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 THIRTYZNINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 167, 168. 1866. ( 87 Sec. 4. And be it jnrther enacted, That the lands hereby granted to Lands how to said State shall be disposed of only in the following manner, that is to say : bg dispoged of_ when the governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any ten continuous miles of said road are completed, then a quantity of land hereby granted coterminous to said completed portion of Road to no said road, not to exceed thirty sections may be sold, and so from time to g°¤¤Pl¤*¢d_i9f time until said road is completed; and if said road is not completed within uga $1:;% {aud. Eve years, no further sales shall be made, and the land remaining unsold to revert. shall revert to the United States. Approved, July 4, 1866. CHAP. CLXVIH. -An Act makin an additional Grant ty` Lands to the State ofMin- July 4, 1866. nesota, in alternate Sections, to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State. ';°;"` Be it enacted by the Senate and House ¢y" Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State of Minnesota, for the purpose of aiding in the con- Additional struction of a railroad from Houston, in the county of Houston, through §,l;;‘£;’£;“?£‘°° the counties of Fillmore, Mower, Freeborn, and Faribault, to the western mtr0mg_ boundary of the State ; and also for a railroad from Hastings, through the P¤S<=fipfi<>¤<¤’ counties of Dakota, Scott, Carver, and McLeod, to such point on the mk°°'dS‘ western boundary of the State as the legislature of the State may determine, every alternate section of land designated by odd numbers to the amount of five alternate sections per mile on each side of said road ; but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the lines or route of said roads are deiinitely located, sold any section, or part thereof, if buds h¤Y¤ granted as aforesaid, or that the right of pre-emption or homestead settle- gin fgggjsffufé ment has attached to the same, or that the same has been reserved by the to lie selected in United States for any purpose whatever, then it shall be the duty of the Mw *h°'°°f? Secretary of the Interior to cause to be selected, for the purposes aforesaid, from the public lands of the United States nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, so much land in alternate sections or parts of sections, designated by odd numbers, as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold, reserved, or otherwise appropriated, or to which the right of homestead settlement or pre-emption has attached as aforesaid, which lands, thus indicated by odd numbers and sections, by the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be held by said State of Minnesota for the purposes and uses aforesaid : Provided, That the land so selected lmi Within shall in no case be located more than twenty miles from the lines of said ff;;;;};-lgggsagg road : And provided fnrther, That no land shall be granted or transferred the jurisdioiion by the provisions of this act not included within the jurisdiction of the °f Ml““°s°**‘· State of Minnesota: And provided further, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the United States by any act of Congress, or in any Reserved lands other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any ”°*€"“'“°d· 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 it may be found necessary to locate the route of said road through such reserved lands, in which case the right of way shall be Right °f “’“Y· granted, provided the United States has yet in possession the title thereto. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of sections of land which by such grant shall remain to the United States within ten miles on each >ide of said road shall not be sold for less than double P’l°? 0230**31* the minimum price of public lands when sold, nor shall any of said lands ii2?2glg%,,t8,,__1° become subject to sale at private entry until the same shall have been first Lands to be offered at public sale to the highest bidder at or above the minimum price as gf;,;?;?; “° aforesaid : Provided, That actual bona tide settlers under the pre-emption Pro-emption laws of the United States may, after due proof of settlement, improve- $°m°¤`¤· ment, and occupation as now provided by law, purchase the same at the increased minimum price: And provided also, That settlers under the pro- S9g'£°S’°‘*d