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 156 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 59. 1853. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be and is hereby granted Gm, of 1,,,, to the States of Arkansas and Missouri, respectively, for the purpose of to said States in aiding in making the railroad and branches as aforesaid, within their remf ’“°h "“l‘ spective limits, every alternate section of land designated by even num. ° bers, for six sections in width on each side of said road and branches; but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the line or route of said road is definitely Exed by the authority aforesaid, sold any part of any section hereby granted, or that the right of preemption has attached to the same, then it shall be lawful for any agent or agents, to be appointed by the Governor of said State, to select, subject to the ap— proval aforesaid, from the lands of the United States most contiguous to the tier of sections above specified, so much land in alternate sections or parts of sections as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold, or to which the right of preemption has attached as aforesaid, which lands, being equal in quantity to one half of six sections in width on each side of said road, the States of Arkansas and Missouri shall have Pmvisos. and hold to and for the use and purpose aforesaid: Provided, That the lands to be located shall in no case be further than fifteen miles from the line of the road: And provided further, That the lands hereby granted pmmom shall be applied in the construction of said road, and shall be disposed which the grunt- of only as the work progresses, and shall be applied to no other purpose gg  B t° b° whatsoever: And provided further, That any and all lands reserved to lgeseried lands the United States by any act of Congress, for the purpose of aiding in °¤E°°P°¤·* f¤‘<>¤¤ any object of internal improvement, or in any manner for any purpose wd g"‘°°‘ 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 routes of the said railroad and branches through such reserved lands. SEO. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of p,-goo of mc, sections of land which by such grant shall remain to the United States tions not grunted within six miles on each side of said road, shall not be sold for less than m b° ‘l°“ m' double the minimum price of the public lands when sold. Sec. 4e And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted Lands muud to the said States shall be subject to the disposal of the Legislatures tobsappropriat- thereof, for the purposes aforesaid and no other; and the said railroad g2g2B dp"' and branches shall be and remain a. public highway for the use of the No ohargutito Government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon %;m§::m° the transportation of any property or troops of the United States. ,-0, t,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to Wm of property said States shall be disposed of by said States only in the manner follow- °'HT;’§:_}d,mdB ing; that is to say, that a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred may bg digpgggd and twenty sections, and included within a continuous length of twenty °*`· miles of said road, may be sold; and when the Governors of said State or States shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that twenty continuous miles of said road is completed, then another like quantity of unsold lands land hereby granted may be sold; and so from time to time until said fj;£;':5“i;f!:¢;° road is completed; and if said road is not completed within ten years, no co,,,,,;,,,,,,; g,, iéirtheg Scales shall be made, and the land unsold shall revert to the ten years. United States. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the United States Mail shall t mass at all. times be transported on the said road and foranches, under the Sazflghces 23 direction of the Post-Oiiice Department, at such price as Congress may gong,,,,, ,,,,,1, by law direct. direct- Approved, February 9, 1853.