1snc. Ch.¤·.XXIX.-AnA¤¢1¤ 1 p · · · t;, A · { · thejiscal Year mdh¢gS;·h1;pg£rti%e{€hc§`].[;1i;ne:7;igh:un%$zQT’v?e(?1t <(;;;£0_;~§yt{'s:l¤'?2m‘“ ef Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rent ti th ' _ States of America in Congress assembkdfTh‘Zl;re:he llbllgrvihv sgurqgnlfd •`PP'°P“““°”- and the same are h b‘ , · — ° — c, _ _ ere y, appropriated, to supply deficiencies m the appropmauons for the service of the fiscal year endinér `the thirtieth of June 0118 thousand eight hundred and £fty-six, out of andy money in the treas; 111*);; not otherwise appropriated, namely: - Senate. or the compensation of the officers clerks messenvers · . _ _ ,, and others reoemng an annual salary in the serv1ce,of the éenate z- ’
