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 452 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Suss. I. Ch. 60, 61. 1856. . .-— 1 nti the Ri ht o Wa to the St. Louis and 1ron Mo ' CHAP 1-;?)§ilroi:<;t}¢ghoz'zTc;he zlrsenal, Jgfagafim, rz`;/1d Jqforson Barracks, Dams. mmm Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Right of way States of America in Congress assembled, That the right of way, sixty §‘;"‘{*2gi;°&;}§ feet in width, through the lands in which the St. Louis Arsenal, the St. Iron Mountain Louis Marine Hospital, and Jefferson Barracks are situated, in the State B- R- of Missouri, be, and the same is hereby, granted to the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad Company, for the construction of a railroad from Pr<>vi¤¤¤_=¤¤ to the city of St. Louis through said lands: Provided, said road shall be g;°f1°;°;l.?1’;(€j£8°f constructed on the line upon which it is now located: Provided further, That a strong, substantial plank fence be erected by said company between the road and the public grounds, and between the road and the river, at such place and of such character as the commanding officer at Jefferson Barracks shall direct, with suitable iron gates, not exceeding four, at such points as shall be selected by such commanding oHioer; and the said company shall also cause to be constructed not exceeding four covered ways, at suitable places in part of said public grounds, and in such manner as shall be approved by said commanding officer; and if, after the fence herein provided for shall have been erected, and the said road put in operation, it shall be found, in the opinion of the President, to be insufficient for the protection of lives and property, he may require a fence of brick, stone, or iron, on the land side, to be constructed, and the said company shall cause the same to be erected accordingly at their proper cost and charge: Provided also, That the said company shall be Liability for liable for all losses which may be sustained by the public, either by the l°“°“· destruction of public property, or by collision with the trains in passing Regulations as over said grounds: And provided further, That said company shall use tv SP¤¤‘k¤YF, fwd 0n their locomotives the customary or most approved means {br arresting
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der is to be receive, or intends to ship powder at the magazine landing, upon giving m°"°d· twentyfour hours’ notice to said company of such expectation or intention, horse-power alone shall be used by said company in passing during I¤¤¤¤siSt¢¤:_ the receiving or shipping of powder; and that so much of an act passed fg? ‘;€]f“gg°N_ February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and 1’ifty-three, as is inconsistent peeled. 1 with this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. Vo1.x.p. 754. Approved, July 14, 1856. July 17, 1856. CHAP. LXI.—An Act to grant to L. Jangrflomer and Children a Section of Land in T; Fg0I!. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ Grant of land States of America in Oongress assembled, That one section, or six hun- 3‘:m('§;fl;: d dred and forty acres of land, in the territory of Oregon, being the tract hm- cmidmm formerly in possession of Emanuel Horner, and on which his wife, L. Jane Horner, and her children now reside, be and the same is hereby granted to the said wife and children, in the following manner: the south half of said section to the said L. Jane Horner, in her own right, and the Pi-oviso. north half to her said children : Provided, it be shown to the satisfaction of the register and receiver in Oregon, with the approval of the Commissioner of the General Land-Oilice, that the continued possession by the said L. Jane Horner has been such as, under the conditions of the act of 1850,ch. 76. twenty-seventh [of] September, eighteen hundred and fifty, in regard to Vol. ix. p. 496. settlement, would entitle her to a donation; and such as would have entitled the said Emanuel Horner to a donation had he remained in possession. Armovsn, July 17, 1856.