16 THIRTY-FOURTI·I CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 31. 1856. located shall in no case be further than fifteen miles from the lines of said roads and branch, and selected For and on account of each of said roads and branch: Provided fwrther, That the lands hereby granted for and on Grant, how account of said roads and branch, severally, shall be exclusively applied
- PP“°d· in the construction of that road or branch For and on account efwhich
such lands are hereby granted, and shall be disposed of only as the work progresses, and the same shall be applied to no other purpose whatsoever: A0, not to And provided farther, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the ».,pp1yto reservev United States by any act of Congress, or m any other manner by compe-
,?:‘;‘;,P;_:“ tent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improveg y` ment, or for any other purpose whatsoever, bc, and the same are hereby,
reserved to the United States from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be found necessnyg todlocate thehroutes St said rzplroads pr branch throuvh such reserv an s; in w ic case t c rig to wa on shall be granied, subject to the approval of the President of the Ilnited States. Price of amp Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of secnate sections to tions of land which, by such grant, shall remain to the United States be doubled- within six miles on each side of said roads and branch, shall not be sold for less than double the minimum price of the public lands when sold; nor shall any of said lands become subject to private entry until the same have been first offered at public sale at the increased price. . Sec. 3. And be it urther enacted That the said lands hereb * rented Objwt of gmk to the said State shalljbe subject to the disposal of the legislaturiz ghereof 1;,,,],,,,,,,,,, be for the purposes aforesaid, and no other; and the said railroads and apublic high- branch shall be and remain public highways for the use of the governrvfgfr g°V°'“' ment of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States. Sec. 4. And be it fini/ter enacted, That the lands hereby granted to _Lauds, how said State shall be disposed of by said State only in manner following, d"P°‘°d °£ that is to say: tihat a quantity of land, not exceeding one hundred and twenty sections or each of said roads and branch, and included within a continuous length of twenty miles of each of said roads and branch, may be sold; and when the governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any twenty continuous miles of any or either of said roads or branch, is completed, then another quantity of land hereby granted, not to exceed one hundred and twenty sections for each of said roads or branch having twenty continuous` miles completed as aforesaid, anddmclugcd wlithm a gontmtpous lpngthfor twenty miles of each of such roa. s or ranc , ma e so ; an so rom time to time until said roads and bratichlaredcomgleted; and if any or either of said iroads or branch is not com etc within ten ears no further sales shall be made and the lands unsold shall revert; to lihe [lnited States. l ·p,·,m,pO,-mm, Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall ¤l"m¤il· be transported over said roads and branch, under the direction of the Post-Office Department, at such price as Congress may, by law, direct: Provided, That until such price is Exed by law, the Postmaster- General shall have the power to determine the same. mmm, mnt Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That a similar grant of alternate to Alabama, sections of public land is hereby made to the State of Alabama, to aid in the construction of a railroad from Montgomery, in said State, to the boundary line between Florida and Alabama, in the direction of Pensacola, and to connect with the road from Pensacola to said line, upon the same terms and conditions in all respects as are hercinbetbre prescribed for the grant to Florida. Approved, May 17, 1856.
