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 240 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 242. 1866. public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile (ten on each side) of said railroad line; and It- any s,,,,;,,,,, when any of said alternate sections or parts of sections shall be found to have of lend have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers, pre-empted, or
 * ,;,1* §;hQ:° otherwise disposed of, other lands, designated as aforesaid, shall be selectlands may be ed by said companies in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary

***1**** of the Interior, in alternate sections designated by odd numbers as afore- ' said, nearest to and not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said first·named alternate sections; and as soon as the said companies, or either Wh¢¤ mv-ps ¤f of them, shall file in the office of the Secretary of the Interior a map of ,‘;:Q,'f{fL:E,€gg_ the survey of said railroad, or any portion thereof, not less than sixty condrawn from sale. tinuous miles from either terminus, the Secrgtary of the Inperioié shall withdraw from sale public lands herein grante on each side 0 said raill·¤¤d¤ s¤•¤¢¤d road, so far as located and within the limits before specified. The lands ,X,3gi:gp,£%¥, léerein granted sqall bg applied to the buildinlg ofiaip riload within th; the States where tates, respective, w erein they are situate. n the sections an my 1***- parts of sections of, land which shall remain in the United States within Remaining the limits of the aforesaid grant shall not be sold for less than double the lggifggtlgrfggd minimum price og pulpic lands when pold: ffrlqviga', ghgt bona tide gnd s,,,,;,,,., unda, actua sett ers un ert e pre-emption laws 0 the United States may, a ter pre-emptivu due proof of settlement, improvement, and occupation, as now provided by law, purchase the same at the (price fixed for isi; landsia; th? da;) of price; such settlement, improvement, an occupation: n provide, asc, at, SN;%d:;th&¥§;‘ settlers under the provisions of the homestead act, who comply with the ,,,,,,0 ,,0, 0,,,, terms and requirements of said act, shall be entitled, within the limits of eighty acres. said grant, to patents for nn amount not exceeding eighty acres of the land so reserved by the United States, anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding. Rishi Ol Wjly Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the right of way through the public lands bp, and the same isi hepeby, granted to said companies for the me companies. construction o said railroad an te egraph line; and the rivht, power, and _ authority are hereby given to said companies to take from the public lands c0S;Q::‘,£§nf°' adjacent to the line of said road, earth, stone,.timber, water, and other {·,-,,,,,¤n_jwmt magerxahs fog Ezhezhconstruqtiofri therlgofid Slaifd rpght ofdvplay IS gpantgd tp ¤¤g¤· said ran roa o e exten o one un re ee in wi t on eaci Sl eo grkilgitjfht of said railroad where it may pass over the public lands, including all necesway. ° cessary grounds for stations, buildings, workshops, depots, machine-shops, “;:¤g;°' $**1* switches,.side-tracks, turn-tables, water stations, or any other structures ’required in the construction and operating of said road. When and Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever the said companies, Q§;;EP§:;:;;§°" or eitherfof téiemishaél halve pwentyhop more consecutive miles of any hud, shun issue portion o said rai roa an te e rap ine read for the service contemgiegnid compo- plated by this act, the President df the United §ates shall appoint three ' commissioners, whose compensation shall be paid by said com an, to examine the same; and if it shall appear that twenty oonsecutiire hxiles of railroad and telegraph shall have been completed and equipped in all respects as required by this act, the said commissioners shall so report under oath to the President of the United States, and thereupon patents shall issue to said companies, or either of them, as the case may be, for the lands hereinbefore granted, to the extent of and coterminous with the completed section of said railroad and telegraph line as aforesaid; and from time to time, whenever twenty or more consecutive miles of the said road and telegraph shall be completed and equipped as aforesaid, patents shall in like manner issue upon the report of the said commissiontws, and so on until the entire railroad and telegraph authorized by this act shall have been constructed, and the patents of the lands herein granted shall have been issued. Conditions of Src. 5. And be it `further enacted, That the grants aforesaid are made $'“““· upon the condition that the said companies shall keep said railroad and