236 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 240, 241. 1866. July 25, 18% CHAP. OCXL.—An Ae: kgalizing Jging and jbr other Purposes in the Dim-nxt of un a. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United C°"‘“l‘?°‘;}°'°d States of America in Congress assembled, That all colored persons in the
6:. District of Columbia, who, previous to their actual emancipation, had nnl¤¤¤\>i¤, livin: dertaken and agreed to occupy the relation to each other of husband and
- ‘Q,€f2,‘$é";;‘?‘}g wife, and are cohabiting _ together as such or in any way recognizing the
be deemed hus· relation as still existing at the time of the passage of this act, whether the wld ****1 “’if°· rites of marriage have been celebrated between them or not, shall be deemed husband and wife, and be entitled to all the rights and privileges, and subject to the duties and obligations of that relation in like manner TWP ¢l¤ild¤‘¤¤ as if they had been duly married according to law, and all their children l°gm'°”°°' shall be deemed legitimate, whether born before or after the passage of m£gilg;¤¤h°*` this act. And when the parties have ceased to cohabit before the pascemd ,0°c°°jv° sage of this act, in consequence of the death of the woman, or from any habit. other cause, all the children of the woman rec[o]gnized by the man to be his shall be deemed legitimate. Am-xovm>, July 25, 1866. July 25, 1866. CHAP. CCXLI.——A.n Act dqrarding Lands to the Stale of Kansas to aid in the Con- """"_"' struction of the Kansas an Neoslw Valley Railroad and its Extension to % River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Public lands States of America in Oongress assembled, That for the purpose of aiding ,{Q"‘,fdaf§ fm"' the Kansas and N eosho Valley Railroad Company, the same being a corcoristruction of poration organized under the laws of the State of Kansas. to construct 33* l§¤¤$*=1l¤¤<l and operate a railroad from the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Riaisgd Railroad, eastern division, at the line between Kansas and Missouri, at or pany. near the mouth of the Kansas River, on the south side thereof, southwardly, through the eastern tier of counties in Kansas, with a view of its extension, so as to effect a junction at Red River with a railroad now being constructed from Galveston to Red River at or near Preston, in Texas, there is hereby granted to the State of Kansas, for the use and benefit of said railroad company, every alternate section of land or parts Extent of thereof, designated by odd numbers, to the extent of ten sections per
d;'?l°°' mile on each side of said road, to be selected within twentymiles of mm
If any of the [of] the line of said· road; but in case it shall appear that the United lmrd grunted MS States have, when the line of said road is dennitely located, sold any secg$°,’;S';$$;§° 2L? tion, or any part thereof, granted as aforesaid, or that the right of preempwhnt may be i tion or homestead settlement has attached to the same, or that the same
- ·!*k°“ in h°“ has been reserved by the United States for any purpose whatever, then it
m°°shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to cause to be selected for the purposes aforesaid, from the public lands of the United States nearest to the sections above specified, so much land as shall be equal to the amount of such lands as the United States have sold, reserved, or otherwise appropriated, or to which the right of homestead settlement or preemption has attached as aforesaid, which lands, thus indicated by the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be reserved and held for the State of Kansas for the use of said company by the said Secretary for the purpose of the construction and operation of said railroad, as pro- Lands before vided by this act: Provided, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to
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- :;?:I;$gE° the United States by any act of Congress, or in any other manner by
tion of this ae:. competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement or other purpose whatever, be, and the same are hereby, reserved and excepted from the operation of this act, except so far as it mgm of way may be found necessary to locate the route of said road through such rethmugh such served lands, in which case the r1ghI: of way two hundred feet in width is lands- hereby granted, subject to the approval of the President of the United J;;’t;?1“gc°° bg States: And provided, further, That none of the lands hereby granted I y0!] , _ twenty miles. shall be selected beyond twenty miles from the said road.
