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 548 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 189. 1867. March 2, 1867. CHAP. CLXXXIX. — An Act granting Lands to aid in the Conslnuztionéf a Railroad from the City of Stockton to the Town of Copperopolis, in the State of alwmia. Be it enacted Qy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Rightof way States of America in Congress assembled, That the right of way through f;‘;§Qg;£;‘£Q°m 3 publiollandpaoe, a31d Cthe same is hereby, agranted to tllxe Stockton and the Stockton pperopo IS 1 roa mpany, a corporation organize under the laws %¤d C°PP°*°P°· of the State of California, its successors and assigns, for the construction "“R·R·"°· r ·1 df 11 · rst kt tth so o a rai roa l romt e city o oc on o e town 0 0pperopol1s,1n the Route- mate of Clplniprniaupyvthel moist feasible route; to be selected py sfaid com. pany; an the rig t is ere y given to said company to ta e rom the Material from public lands adjacent to the line of said road material for the construction °d{‘;fG’ftljQdS· thereof. Said right of lway is granted to said company to the extent of grunt. one hundred feet in width on each side of said road where It may pass stg:;>nl;¤<é¤f:>¤ through the public domain; also all necessary ground for station build. ’ings workshops, depots, machine-shops switches, side-tracks turn-tables, $¤dl*i°¤ of and lwater-stations: Provided, That all the rights conferred upon said grrailroad company by this act are made upon the·express condition that said company shall first be des1gnated by the legislature of the State of (galiforniad as the: compagy to bef vestaed) wilth the rights, privileges, franc ises an gran s create or con erre y this act. Y (¤;¤¤ni¢t¤fOp1;]>- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and is hereby, granted t-:;D?;_’m;id’§,;` to the State of ·California, for the construction of the said Stockton and construction of Coppcropolis railroad, its successors and assigns, for the purpose of aiding wd ’°“· in the construction of the said railroad, upon the condition prescribed iu section one of this act, and to secure the safe and speedy transportation og the mails, troops, munitions of war, and public stores over the route 0 said line of railway, every alternate section of public land designated _ Alternate sec- by odd numbers to the extent of five alternate sections on each side of ¤°¤¤· said railroad line as said company may adopt, whenever on the line thereof the United States have Full title, not reserved, sold, granted, or othervylise apprplprpated, and free from pre-emption or other claims or rights at t e time the ine of said road is dennitely Hxed and a plot thereof tiled in 01,%*gg; ;;l¤€¤ the ofrice of the commissioner of the general land-ofiice. And whenever, served, &c_; pmor to said time, any of said sections or parts of sections shall have been granted, sold, reserved, or covered by private land grants, or occupied by homestead settlers, or pre—emptcd, or otherwise disposed oi, other lands shall be selected by sa1d company, in lieu thereof, on the line of said road, within twenty imles of the same, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections, and designated by odd numbers: time contain. Provided, That all lands containing gold or silver, or copper be and the mg €°ld·SilV¤*» same are hereby excluded from the 0 erations of this act, ill' 0I' COPPGT, GX- h f l•k ’ · f · P. ’ an in leu ccpted from wht erep di 1 efquantityho ulnoccupied and unappropriated lands, in oddnum ere sec ions, wit in the said twenty miles of the line of said road, t0‘;:/l=mle;;¤t;;):ot may be selected asrabove provided: And provided further, ·That the word or con mfneral, when it occurs 111 this act, shall not be held to include iron or coa . Sugagzittsntg is; agntheil izedé 6;; furtiger gnactevli That whenever said. railroad` comsmmms of mn p y _ cons cu ve m1 es o any portion of said railroad cqnggcudve ready for the service contemplated, the Pacific railroad commissioners Zgelsegg Zhall péamine the same ; and if it shall appear that ten miles of said road scm0e_ - ave · n completed m a good and substantial manner, and m all respects moommimon. as required by this act, the commissioners shall so report to the President · of- the United States, and patents of lands, as aforesaid, shall be issued to iaxd lctzmfpany, oontiiéming to Said company the right and title to said lands erein e ore grante, situate opposite to and coterminous with said completed section of said road, within twenty miles thereo£ And from time -to time, whenever ten additional miles shall have been constructed, completed, and_m readiness as aforesaid, and verified by the commissioners to the President of the United States, then patents shall be issued to said