THIRTY-·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 79. 1864. 65 cause to be completed twenty consecutive miles of any portion of said Patents forths railroad, supplied with all necessary drains, culverts, viaducts, crossings, ifgggcgnggti sidiugs, bridges, turn—outs, watering—places, depots, equipments, furniture, to issue, and all other appurtenances of a first-class railroad, patents shall issue conveying the right and title to said lands to said state, on each side of the road, as far as the same is completed, and coterminous with said completed section, not exceeding the amount aforesaid, and patents shall in like manner issue as each twenty miles of said road is completed: Provided, however, That no patents shall issue for any of said lands unless there shall be presented to the Secretary of the Interior a statement, cer- C°**m°°;°L‘;l` titied by the governor of the state of Minnesota, that such twenty miles §;;,;:°r ° m` have been completed in the manner required by this act, and setting forth with certainty the points where such twenty miles begin and where the same end. Sec. 3. And be itfurtlzcr enacted, That when the said road shall be Lands granted. definitely located, and a plat thereof tiled with the Secretary of the Inte- ****;)*2*1 **0* to b° rior, the lands hereby granted shall not thereafter be subject to settlement, Z`,;,,{§€,t,,t°8§K°` preemption, or private entry adverse to this grant. 7 Sec. 4. And be itfqrther enacted, That the said state, in addition to the Right of way grant heretofore mentioned, is hereby authorized to locate the said road 0V¤f1>¤bli¢l·°¤¤d¤· over any public lands of the United States, not otherwise appropriated, reserved, or disposed of, and that the right of way over said lands of the United States for the purpose aforesaid is hereby granted to said state to the width of one hundred feet on·each side of said road as located. , width, Sec. 5. And be tt further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted Lands to be when patented to said state, shall be subject to the disposal of said state “*°‘gS°§g5;_°f;‘駔 for the purposes aforesaid, and for no other; and the said railroad shall pos ` be and remain a public highway for the use of the government of the Road to be United States, free from all toll or other charge, for the transportation of P“bI‘° hlghwafz any property or troops of the United States. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if said road is not completed RM1 to b? _ within eight years from the time of the passage of this act, as provided g?§,€;;;;`$~mm herein, no further patents shall be issued for said lands, and no further not, lands tb issale shall be made, and the lands, unsold shall revert to the United States. "°“· Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall Magisw {,60,,,-. be transported over said road, under the direction of the Post—Ofl‘ice De- fied M Such g?i<=¤ partment, at such price as congress may by law direct: Provided, That ggcingiss l` until such price is fixed by law the. Postmaster—General shall have the ’ power to determine the same. SEC- 8. And be it further enacted, That any railroad which may here- Certain milafter be constructed from any point on the Bay of Superior, in the state ’°¤d€rl¤¤*€gf*¤’, of Wisconsin, shall be permitted to connect with the said railroad, for the :gE;e,;°,:$,h°Q§§_ construction of which the said lands are hereby granted, at any point which may be selected by the president and directors of said railroad company so permitted to connect their said road, and the said railroad company so permitted to connect shall have the right and privilege to transport, or have transported, over the track of said railroad, for the construction of which the said lands are hereby granted, all or any of its cars, passengers, or freights, and the said railroad company controlling the This railroad said road, for the construction of which the said lands are hereby granted, zgg;‘;’°” shall have the same right and privilege to transport or have transported ` all or any of its cars, freights, or passengers over the track of the said railroad of the company so permitted to connect, and said transportation shall be paid by the railroad company using, to the railroad company according the same, at the usual rates or charges which may be imposed by the said company upon all other cars, freiglits, or passengers. Approved, May 5, 1864. 6*
