338 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. · Sess. I. Ch. 299, 300. 1866. code of regu- he is hereby, directed to have prepared, and to report to Congress, at its l“°l°f“ f?,' H}; . next session, a code of regulations for the government of the army, and
sgi-Liz: of the militia. in actual service, which shall embrace all necessary order;
End <=<>¤¤‘f¤·m¤¤‘- and forms of a general character for the performance of all duties incum. ML bent on officers and men in the military service, including rules for the government of courts-martial. The existing regulations to remain in force until Congress shall have acted on said report. Repealing Sec. 38. And be it jimluzr enacted, That all laws and parts of laws °l““$°· inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, re ealed. ?A.PPROVED, July 28, 1866. July 28, 1866- CHAP. CCC.—An Act w revive and extend the Provisions ey" "An act granting the
R:?}:: of Why and rnakirqq a Grant of Land to the_States of Arkansas and Zllissoari, to
VOL x_ P_ 155_ ai" in the Oonsfructzon of o Rozlroad from a Pom! upon the Mwszsstpft opposite the Jlauth of the Ohio River, vza Little Rock, to the esta; Boundary, near ulion, in Ar- Ipgggas, B12¢;l;ch;Ds gcgsm Smith and the Mzsszsszppz R¢ver,’ approved February 9, , an or o u . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ Tite act grant- States of America in Congress assembled, That the “Act granting the
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Arkansas and Missouri to aid in the construction of a railroad from a point upon the MiS5¤¤¤‘i_f<>r r¤ir Mississippi opposite the mouth of the Ohio River, via Little Rock. to the Qgtglffgévg Texas boundary, near Fulton, in Arkansas, with branches to Fort Smith years. and the Mississippi River," approved February nine, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, with all the provisions therein made, be, and the same is hereby, revived and extended for the term of ten years from the passage Lands hereto- of this act; and all the lands therein granted, which reverted to the f;;;l§{;‘&“;gdb:“d United States under the provisions of said act, be, and the same are heretmc,-ed to Same by, restored to the same custody, control, and condition, and made subject ¤¤¤tq<ly Md to the uses and trusts in all respects as they were before and at the g°,:2':;°:;,,°;°;0’g time such reversion took effect: Provided, That all mineral lands within took place. the limits of this grant and the grant made in section two of this act are Ml”°"“ll°“d“ hereby reserved to the United States: And provided further, That all resdiggggy and property and troops of the United States shall at all times be transported troops of the over said railroad and branches at the cost, charge, and expense of the g,":;‘$;°;;i,t° company or corporation owning or operating said road and branches rensc or cos; spectively, when so required by the government of the United States. Additions to Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there is hereby granted, added
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trusts_ S H subject to the same uses and trusts, and under the same custody, control, and conditions, and to be held and disposed of in the same manner as if Laudsreserved included in the original grant, all the alternate sections and parts of secgglnfeggéghor tions, designated by odd numbers, lying along the outer line of lands p,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,, heretofore granted, and within five miles on each side thereon excepting gslggsdlrgygcszd lands reserved or otherwise appropriated by law, or to which the right dmm gg23m_ P of preemption or homestead settlement has attached: Provided, That \Vhc1egm¤: the additional Iquantity of lands hereby granted, when added to the 2;: lands specified in section one hereof, shall not exceed, in the aggregate mm, quantity of lands by this act granted, sufficient to amount to ten sections Lands, hoyv for each mile of railroad: And provided further, That the lands embraced g’gg,f‘:>€° d‘s‘ in this grant and the grant revived by section one of this act shall bé disposed of only as follows: Whenever proof shall be furnished, satis- Sections often factory to the Secretary of the Interior, that any section of ten consecutive
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workrnanlike manner as a firstfclass railroad, the said Secretary lof the Interior shall issue patents for all the lands granted as aforesaid, not exceeding ten sections per mile situate opposite to and within the limits of twenty miles of the section of said road and branches thus completed,
