No. 196.-An Act granting the right of way to the State of Missouri, and a portion of the public lands, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right of way through the public lands be, and the same is hereby granted to the State of Missouri, for the construction of railroads from the town of Hannibal to the town of St. Joseph, in said State, and from the city of St. Louis to such point on the western boundary of said State as may be designated by the authority of said State, with the right also to take necessary materials, of earth, stone, and timber for the construction thereof, from the public lands of the United States adjacent to said railroads: Provided, That in locating the railroads aforesaid, and assigning the limits to the easement, no more land shall be taken from the United States than is necessary for a convenient construction and use of said roads as public ways for transportation, including stations, with the usual buildings of all kinds, turnouts and such other appurtenances as are usually enjoyed by railroad companies, and a copy of the location of said roads, 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, to be recorded.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and is hereby granted to the State of Missouri, for the purpose of aiding in making the railroads aforesaid, every alternate section of land designated by even numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said road; but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the line or route of said roads, or either of them, shall be definitely fixed by the authority aforesaid, sold any section or any part thereof granted as aforesaid, or that the right of preemption has attached to the same, then it shall be lawful for any agent or agents to be appointed by the Governor of said State, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the lands of the United States most contiguous to the tier 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 to which the right of pre-emption has attached as aforesaid; which lands, thus selected in lieu of those sold, and to which pre-emption rights have attached as aforesaid, together with the sections and parts of sections designated by even numbers as aforesaid, and appropriated as aforesaid, shall be held by the State of Missouri for the use and purpose aforesaid: Provided, That the lands to be so located shall in no case be further than fifteen miles from the line of the road in each case: Provided further, That the lands hereby granted shall be exclusively applied in the construction of that road for which it was granted and selected, and shall be disposed of only as the work progresses, and the same shall be applied to no other purpose whatsoever: And provided further, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the United States by any act of Congress, or in any other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be and the same are hereby reserved to the United States from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to locate the route of the said railroads through such reserved lands; in which case the right of way only shall be granted.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, 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 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 to the said State shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof, for the purposes aforesaid, and no other; and the said railroads shall be and remain public highways 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.

SEC 5. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to said State shall be disposed of by said State only in manner following, that is to say that a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and twenty sections on each road, and included within a continuous length of twenty miles of said road, may be sold; and when the Governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior, that said twenty miles of said road is completed, then another like quantity of land hereby granted may be sold; and so from time to time, until said road is completed; and if said road be not completed within ten years, no further sales shall be made, and the land unsold shall revert to the United States.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall at all times be transported on said railroads under the direction of the Post-Office Department, at such price as Congress may by law direct. Approved, June 10, 1852.

No. 197.-An Act giving the assent of Congress to the State of Missouri to impose a tax or taxes upon all lands hereafter sold by the United States therein, from and after the day of such sale.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress is hereby given to the State of Missouri, to impose a tax or taxes upon all lands hereafter sold by the United States, in said State, from and after the day of such sale: Provided, That the assent hereby given shall in nowise impair that provision of the compact with the said State which declares that all lands belonging to citizens of the United States residing without the said State shall never be taxed higher than lands belonging to persons residing therein.

Approved, June 10, 1852.

No. 198.-An Act to supply a deficiency to the State of Indiana in a township of land granted to said State for the use of a state university, by an Act of Congress approved nineteenth of April, eighteen hundred and sixteen.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be supplied to the State of Indiana, for the sole and exclusive use of the State University, an equal number of acres of land found to be deficient in the original grant, and which has been otherwise appropriated by Congress, amounting to four

thousand one hundred and sixty-six acres, and that said lands be selected, under the direction of the governor of the State, from any lands now in market in said State belonging to the United States, the proceeds of which shall be appropriated solely to the use of said State University, and shall never be diverted to any other purpose whatever. Approved, July 12, 1852.

No. 199.-An Act to release from reservation, and restore to the mass of public lands, certain lands in the State of Arkansas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the several tracts of land in the State of Arkansas, heretofore reserved for the satisfaction of military bounties under the war of eighteen hundred twelve, and which now remain undisposed of, be, and they are hereby released from such reservation, and restored to the mass of public lands, to be disposed of in the same manner as any other unoffered public land: Provided, That the person who may, at the date of this act, be an actual settler on any one of said tracts, and who, but for the reservation thereof, might have claimed the right of pre-emption thereto, under act of fourth September, eighteen hundred forty-one, be, and is hereby authorized to enter the same, or any subdivision thereof, upon making proof of said right, and paying the minimum price per acre, within a year after the passage of this act, or prior to the day fixed for the public sale of the tract.*

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all sales of said land, or location thereof by military warrants, (other than those of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve,) which have been inadvertently permitted to be made, and which are in all other respects fair and regular, except as embracing reserved land not offered at public sale, be, and the same are hereby confirmed, and patents thereon which have been issued shall be as legal and valid as if said lands had been released from reservation, and offered at public sale prior to such sales or locations.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all of said warrants which have not been satisfied, may be located on any of the public lands subject to private entry at the time of the location of the same. Approved, July 12, 1852.

