Chapter CIII. *to extend the Time for the Completion of certain Railroads to which Land Grants have been made in the States of Michigan and Wisconsin.* March 3, 1865. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That there be, and hereby is, Add
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Chap. CIII.— An Act *to extend the Time for the Completion of certain Railroads to which Land Grants have been made in the States of Michigan and Wisconsin.* March 3, 1865. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That there be, and hereby is, Additional lands granted to Michigan, to aid in construction of certain railroads.granted to the State of Michigan, for the purpose of aiding in the con struction of a railroad from Marquette, on Lake Superior, to the Wiscon sin state line, at or near the mouth of the Menomonee River, for the benefit and use of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, a corporation of the States of Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and from Mar quette to Ontonagon, for the use and benefit of the Marquette and Onton agon Railroad Company, a corporation of the State of Michigan, and for twenty miles westerly from Marquette of the Bay de Noquet and Mar quette Railroad, for the benefit and use of the Bay de Noquet and Mar-THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 103. 1865. 521guette 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 1858, ch. 44. Vol. xi. p. 21.thereto, to be selected upon the same conditions, restrictions, and limita 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 Lands how selected.of said roads shall be selected from the alternate sections, designated by 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 how disposed of.of congress and by this act shall be disposed of only in the following 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 first-class railroad, then the Secretary of the Interior shall cause a certificate or certificates to issue to said state for one Certificate to issue as building of roads goes on.hundred sections of land, for the benefit and use of such company, and so from time to time for each completed section of ten miles of either of said 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 Ontonagon railroad.portion of the Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad now completed shall be certified to the State of Michigan, by the terms hereof, until the said railroad shall be completed from a point 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 from Marquette to Wisconsin state line.line at or near the mouth of the Menomonee River, notv completed, shall be so certified until the said railroad shall be completed from Bay de Noquet to the said Wisconsin state line at or near the mouth of the Menomonee River aforesaid.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the time limited for the completion Time for completing road from Marquette to Wisconsin state line extended.of the road from Marquette to the Wisconsin state line, at or near the mouth of the Menomonee River, be, and the same is hereby, extended for the term of five years, from and after the third day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That no lands to be set apart for the Lands for road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet and to Ontonagon.
Where to he selected and certified.road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet, and from Marquette to Ontona gon, shall be selected and certified east of that portion of the range line dividing ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven, that is, south of the town ship line between townships forty-seven and forty-eight, nor south of that portion of the township line dividing townships forty-seven and forty-eight, that lies east of the dividing range line above named; and that no lands to be set apart for the road from Marquette, on Lake Superior, to Lands for road from Marquette to Wisconsin state line.the Wisconsin state line, at or near the mouth of the Menomonee River, shall be selected and certified west of that portion of the range line dividing ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven, that is, north of the township line dividing townships forty-two and forty-three, nor north of the town ship line dividing townships forty-seven and forty-eight; and that, for the purpose of making up any deficiency of lands to which the line of road Deficiency of lands for road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet.from Marquette to Bay de Noquet may be entitled to make its grant equal to ten sections to the mile, the same shall be certified on the route from Marquette to Ontonagon, within twenty miles of the line of said road, and east of the range line dividing ranges thirty-one and thirty-two, and in accordance with the provisions hereinbefore contained.
And that, whenever Certificates of lands for road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet to be issued as road is built.the governor of the State of Michigan shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that twenty consecutive miles of the line of road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet has been completed in a good and substan tial manner, as a first-class railroad, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be issued to said State of Michigan, for the use and benefit of the 522 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 103, 104. 1865Bay de Noquet and Marquette Railroad Company, assignee of the State of Michigan, a certificate or certificates for two hundred sections of land, Selection and location.to be selected and located from the sections designated by odd numbers, on the line from Marquette to Ontonagon, and within twenty miles of said, line. Time for completing road from Fond du Lac to Wisconsin state line extended. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That the time for the completion of the railroad from Fond du Lac, on Lake Winnebago, to the Wisconsin state line, at or near the mouth of the Menomonee River, shall be, and hereby is, extended for the period of five years from and after the third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six; and that any and all grants of land to said road shall continue and remain in full force and effect.
Each road to grade twenty miles in two years, and twenty miles each year thereafter. Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* That each of said companies shall grade, in a good and substantial manner, ready for the ties, twenty miles of its road within two years, and twenty miles additional thereof in each year thereafter: *Provided,* That if said companies, or either of them, shall neglect or fail to do so, or to complete its road within the time herein Lands to revert, if, &c.specified, the land granted to such company shall revert to the United States.
Approved, March 3, 1865.