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THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 103. 1864. 97 Company; and the said Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad Company shall be entitled for such modified line to the same lands and to the same amount of lands per mile, and for such connecting branch the same amount of land per mile, as originally granted to aid in the construction of its main line, subject to the conditions and forfeitures mentioned in the original grant, and, for the said purpose, right of way through the public Right of wv lands of the United States is hereby granted to said company. Ind it granted. is further provided, That whenever said modned main line shall have been established or such connecting line located, the said Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad Company shall Hle in the general landoflice of the United States a map definitely showing such modified line and such connecting branch aforesaid; and the Secretary of the Interior shall Secretary of reserve and cause to be certified and conveyed to said company, from Iuwivr to ¢¤¤· time to time, as the work progresses on the main line, out of any public Vey l““d°‘ lands now belonging to the United States, not sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of, or to which a preemption right or right of homestead settlement has not attached, and on which a bona fide settlement and improvement has not been made under color of title derived from the United States or from the State of Iowa, within fifteen miles of the original main line, an amount of land equal to that originally authorized to be granted to aid in the construction of the said road by the act to which this is an amendment. And if the amount of lands per mile granted, or intended to be granted, by the original act to aid in the construction of said railroad shall not be found within the limits of the fifteen miles therein pre- umm ofmw scribed, then such selections may be made along said modified line and tions; connecting branch within twenty miles thereof: Provided, however, That such new located or modified line shall pass through or near Boonsboro’, 0,- lmuou of in Boon County, and intersect the Boyer River not fiirther south than a i-ond. point at or near Dennison, in Crawford County: Andprovided, further, Promo in use That in case the main line shall be so changed or modified as not to reach the main line is the Missouri River at or near the forty-second parallel north latitude, it °h““€°d· shall be the duty of said company, within a reasonable time after the completion of its road to the Missouri River, to construct a branch road to some point in Monona County, in or at Onawa City; and to aid in the construction of such branch the same amount of lands per mile are hereby granted as for the main line, and the same shall be reserved and certified in the same manner; said lands to be selected from any of the unappropriated lands as hereinbefore described within twenty miles of said main line and branch; and said company shall Hle with the Secre- Map (,;-100,, tary of the Interior a map of the location of the said branch: And ti¤¤t¤ be filed. provided, further, That the lands hereby granted to aid in the construction of the connecting branch aforesaid shall not vest in said company nor be encumhered or disposed of except in the following manner: When the governor of the State of Iowa. shall certify to the Secretary of the Condmomd Interior that said company has completed in good running order a sec- grant. tion of twenty consecutive miles of the main line of said road west of Nevada, then the secretary shall convey to said company one third, and no more, of the lands granted for said connecting branch. And when said company shall complete an additional section of twenty consecutive miles, and furnish the Secretary of the Interior with proof as aforesaid, then the said secretary may convey to the said company another third of the lands granted for said connecting branch; and when said company shall complete an additional section of twenty miles, making in all sixty miles west of Nevada, the secretary, upon proof furnished as aforesaid, may convey to the said company the remainder of said lands to aid in the construction of said connecting branch: Provided, however, That no pm,,;,,,_ lands shall be conveyed to said company on account of said connecting branch road until the governor'of the State of Iowa shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that the same shall have been completed as a v01.. xm. Pun. — 9