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 526 THIRTY—EIGH'1`H CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 105. 1865. From Junction City, up Lynn Creek, to Marion Centre, in Marion Count. Froin Eureka, in Greenwood County, to Albany, in Wilson County. From N eosha. Falls to Albany, Wilson County. From Washington, via Haddon, to Salt Marsh, in Republic County. From Garnett, in Anderson County, to Fort Scott, in Bourbon County. From America, in Jackson County, via Seneca, to Pawnee, in Nebraska. From Humboldt, in Allen County, to Catholic Mission, in Neosha Count. Froih Humboldt, via Grey Stone, to Albany, in Wilson County. From Seneca, N ehema County, via Pleasant Valley, Nebraska, to Miles Ranch, in Richardson County. APPROVED, March 3, 1865. March 3, 1865. Can. CV. —An Act extending the Timefor the Completion of certain Land-grantRaa1 ····—····;··· roads in the States of Minnesota and Iowa, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Lizited Additional land States of America. in Congress assembled, That the quantity of lands 5;:m.::rg£f‘ granted to the State of Minnesota, to aid in the construction of certain ,,,,d,_ railroads in said state, as indicated in the first section of an [act] entitled "An act making a grant of land to the Territory of Minnesota, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said territory, and granting public lands, in alternate sections, to the State of Alabama, to aid in the construction of a certain railroad in said state," 185-;, Cb_ gg_ approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, shall be increased V0}- xi- P- 195- to ten sections per mile for each of said railroads and branches, subject to any and all limitations contained in- said act and subsequent acts, and as hereinafter provided. Lands granted Sec. 2. Ami be it further macted That the tirst proviso in the first $0 be f¤k<=¤ Y;’i¤h· section of the act aforesaid shall be so amended as to read as follows, to S} lggggfl °s wit : Provided, That the land to be so located shall in no case be further than twenty miles from the lines of said roads and branches, to aid in the construction of each of which said grant is made; and said lands granted shall, in all cases, be indicated by the Secretary of the Interior. Land, berm-6 Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any and all lands heretofore resefigeg <>X·th_ reserved to the United States by any act of congress, or in any other Qiftixcgfa  manner by 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 operations of this act, except so far as may be found necessary to locate the route of said road through such reserved lands, in which case the right of way shall be·granted, subject to the approval of the President of the United States: Provided, Lands granted further, That any lands which may have been granted to the Territory or §;“;;_‘°’ State of Minnesota for the purpose of aiding in the construction of any cluded in this railroad, which lands may be located within the limits of this extension of grwtwbc de- said grant or grants, shall be deducted from the full quantity of lands d“u°d' hereby granted, and that any lands which may have been so granted shall be strictly applied in accordance with the terms and conditions of said act or acts, unless subsequently modified by law. Remaining Sec. 4. And be it fttrther enacted, That the sections and parts of seclggifit tsmm tions of land, which by said acts and this grant shall remain to the United zoubiertsg ,,,5,,;. States, Within ten miles on each side of said roads and branches, shall r10f ¤¤¤mi>1‘i¢¢· be sold for less than double the minimum price of public lands when sold, TOM mst as D01‘ shall any of said lands become subject to sale at private entryluntil med at Public. the same shall have been first offered at public sale to the highest bidder M16- at or above the minimum price as aforesaid : Provided, That actual bona. u£;’;aHd° 13** fide settlers under the preemption laws of the United States may, after cmg_ y P the proof of settlement, improvement, and occupation, as now provided by