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 94 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Stzss. II. Ch. G9. 1870. May 4, 1870. CHAP. LXIX. —-An Act granting Lands to aid in the Constructzbn ty' a Railroad and Telegraph Line from Portland to Astoria and lifcillinville, in the Stale of Oregon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United OLnnd grant to States of America in Congress assembler}, That for the purpose of aiding Riggxdcggzil in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Portland to pany. dstoria, and from a suitahlelpoint of junction near Forest Grove to the `lamktll river, near McMmv1lle, in the State of Oregon, there is hereby granted to the Oregon Central Railroad Company, now engaged in con- Ri M 0;,,,, structing the said road, and to their successors and assigns, the rinht of 3 Y,. ¤ ¤ me gotake mu.- way through the public lands of the width of one hundred feet on each "‘ “‘ side of said road, and the right to take from the adjacent public lands materials for constructing said road, and also the necessary lands for Oéangg forde- depots, stationskside tracks, and other needful uses in operating the p Aimnmc scc_ road, not. exceeding forty acres at any one place ;'and, also, each altertions, except, nate section of the public lands, not mineral, excepting coal or iron lands, &“· designated by odd numbers nearest to said road, to the amount of ten such alternate sections per mile, on each side thereoh not otherwise disposed of or reserved or held by valid pre-emption or homestead right at the time of the-passage of this act. And in case the quantity of ten full sections per mile cannot be found on each side of said road, within the Lands was said limits of twenty miles, other lands designated as aforesaid shall be °°l°°*°d_*° m¤l<° selected under the direction of the Secretar of the Interior on either side up deficiency. . y. of any part of said road nearest to and not more than twenty-five miles from the track of said road to make up such deficiency. I-¤¤¤`¤ vnlinc Sec. 2. And be it urtber enacted That the commissioner of the enof road to be sur- - °. . . g veyed;eral land oihee shall cause the. lands along the line of the said railroad to be surreyed with all convenient speed. And whenever and as often when to be as the said company shall file with the Secretary of the Interior maps ‘QlQ)‘g:”f£3\§;°m of the survey and location of twenty or more miles of said road, the said PSecretary shall cause the said granted lands adjacent to and coterminous with such located sections of road to be segregated from the public lands; lnlflivgeipgvtild and thereafter the remaining public lands, subject to sale within the Md0u[,,€,,;`¤ limits of the said grantpshall be disposed of only to actual settlers at minimum price, double the minimum price For such lands: And provided also, That Bx§Ig';§?;:’¤d settlers under the provisions of the homestead act who comply with the ' germs and requirements of said act, shall be entitled, within the said imits of twenty miles, to patents for an amount not exceedimr eirrht . ’ Y acres each of the said ungranted lands, anything in this act to ihe hontrary notwithstanding. mi;\¤;t:nt.;ltc:·hd _St<:o. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever and as often as the howmbe issued said company shall complete and equip twenty or more consecutive miles to company, of the said railroad and telegraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the same to be examined, at the expense of the company, by three commissioners appointed by him ; and if they shall report that such completed section is a first-class railroad and telegraph, properly equipped and ready for use, he shall cause patents to be issued to the company for so much of the said granted lands as shall be adjacent to and coterminous with the said complected [completed] sections. Imlllllgctgrppgzdd btw. 4. And be ttfurther enacted, That the said alternate sections of . land rztnted h this act exceptinrr onl such s r n —s< r onlytq actual S Y i P ,, y 2t a e eccs.a y for the settlers, in what company to reserve for depots, stations, side tracks, wood yards, standing g;’$‘l:£°;;_;~:2<l glpound, and other needful uses in operating the road, shall be sold by ‘ the company only to actual settlers, in quantities not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres or a. quarter section to any one settler, and at prices not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per acre. Ofglsigpggcggsb Sec. 5. And be tt further enacted, That the said company shall, by cdhmds to be mortgage or deed of trust to two or more trustees, appropriate and set gptlapurp meds? apart all the net proceeds of the sales of the said granted lands, as a sinkming ¤¤ OY mg fund, to be kept invested in the bonds of the United States, or other