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 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS- Sess. II. Ch. 76, 77. 1867. 409 Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no exclusive right or privilege Bridge to be shall ever be granted to any of the steam railroads now concentrating at gH°*;t;1;°lg'ilf° Saint Louis or East Saint Louis by the said bridge company to use the ,.,,ds,&,,_,md at same, but it shall be equally open to all, under such regulations and at what chargessuch charges as may be Exed, not to exceed those now charged by the Wiggins Ferry Company. Approved, February 25, 1867. CHAP. LXXVII. -—An Ad granting Lands to the State of Orc_q0n loan}! in the Conslruc· Feb. 26, 1861. tum of a military Wagon Road _/rom Dalke City, on the Cblumbia River, to Fort Boise, "'”‘;”" on the Snake River. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the waited States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, Grant ofland granted to the State of Oregon, to aid in the construction of a military ;’i€t‘;·‘§,°';£°': wagon road from Dalles City, on the Columbia river, by way of Camp rms, gm, go Watson, Canon City, and Mormon or Humboldt Basin, to a point on E¤*°¤°°*`8¤*¤¤· Snake river opposite Fort Boise, in Idaho Territory, alternate sections of public lands, designated by odd numbers, to the extent of three sections in width on each side of said road: Provided, That the lands here- Lands granted, by granted shall be exclusively applied to the construction of said road, :;;'dt° b" ’*P‘ and to no other purpose; and shall be disposed of only as the work pro- ` gresses: And provided further, That any and all lands heretofore reserved B¤>S¤rV¤fi0¤S- to the United States, or otherwise appropriated by act of Congress or other competent authority, be, and the same are hereby, reserved from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be necessary to locate mgm of my the route of said road through the same, in which ease the right of way ovswlsndueto the width of one hundred feet is granted: And provided further, That °°*;i?d· H d the grant hereby made shall not embrace any mineral lands of the United ,,0, fsgisdcgllns States. z¤1¤*- Ssc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to L,,,,.-;, g,,,,,t.,d_ said State shall be disposed of by the legislature thereof for the purpose how only to be aforesaid, and for no other; and the said road shall be and remain a pub- diggs; Jie n lic highway for the use of the government of the United States, free from puglég highvggyi tolls or other charves u n the trans ortation of an ro ert, troo s, or ¤¤_ ¤‘°¤ *0* ¤ mails of the United Stages P y P P y P Umm Sm"' Ssc. 3. And be it further enacted, That said road shall be constructed Road, how to with such width, gradation, and bridges as to permit of its regular use as l’° °°““""*°*°d· a wagon road, and in such other special manner as the State of Oregon may prescribe. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the State of Oregon is author- Additional ized to locate and use in the construction of said road an additional E“bH°é”Pd:}:”*Y amount of public lands, not previously reserved to the United States nor cgulgisuchisou gto therwise disposed ofQ and not exceeding ten miles in distance from it, the rwdequal to the amount reserved from the operation of this act in the first section of the same, to be selected in alternate odd sections as provided in section first of this act. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That lands hereby granted to said Lands granted, State shall be disposed of only in the following manner, that is to say: h°“'é*° }’° *1*** when the governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the In- P°S° ° ' terior that ten continuous miles of said road are completed, then a quantity of the land hereby granted, not.to exceed thirty sections, may be sold, and so on from time to time until said road shall be completed; and if said hT° ¤'¤'°¤'* W road is not completed within five years, no further sales shall be made, gtgtguiziless and the lands remaining unsold shall revert to the United States. &.c. i ° SHO. 6. And be it fur:/zer enacted, That the United States surveyor- Lands gums.,] general for the district of Oregon shall cause said lands so granted to be f<> b¤ ¤¤¢V¤y¤d~ surveyed at the earliest practicable period after said State shall have enacted the necessary legislation to carry this act into eifect. · APPBovm>, February 25, 1867.