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THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Rss. 38, 39. 1862. 621 McAdamized turnpikes passing through the public lands belonging to the United States," be, and the same are hereby, extended so as to be applicable to the new line of railroad so as above to be located: Provided, Proviso. The same shall be commenced within two years from the fourth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and shall be completed within five years thereafter. Sec. 3. And be it further resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior Price of lnnd be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause all even sections or parts of bQ*id°*`l¤S °¤ even sections of public lands that may be brought within six miles of the m mad` new line of railroad, as herein provided for, to be sold at the same price and in the same manner those have or might have been, according to the said act of June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, upon the originally located route of railroad. And all purchasers, or their heirs or assigns, p,,,,;,,,,,,,,, 0,, within the six mile limits of said originally located route, who shall be old line. may more than six miles from the new line of route hereby authorized, and °x°ba"g°1°"dS' who have paid the sum of two dollars and nfty cents an acre, shall have the right either to exchange their locations upon the line as first established to the new line upon the same terms, in like quantities, and in the same manner, as on the line drst established, as aforesaid, or at their option to enter, without further payment, anywhere within the Marquette land district, in the State of Michigan, or that of the Grand Traverse land district, in said State, lying north or west of Lake Michigan, an additional quantity of public lands subject to private entry, at one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, equal to the quantity entered by them at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, so that the lands originally entered by them shall be thus reduced to the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre. Sec. 4. And be it further resolved, That the even sections of public Public mss lands reserved to the United States by the aforesaid act of June third, Olt gl? H¤°1*° b° eighteen hundred and fifty-six, along the originally located route of the 2;,. ,c°:,_$ '25 Marquette and Wisconsin State Line Railroad Company, except where such sections shall fall within six miles of the new line of road so as aforesaid proposed to be located, and along which no railroad has been constructed, shall hereafter be subject to sale at one dollar and twenty- five cents per acre. Sec. 5. And be it jicrtker resolved, That upon the filing in the General Rights of the Land Office of the lists of said railroad lands, in whole or in part, as now gzfcgfilfngglgm selected and certified in the General Land Office, with the certificate of the Governor of the State of Michigan, under the seal of the State, that said State and its assigns surrender all claim to the lands, as aforesaid, set forth and described in the lists thereof thus certified, and that the same have never been pledged or sold or in anywise encumbered, then the State of Michigan or its assigns shall be entitled to receive a like quantity of land, selected in like manner, upon the new line of road as thus surrendered upon the first line, and to the extent of six sections per mile in the aggregate for every mile of the new line, according to the general provisions of the act of June third, eighteen hundred and fifty- six. And it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to re0H°er for public sale, in the usual manner, the lands embraced in the lists of surrendered lands aforesaid, when duly tiled in his office, as herein directed. Approved, July 5, 1862. 'No. 39.1 A Resolution tendering 2/te Thanks of Con s to Captain Louis M. GoIds— July 11, 1862. borouy , and Ojieers, Petty Ojieers, Seamen, and llldlisnes under his Command, for the Y Victory at Roanoke Island. Resolved by rho Senate and House of Representatives of the United V,rg;““I‘f,*g;:gf States of America on Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress be, Ore xgma.