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 46 FORTY—FIRS'1` CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 24, 25, 26. 1869; in the building of railroads “ from near Gadsden to some point on the Alabama and Mississippi State line, in a direction to the Mobile and Ohio railroad, with u view to connect with the said Mobile and Ohio railroad," and “from Gadsden to connect with the Georgia aud Tenuessee and Tennessee line of railroads through Chattooga, Wills, and . Lookout valleys," is hereby revived and reneigved, gubject 50 all the conditions and restrictions contained in the act re erre to, an subject to the If mm am further limitation that if either of the seid railroads is not completed ,,0, completed in withm three years from the passage of this act no Further sale shall be three years, no made for the benetit of such railroad, and the lands unsold shall revert {;‘;g’°’ "‘l° °f to the United States: Provided, That the lands granted by the act s therefor, . . mid land; unsold hereby revived, except mineral lands, shall be sold to actual settlers only to £¤v<érl=·h in quantities not greater than one-quarter section to any one purchaser, and?) Qhg; to and for a price not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per acre. be sold. Sm. 2. And be it further enacted, That the right, power, and authority c0mf$3lfg"°*` is hereby given to the companies building the aforesaid railroads to take yoads may be from the public` lands adjacent to the lines of said railroads earth, stone, taken from ad- and other materials for the construction thereof; and the right of way is -l“'i€{;1i“;‘t$i'f;,ay hereby granted to the extent of one hundred ieet in width on each side OYCT public lands of said railroads where they may pass over the public lands, including all ’ cee mg or y acres 2. any one s a ion. Approved, April 10, 1869. 1869- CHAI'. XXV. — An Act concerning the Attorney-General. _ Be it enacted b1 the Senate and House 0 Re reseniatives o the United Qtfgigcgégfgg States of Ameri; in Ooozgress assembZc£·'1`l£t so much é` the “Act gptglid mitking appropriations for the legislative, executiyea and judicial enrpenses mywmd shan or the government for the year -cnding the thirt1eth of June, eighteen stipulate with hundred and seventy," as repeals the second section of the act of August °f°°m°°"F°m°"; Attorne -Gene ·al 21 d tl t · l ·l l f ' tlorgpoptat ’ y 1 n lie at orneys am marsnas 0 the several drseztch session of tricts," be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and snid second section is g§;‘l'=é;°*‘§c_ hereby declared to be in fiill force; and it shall be the duty of the mn, eh. 37, gz, Att0rncy·Gcncml to report at the commencement of the next session of V{*§b;·1£5· Conpressi pncl po each succepding session, the names of all the persons v01_ £,,_ é_ Z9; cmp oye or the purposes n oresaid, and where and upon what business employed, with the com ensation nid to each. Approved, April 10E) 1869. P @0, 1869- CHAP.  -— Anrzicl !0[§txIZ;;l;_}w!Ti1ne fnkthe Littlenfpck and   dgnith Railroa ompuny ocomp e zrs Section 0 twenty l ies rfsai oa . Thug mumc S Be it enacted dy the Senate and [Luxe of Representatives of the (/Ytited Rock and Fm tam of America tn. Congress assembled, Tiint an act approved July 5mi,;, [L K_ O0_ twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act to revive b¤·l;li¤g first und extend the provisions of ‘An aut granting the riuht of ity und section of roud, ,- , · . 9 . . . Extended_ melting fl grttnt ol lundto the States of Arkansas and Missouri, to and in xiessécit, pzé the construction of a railroad from e point upon the Mississippi river, lml aoo: opposite the mouth of the Ohio river, via Little Rock, to the Texas v01_ xiv_ p_ SSS_ boundary near Fulton in Arkansas, with brnnehes to Fort Smith and the Mississippi river,’ approved February nine, eighteen hundred and fifty- ihrcc. and for other purposes? be so amended as to extend the time to the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Company, for building the first ' section of twenty miles provided for in the second section of said act, for l12S7B0Té- the term of three years from the thirteenth day of May, eighteen hun- P°¥8.,0: ch_25_ dred and sixty-seven, the time of filing the certificate of organization to Po.st,p.7o. said company provided for in the third section of said act: Provided, That the land granted by the act hereby revived shall be sold to actual
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