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 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Rus. 67, 69, 70. 1870. 379 its main road to some point. on Puget Sound, via thevalley of the Columbia L°°g‘l°¤* °f river, with the right to locate and construct its branch from some conven- ugh41E1Q_ my ient point on its main trunk line across the Cascade Mountains to Puget Vo1. p. 365. Sound; and in the event of there not being in any State or Territory in Dcmwc in which said main line or branch may be located, at the time of the final 1,,,,4,.; how guy location thereof, the amount of lands per mile granted by Congress to said bs ¤¤d° ¤P· company, within the limit prescribed by its charter, then said company shall be entitled, under the directions of the Secretary of the Interior, to receive so many sections of land belonging to the United States, and designated by odd numbers, in such State or Territory, within ten miles on each side of said road, beyond the limits prescribed in said charter, as will fl‘wenty-five make up such deficiency, on said main line or branch, except mineral and Ltlggflzizg lf; other lands as excepted in the charter of said company of eighteen hun- Juan; 1, 1872, dred and sixty-four, to the amount of the lands that have been granted, Md f<>r¤y miles sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers, pre—empted, or otherwise §?,°3:_y°°“h"°` disposed of subsequent to the passage of the act of July two, eighteen 1864,ch,217,§8. hundred and sixty-four. And that twenty-five miles of said main line    {{022* between its western terminus and the city of Pordand, in the State of Vg]_•xiv_. _ 35: Oregon, shall be completed by the first day of January, anno Domini P¤b»R¤¤·gl<>·47· eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and forty miles of the remaining por- v°1' xv' P' 25a' tion thereof each year thereafter, until the whole shall be completed between said points: Provided, that all lands hereby granted to said com— L¤¤d¤ 2¤¤¢>ld. pany which shall not be sold or disposed of or remain subject to the §,”;’,r';tl~:;m':0m_ mortgage by this act authorized, at theexpiratiou of five years after the pneuon of road completion of the entire road, shall be subject to settlement and pre- :;tl;fe;‘;’£1€°:n*3’ emption like other lands, at a price to be paid to said company not pryemptign ,4, exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per acre; and if the mortgage not over $2.50 hereby authorized shall at any time be enforced by foreclosure or other P°§;’Q`Q0 m legal proceeding, or the mortgaged lands hereby granted, or any of them, me er fomhe sold by the trustees to whom such mortgage may be executed, either at °1°¤“’°· its maturity or for any failure or default of said company under the terms thereof, such lands shall be sold at public sale, at places within the States and Territories in which they shall be situate, after not less than sixty _ _ days’ previous notice, in single sections or subdivisions thereof, to the or-:·;*5’£:g;*°° highest and best bidder: Provided further, That in the construction of &,,_ wb, ,,,,,,3 the said railroad, American iron or steel only shall be used, the same to exclusively. be manufactured from American ores exclusively. _ Sue. 2. And be it further resolved, That Congress may at any time m?°*:;“£:;8d alter or amend this joint resolution, having due regard to the rights of g,,,? ’ said company, and any other parties. Armovmn, May 31, 1870. [N0. 69.] Joint Resolution to correct an Error in the Enrolment of a joint Resolution June 6, 1870. therein named. "-"”'—"" Be it resolved by the Senate and fkuse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second section of the S Byers greet, joint resolution “ authorizing the sale of certain lands at Springfield,  ba, Massachusetts, and for other purposes," approved May fourtb,eighteen puma.; highway. hundred and seventy, be so amended that it will read, “That _Byers 41P¤b·B°°· °· Street, heretofore opened," &c., instead of “Ryers Street," as 1t was QM,. p_ 8H_ erroneously enrolled. Aernovmn, June 6, 1870. [N0. 70.] A Resolution to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an American June 7, 1870. Register to the Bark "Li¤e Oak" and to the Shao "A_qra " of Boston. Resolved lg the Shnato and House of Representatives of the United Amman Slates of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the register to mu, Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue an Amen- to the bark