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 FORTY-NINTII CONGRESS. Sess. I. (Wis. 763, 764. 1886. 143 of a first-order coast light-house at Cape Meares, Tillamook Bay, Oregon, the cost of which shall not exceed the sum of sixty thousand dollars; also that the appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars made by the V<>1.2¤, p 197. act of Congress approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty- tour, Mor removing the (Jroatan Light—House to a point: where it will be of more value to nuvig:1tors," be mmle available for the erection of a new light-house at the proposed point. Approved, July 10, 1886. 'CHAP. 764.—Au act tu provide for taxation of railroadrgrant lands, and for other July 10, 1886. plll'p0S(3B. ·;·—i···—·· Bc it enacted I4; the Senate and House oflieprescntatires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no lands granted to any Lands granted railroad corporation by any act of Congress shall be exempt from taxa- *0 ?**"¤’°*¤d °°*'P°· tion by States, Territories, and municipal corporations on account of };'::,‘:"°,,3;f,‘,f{0‘;,m*;} the lieu of the United States upon the same for the costs of surveying, surveyed_ selecting, and conveying the same, or because no patent has been issued therefor; but this provision shall not apply to lands unsurveyed: Pro- Pmvém. vided, That any such land sold for taxes shall be taken by the purchaser Lands ,0;,; fo, subject to the lien for costs of surveying, selecting, and conveying, to taxes subject m be paid in such manner by the purchaser as the Secretary of the Inte- Wm V9' **0***** °*` rior may by rule provide and to all liens of the United States, all mort- °""°y’"g* °°°‘ gages of the United States, and all rights of the United States in respect of such lands: Provided further, That this act shall apply only Lands opposite to lands situated opposite to and coterminous with completed portions :S""Pl';?*"1 ,P°{ ‘ of said roads, and in organized counties: Prmzidedfurther, That at any ,,Q¥,;’f,gdr°"‘ ”°" y’ sale of lands under the provisions of this act ihe United States may Unite;] Stagg, become a preferred purchaser, and in such case the lands sold shall be may became prerestored to the public domain and disposed of as provided by the laws f°“`°d ¥'“’°l"“’°’- relating thereto. Sec. 2. That if any railroad corporation required by law to pay the Collection or costs of surveying, selecting, or conveying any lands granted to such :,*;**1 °*`d°““'°Y;'5 company or for its use and benefit by act of Congress shall for thirty ,0°;,,f§;'0:,,*E,Y:;p¤_ days neglect or refuse to pay any such costs after demand for payment ,,5.,,,, thereof by the Secretary of the Interior, he shall notify the Attorney- General, who shall at once commence proceedings to collect the same. But when any sum shall be collected of such railroad company as costs of surveying, selecting, and conveying any tract of land which shall have been purchased under the provisions of section one hereof, the Secretary of the Interior shall out of such collections reimburse said purchaser, his heirs or assigns, the amount of money paid by him as the costs of such surveying, selecting, and conveying. Szc. 3. That this act shall not affect the right of the Government to Bigbtofcovcmdeclare or enforce a forfeiture of any lands so granted; but all the ¤¤¢¤M¤f¤rf'¤i¤ Mt rights of the United States to said lands or to any interest therein shall °m’°“"*· be and remain as if this act had not passed, except as to the lieu meutioned in the first section hereof. Sec. 4. That section twentybne of chapter two hundred and sixteen, com or suv?- approved Jnly second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, is hereby so im;. M-. l¤¤_ • amended as that the costs of surveying, selecting and conveying therein my *;’,,;g‘::" required to be paid shall become due and payable at and on the demand 00,,,,,,,, pnyabg therefor made by the Secretary of the Interior as provided in section on demand or seutwo of this act, and nothing in this act shall be construed or taken in r9'¤¤‘y 0* the ¥¤*¤- any wise to aifeet or impair the right of Congress at any time hereafter "‘§;,, 1.,, .,65 further to alter, amend, or repeal the said act, as in the opinion of 0011- Rigij g],;,,,.,},.;, gress, justice or the public welfare may require, or to impair or waive cu., mean-mi. any right or remedy in the premises now existing in favor of the United States. This act shall be subject to alteration, amendment, or repeal. Approved, July 10, 1886.