THlRTY—-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 164, 165. 1866. 83 shall tirst be established; and the President shall be authorized hereafter, Boundaries from time to time, as circumstances may require, to adjust the boundaries °' of any and all of the land districts in said State, and change the loca- 0§cgg'mgy bg tion of the land office from time to time when the same shall be expe- ¤h¤¤g¢d· dient. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President is hereby au- _ thorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or m£?§;*°' and during the recess thereof, and until the end of the next ensuing session, a Rmdg,m_ register and receiver for said land district, who shall be required to Pay and fees. reside at the site of the office, shall be subject to the same laws and responsibilities, and whose compensation and fees shall be respectively the same per annum, as are now allowed by law to other land officers in said State. Arpnovnn, July 3, 1866. CHAP. CLXV. ——An Act making a Grant of Lands in alternate Sections to aid in the July 4, 1866- C'0nstructz'on and Extension <y" the Iron .M0untain Railroad, from Pilot Knob, in the State of Missouri, to Helena, in Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, wIi;';ggu€€“g)?d granted to the State of Missouri, for the purpose of aiding in the con- gxtgngiou cum, struction and extension of the Iron Mountain railroad, from its present M¤¤;¤*¤l¤ 1’¤ilterminus at Pilot Knob to a point on the southern boundary line of the r°lX1,m.¤,m sae_ State of Missouri, every alternate section of land, designated by odd tions. numbers, For ten sections in width on each side of said road; but in case it shall appear when the route of said road is definitely fixed that the H, f th United States have sold any sectibns or parts thereof, granted as afore- landsagvg Msn said, or that the right of pre-emption has attached to the same, then it before granted shall be lawful for any agent or agents to be appointed by the Governor g€,£;°i:\=%gta%° of said State to select., subject to the approval of the Secretary of the gamma in mu Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the tiers of sec- *h°¤¤¤*`· tions above speeied so much land in sections or parts of sections, to be selected as aforesaid, as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold or otherwise appropriated or to which the rights of pre-emption have attached, which lands thus selected shall be held by the State of Missouri for the use and purposes aforesaid, and for none other: Provided, That the lands so located shall be within the Ironton land district as now L¤¤d¤ ¥<> b¢=_i¤ established and not more than twenty miles from the line of said road: l‘."Q;'l°°;n§";l$; And provided, further, That all mineral lands except those containing tweiitymiles of coal and iron, and any lands heretofore reserved to the United States by thelggggh md any act of Congress or IH any other manner by competent authority for except cm MQ the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for any iron, reserved. other purpose whatever, be, and the same are, reserved to the United States from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to locate the routes of said railroad through the same, in which Right ¤f Way case the right of way only shall be granted, subject to the approval of the gm"°°d' President of the United States. . Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and is hereby, La d d granted to the State of Arkansas, for the purpose of aiding in the con- to Agkgfsssnlir struction and extension of a railroad from the point where the Iron extension ot‘rail— Mountain railroad intersects the southern boundary line of Missouri, by md t° H°l°“"‘· the nearest and most practicable route, to a point at or near the town of Helena, on the Mississippi river, every alternate section of land, desig- _ Alfefnm wcnated by odd numbers, for ten sections in width on each side of said road; "°"s' but in case it shall appear, when the line of said road is definitely fixed, that the United States have sold any sections or parts thereof, granted as aforesaid, or that the right of pre-emption has attached to the same, then it shall be lawful for any agent or agents to be appointed by the Gov-
