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THIRTY—-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 152, 153. 1864. 183 CHAP. CLII. —An Act to amend the Act ry" the twentytfirsz Dumber, eighteen hun- June 25, 1864. dred and sixty-one, entitled "An Act to jitrt/mer promote the Effciency of the 1V6P]-,, ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House tf Represematives cj the United V°l' m' P' an States ofAmeMIca in Congress assembled, That the first section of the act of the twenty-first of December, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty- one, entitled "An act to further promote the efficiency of the uavy," shall not be so construed as to retire any officer under the age of sixty-two Certain navy years, and whose name shall not have been borne upon the navy register Z22? 'gftgzl b° for a period of forty-five years ader he had arrived at the age of sixteen' ears. y Avrnovrcn, June 25, 1864. CHAP. CLH]·—An Ad gran¢i s to the Stale of Wisconsin to build a Zlflitayy June 25, 1864- to Lake Superior. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Uongress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State of Wisconsin, to aid in the construction of a military T{{;vd¤ G*?¤fE°d wagon-road from Wausaw, Marathon County, Wisconsin, following the ;gm,;;°2,§;;°g5 Wisconsin River as far as Skonowang, and from thence, on the most feasi- mad. ble and direct route, to a point on the state line between the States of Wisconsin and Michigan, in a direction leading to Ontonagon, on Lake Superior, every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated Miwjl 21*****1* by odd numbers, for three sections in width on each side of said road. not gm] Q ' But in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the line or route of said road is definitely fixed, sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of any section, or any part thereof, granted as aforesaid, or that the right of preemption or homestead settlement has attached to the same, then it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to set apart from the L¤nds_tv be public lands of the United States, as hereinbefore described, designated by odd numbers, as near to said even section aforesaid as may be, and the disposed on same shall be located within six miles of said road, so much land as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold or otherwise appropriated, or to which the right of preemption or homestead settlement has attached; which lands, (thus selected in lieu of those sold, reserved, or otherwise appropriated, and to which the right of preemption or homestead settlement has attached as aforesaid) together with the sections and parts of sections designated by odd numbers as aforesaid, and approved as aforesaid, shall be held by the State of Wisconsin for the use and purpose aforesaid: Provided, That the lands hereby granted shall be exclusively Lands, how to applied in the construction of that road for and on account of which such bs ¤PPU°d· lands are hereby granted, and shall be disposed of only as the work progresses, and the same shall be applied to no other purpose whatever: Provided, further, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the United Former grants States, or granted by any act of congress, or in any other manner by B"- “E°°*°‘U‘°’°‘ competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal y` improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be, and the same are hereby, reserved and excluded from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to locate the route of said road through such reserved lands, in which case the right of way only shall be granted. Sec. 2. And 6e it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted to the said state shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof, State legislafor the purposes aforesaid and no other; and the said road shall be, and ‘° d”P°S° °*` remain, a public highway for the use of the government of the United Rgédto be States, tree from tolls or other charge upon the transportation of any highway, Swproperty, troops, or mails of the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to Lnndahoyv said state shall be disposed of only in the following manner -— that is to say, ;';;{d°‘;‘l’° d“" when the said governor shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that