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THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 103. 1865. 521 quette Railroad Company, four additional alternate sections of land, per mile, to that already granted by act of congress approved June third, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and joint resolution supplementary 18%% eb- Uh thereto, to be selected upon the same conditions, restrictions, and limita- V°'Xi'P` ' tions as are contained in the act of congress entitled "An act making a grant of lands to the State of Michigan, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of railroads in said state," approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six : Provided, That the land to be so located by either 1 Legds MW S9- of said roads shall be selected from the alternate sections, designated by °°t° ' odd numbers, within twenty miles of the line of said road. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the lands granted by said act Lands bow of congress and by this act shall be disposed of only in the following d“P°“d °£ manner, that is to say : When the governor of the State of Michigan shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any ten consecutive miles, upon the route of either of said roads, is completed in a good and substantial manner, as a Erst-class railroad, then the Secretary of the Interior shall cause a certificate or certificates to issue to said state for one cemucm, to hundred sections of land, for the benefit and use of such company, and so i=:§¤¤ M buildmg from time to time for each completed section of ten miles of either of said ° mms g°°S °°' roads, one hundred sections of land, until the whole shall be completed: Provided, That none of the additional lands granted by this act for that Marquette and portion of the Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad now completed shall 0¤$¤¤S°¤ mk be certified to the State of Michigan, by the terms hereof; until the said r°° railroad shall be completed from a poinv twenty miles west of Marquette to Ontonagon; and that none of the additional lands granted by this act for that portion of the railroad from Marquette to the Wisconsin state Road front Ma:. line at or near the mouth of the Menomonee River, now completed, shall gi‘;°;;;t;°l¥:L“°“' be so certified until the said railroad shall be completed from Bay de No- ' quet to the said Wisconsin state line at or near the mouth of the Menomonee River aforesaid. Sec. 3. Aml be itfurtlacr enacted, That the time limited for the com- Time for completion of the road from Marquette to the Wisconsin state line, at or near Ewing {ga; {mm the mouth of the Menomonee River, be, and the same is hereby, extended Wiggsssig Salts for the term of five years, from and after the third day of June, A. D. linwxwnded. eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Sec. 4.. And be it further enacted, That no lands to be set apart for the Lands my road road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet, and from Marquette to Ontona- {*0;* Mgrqume gon, shall be selected and certified east of that portion of the range line Qld O°z§$;`j°t dividing ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven, that is, south of the town- gon. ship line between townships forty-seven and forty-eight, nor south of that Where to be portion of the township line dividing townships forty-seven and forty- fff}:ff °‘1 °“d ""' eight, that lies east of the dividing range line abovenamed ; and that no lands to be set apart for the road from Marquette, on Lake Superior, to Lands formed the Wisconsin state line, at or near the mouth of the Menomonee River, *"°`"£,Mm’*l9¤**° shall he selected and certified west of that portion of the range line di- gm viding ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven, that is, north of the township line dividing townships forty-two and forty-three, nor north of the township line dividing townships forty-seven and forty-eight; and that, for the purpose of making up any dericiency of lands to which the line of road Deficiency of from Marquette to Bay de Noquet may be entitled to make its grant equal }l'f;’gS£:t':;im to ten sections to the mile, the same sh-all be certiied on the route from to Bay daquo. Marquette to Ontonagon, within twenty miles of the line of said road, and qweast of the range line dividing ranges thirty-one and thirty-two, and in accordance with the provisions hereinbefore contained. And that, when- Certificates of ever the governor of the State of Michigan shall certify to the Secretary 'fliim of the Interior that twenty consecutive miles of the line of road from to nay 4:310. Marquette to Bay de Noquet has been completed in a good and substan- ¢1¤€**¤ b¤ is-, tial manner, as a first—class railroad, the Secretary of the Interior shall §`f§{t ” '°°‘d“ cause to be issued to said State of Michigan, for the use and benefit of the 44 as