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 18 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 41, 42. 1856. of said lands become subject to private entry until the same have been iirst offered at public sale at the increased price. I _ SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said lands lhereby granted 0b·l°°t °f g'"°‘ to the said State shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof; Railroad who for the purposes aforesaid, and no other; and the said railroads shall be ¤ P¤bli° ***8** and remain public highways for the use of the government of the United ' property or troops of the United States. Sec. 4. And be it fwrther enacted, That the lands hereby granted to Limdshow said State shall be disposed of by said State only in manner following, ‘““P°’°d °£ that is to say: That a quantity of land, not exceeding one hundred and twenty sections for each of said roads, and included within a continuous length of twenty miles of each of said roads, may be sold; and when the governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any twenty continuous miles of any of said roads is completed, then another quantity of land hereby granted, not to exceed one hundred and twenty sections for each of said roads having twenty continuous miles completed as aforesaid, and included within a continuous length of twenty miles of each of such roads, may be sold; and so, from time to time, until said roads are completed; and if any of said roads is not completed within ten years, no further sale shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall Transportation be transported over said roads, under the direction of the Post-Oilice °fm“‘IS· Department, at such price as Congress may, by law, direct: Provided, That until such price is fixed by law, the Postmaster-General shall have the power to determine the same. Sec. 6. And be itfiarther enacted, That a. grant of lands shall be made Grant ofother to said State to aid in the construction of the following roads in said iggigxxggama State, to wit: the Memphis and Charleston railroad, extending from ' Memphis on the Mississippi River, in Tennessee, to Stevenson, on the Nashville and Chattenooga railroad, in Alabama; the Girard and Mobile railroad, froin Girard to Mobile, Alabama; the Northeast and Southwestern railroad, from near Gadsden to some point on the Alabama and Mississippi State line, in the direction to the Mobile and Ohio railroad, with a view to connect with said Mobile and Ohio railroad; the Coosa and Alabama railroad, from Selma to Gadsden ; the Central railroad Fg5W $6103- from Montgomery to some point on the Alabama and Tennessee State ’p°line in the direction to Nashville, Tennessee; and that alternate sections of the public lands to the same extend and in the same manner, and upon the same limitations and restrictions in every respect, shall be and is herebyimade to aid in the construction of the roads in said State men- Primm tioned in this act: Provided, That the lands hereby granted to said State ’ for the purpose of constructing a railroad from the northeast to the southwestern portion of said State, lying northwest of Elyton, shall be assigned to such road as may be designated by the legislature of said State. Approved, June 3, 1856. June B, 1856. CHAP. XLII.—An Act making a Gmnt pélhands to the State of Louisiana, tv aid in °_`_;_`— the Construction of ilroads in said Slate. Bc it enacted lby tac Senate and House of Representatives of the United Gum Ofkmd States q/'America an Congress assembled, That there be and is hereby to Louisiana for gl‘9.Ili·ed to the State of Louisiana, for the purpose of aiding in the COD- aminoad. struction of a railroad from the Texas line, in the State of Louisiana, west of. the town of Greenwood; via Greenwood, Shreveport, and Monroe, to a point on the Mississippi River, opposite Vicksburg; and from New Orleans by Opelousas, to the State line of Texas; and from New Orleans to the State line, in the direction to Jackson, Mississippi; every alternate
 * ,££;,;l;_ States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any