No. 200.-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act providing for the sale of certain lands in the States of Ohio and Michigan, ceded by the Wyandott Tribe of Indians, and for other purposes," approved on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-three.†

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the fifth section of the act of which this is amendatory, as declares that if, in offering at public sale any tract of land ceded by the Wyandotts under the treaty concluded with that tribe on the seventeenth March, eighteen hundred forty

two, on which improvements exist, the real value of the same, according to the estimates of the superintendents, shall not be bidden, it shall be their duty to withdraw the tract from sale, and the tracts thus withdrawn from sale shall [again] be offered at public sale, due public notice first being given, be, and the same is hereby repealed; and all such lands shall be exposed at public sale to the highest bidder, at such time and place as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may direct, subject to the minimum price per acre of two dollars and fifty cents.

Approved, July 12, 1852.

No. 201.-An Act to enable the Legislature of the State of Indiana to dispose of the unsold saline lands in said State.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the act of Congress entitled "An act to authorize the Legislature of the State of Indiana to sell and convey certain lands granted to said State for the use of the people thereof," approved July third, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, as provides that said lands shall not be sold for a less price than [that] at which the public lands are sold, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, July 12, 1852.

No. 202.-An Act to authorize the Mayor and Common Council of Chicago, Illinois, to excavate a portion of the public reservation at that place, with a view to the improvement of the navigation of Chicago river.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the corporate authorities of the city of Chicago, Illinois, be, and they are hereby authorized to excavate such portion of the reservation at Chicago, not exceeding the limits described in their memorial of January five, eighteen hundred and fiftytwo, as may be necessary, according to the plan set forth in said memorial, for the improvement of the navigation of the Chicago River.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War, be, and he is hereby directed to cause the limits above designated to be marked out, and to make such disposition of the buildings now standing within said limits as may be best for the public interest. Approved, July 21, 1852.

No. 203.-An Act to establish additional land districts in the State of Wisconsin.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the public lands of the United States, in the State of Wisconsin, as lies within the following boundaries, to wit:-commencing at the southwest corner of township fifteen, north of range two, east of the fourth principal meridian, thence

running due east to the southeast corner of township fifteen, north of range eleven, east of the fourth principal meridian, thence north along said range line to the north line of the State of Wisconsin, thence westerly along said north line to the line between ranges one and two, east of the fourth principal meridian, thence south to the place of beginning, shall be formed into a new land district, to be called the Stevens Point Land District, and for the sale of the public lands within the district hereby constituted, a land office shall be established at Stevens Point, on the Wisconsin River, as soon as the public convenience may require it.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the public lands of the United States, in the State of Wisconsin, as lies within the following boundaries, to wit:-commencing at a point where the line between townships ten and eleven, north, touches the Mississippi River, thence due east to the fourth principal meridian, thence north to the line between townships fourteen and fifteen, north, thence east to the southeast corner of township fifteen, north of range one, east of the fourth principal meridian, thence north on the range line to the south line of township number thirty-one, north, thence west on the line between townships number thirty and thirtyone, to the Chippewa River, thence down said river to its junction with the Mississippi River, thence down the Mississippi River to the place of beginning, shall be formed into a new land district, to be called the La Crosse Land District, and for the sale of the public lands within the district hereby constituted, a land office shall be established at La Crosse on the Mississippi River, as soon as the public convenience may require it.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President is hereby authorized to cause the removal of either of the offices created by this act, to any other place within said district, whenever, in his opinion, such removal may be deemed expedient.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and a receiver of public moneys for each of the said districts, who shall respectively be required to reside at the site of said office, and who shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the same compensation as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to other land-officers of the United States. And in case it shall be found necessary or expedient to establish said districts, or either of them, during the recess of Congress, the President shall be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint the necessary officers during such recess, and until the end of the next session of Congress: Provided however, That this act shall not go into effect until at least six month after its passage.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall cause to be transferred to the land-offices hereby created, all such books, maps, records, field notes, and plats, or transcripts thereof, relating to the surveys and entries of the public lands in the districts hereby created, as may be necessary for the sale of the public lands, in compliance with the provisions of this act.

Approved, July 30, 1852.

No. 204.-An Act to create three additional land districts in the State of Iowa.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of the public