Lake Superior Railroad. Letter to the Hon. Lewis Cass. By Morgan L. Drake, Esq.

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W. M. Thompson, book and job printer, 1852 - 18 páginas

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Página 12 - State, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, so much land in alternate sections or parts of sections as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold or...
Página 12 - ... a public highway, for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.
Página 12 - ... United States, by virtue of this act, to take with him such part of his goods, chattels, or other property as he may find convenient ; and all property left in the United States by any alien, who may be removed, as aforesaid, shall be, and remain subject to his order and disposal, in the same manner as if this act had not been passed. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force for and during the term of two years from the passing thereof. Approved June 25,...
Página 12 - ... but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the lines or routes of said roads are definitely fixed, sold any section or any part thereof granted as aforesaid, or that the right of pre-emption has attached to the same...
Página 12 - States, within six miles on each side of said roads, shall not be sold for less than double the minimum price of the public lands when sold; which lands shall from time to time be offered at public sale to the highest bidder, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and shall not be subject to entry until they shall have been so offered at public sale. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted...
Página 12 - Michigan for the use and purpose aforesaid : Provided, That the land to be so located shall in no case be further than fifteen miles from the lines of said roads, and selected for and on account of each of said roads...
Página 12 - Legislature, shall be forwarded to the proper local land offices respectively, and to the General Land Office at Washington city, within ninety days after the completion of the same. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and is...
Página 12 - That the sections and parts of sections of land which, by such grant, shall remain to the United States, within six miles on each side of said road and branches, shall not be sold for less than double the minimum price of the public lands when sold.
Página 12 - ... made under the direction of the legislature, shall be forwarded to the proper local land offices respectively, and to the general land office at Washington City, within ninety days after the completion of the same.
Página 6 - Eailroad at Chicago, it would give access to the valley of the Ohio, and accommodate the travel around the head of Lake Erie to the upper country. Crossing the Lake...

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