302 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 72. 1854. June ze, 1854. Cnr. LXXII.-An Act to aid ¢;cZ.;_?`c»·z§¢<;2y of Minnesota in the Cones1mg5o,, V a jail- 1 TOC! 97*2171. ct §t?Ii;t2dcli?2sl6· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Umged Alter-nets seo- States ofAmcnIca in Uongress assembled, That there be, and is, hereby
- i°¤¤ °*` md granted to the Territory of Minnesota for the purpose of aidinv in the
granted for a . . · . . P ,,,_um,,d_ construction of a. railroad from the southern line of sand Territory, commenciug at a. point between township ranges nine and seventeen, thence by the way of St. Paul, by the most practicable route to the eastern line of said Territory in the direction of Lake Superior, every alternate section of land designated by odd numbers for six sections in width on each when other side of said road within said Territory, but in case it shall appear that
of the United States have, when the line of said road is definitely fixed by
the gltgmgtg the authority aforesaid, sold any section or any part thereof granted as ¤¤¤S· aforesaid, or that the right of preemption has attached to the same, than it shall be lawful for any agent or agents to be appointed by the Governor of said Territory, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to select from the lends of the United States nearest to the tier of sections above specined, so much land in alternate sections or parts of sections, us shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold, or to which the right of preemption has attached as aforesaid, which lands (thus selected in lieu of those sold, and to which preemption has attached as aforesaid, together with the sections or parts of sections designated by odd numbers as aforesaid, and appropriated as aforesaid,) shall be held by the Territory of Minnesota for the use and purpose aforesaid: Pro- Proviso. vided, That the lands to be so located shall in no case be further than fifteen miles from the line of the road in each case, and selected for and Fuythep pm. on account of said road: Providedfurther, That the lands hereby granted vi¤¤· shall be exclusively applied in the construction of thaft road for which it was granted and selected, and shall be disposed o onl as the work progresses, and the same shall be applied to no other purpgse whatever; Fmum pm. And provided further, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the VM- United States by any act of Congress, or in any other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be, and the same are hereby reserved to the United States from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to locate the route of said railroad through such reserved lands, in which ease the right of way only glial! be granted, subject to the approval of the President of the United tates. pm, of'],,,,,;, Sec. 2. Ami be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of secmigswfbe tions of land, which by such grants shall remain to the United States, m mms` Svitlgfi sp: miles on each side of said road, shall not be sold for less than ou e the minimum price. Lands grunted Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted ¥° lg ¤¤°d °¤l>’ to the said Territory shall be subject to the di posal of any legislature ,,°};,.0,°;,HruP°s°q thereof, for the purpose aforesaid and no other, nor shall they enure to the benefit of any company heretofore constituted and organized, and the Railroadstc be said railroad shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the ff°£;ng·§€ gg Government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the @,,,,1 State, transportation of any property or troops of the United States, nor shall wvhm subject any of said lands become subject to private entry until the same shall W privw wry- have been first offered at public sale at the increased price. hZPg;¤¤9g in Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted t0
- .*0 gydlgzgi said Territory, shall be disposed of by said Territory only in manner foled qt by said lowing, that is to say, no title shall vest in the said '1‘erritory of Min-
T°m*·°*'Y· nesota, nor shall any patent issue for any part of the lands hereinbefore mentioned, until a continuous length of twenty miles of said road shall be completed through the lands hereby granted, and when the Secretary of
