20 THIRTYJTOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cn?. 43. 1856. ,...Publ` La d t the State of Wisconsin to aid in the J'm° 3* 1866,;. CHAP. XLHL An AdC'g1cgl::;zq0n of lgailrgads [in said State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House yReprc.E¢nta6:;zf;2s of ddte lffnztgd States of America m Congress assembled, Phat there can lis ere y, “**“*°F‘“:‘°‘ g"“‘*‘?" ‘° “‘“ $“‘“ °f W“t°f“§¥` ’"°§,?$StBE£E?“t°itZ`d&E€II} SiS5S;; ¤>_;”*$3°“s“‘ °’ struction of a railroad rom a ison, mw jk mem -5% and m"°a S` City to the St. Croix River or Lake between wns nps _ y' d thirty-one, and from thence to the west end of Lake Superior, an to Bayfield; and also from Fond du Lac on Lake Winnebago, northerly to the State line, every alternate section of land designated by odd numbers for six sections in width on each side of said roads respectiyely. But m Grant in lieu case it shall appear that the United States haye, when the lmes or routes 0f ¤¤<=i=i<>¤S wld of said roads are definitely fixed, sold any sections or parts thereof granted °" pr°émPt°d' as aforesaid, or thyt tfhe ifzight of preeznption has tattaglgeii tgléebgttxgiaé th it shall be aw u or any agen or aven s, goéiziernor of said State, to select, subject to Fic approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from- the lands of the United States nearest to the tier ot" sections above specified, so much llafid in alttelruagc sscgignz orhgaztss cid sections as shall be equa to suc an s as e m e es I o or otheiwise appropriated, or to which the right of pre·emption has attached, as aforesaid, wh1ch lands (thus selected m lieu of those sold and to which pre-emption has attached as aforesaid, together with the sections and parts of sections designated by odd numbers as aforesaid, and appropriated as aforesaid,) shall be held by the State of Wisconsin for the use and purpose aforesaid: Provided, That the lands to be so located shall in no case be further than fifteen miles from the line of the roads in each case, and selected for and on account of said roads: Provzded further, Gtmnt, how That the lands hereby granted shall be exclusively applied in the conaPPl*€d· struction of that road for which it was granted and selected, and shall be disposed of only as the work progresses, and the same shall be applied ta no other purpose whatsoever: And promded farther, That any an a 1Act not to lands reserved to the United States by any act of Congress for the pur- ":PP Y“’ '°“"'“` pose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or in any manner gsoggidxgtgxav; for any purpose whatsoever, be, and the same are hereby, reserved to the United States from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to locate the route of said railroads throng-,gh such reserved lands in which case the rivht of way only shall be grante , su ject to the apprdval of the_ President {gf the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of sec- Price ¤falt¢r— tions of land which, by such grant, shall remain to the United States, 3gffbf§§u°“S within six miles on each side of said roads, shall not be sold for less than ` double the minimum price of the public lands when sold; nor shall any of said lands become subject to private entry until the same have been first oH`ered at public sale at the increased price. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted 0bJ°··* °f to said State shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof, for Railroads to ,,0 the purposes aforesaid, and no other; and the said railroads shall be and Public highways remain public highways for the use of the government of the United
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or troops of the United States. Sec. 4. And be it furtlwr enacted, That the lands hereby granted to Lands, how said State shall be disposed of by said State only in manner following, ¤i¤P°¤°d °£ that is to say: that a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and twenty sections, and included within a continuous lenvth of twenty miles of roads, respectively, may be sold; and when the godernor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any twenty continuous miles of either of said roads are completed, then another like quantity of land hereby granted may be sold; and so from time to time until said roads are completed; and if said roads are not completed within ten
