Chapter XCIX. *to provide for the Construction of certain Wagon-Roads in the Territories of Idaho, Montana, Dakota, and Nebraska.* March 3, 1865. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Interior Certain wagon-roads
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Chap. XCIX.— An Act *to provide for the Construction of certain Wagon-Roads in the Territories of Idaho, Montana, Dakota, and Nebraska.* March 3, 1865. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Interior Certain wagon-roads authorized in Idaho, Montana, Dakota, and Nebraska.be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to survey, locate, and construct the following wagon-roads: From Niobrara to mouth of Turtle Hill River, and thence to Virginia City, with branch to Omaha.
First. A road from Niobrara to the mouth of the Turtle Hill River, and thence, upon the most direct practicable route, to Virginia City, in THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 99, 100. 1865. 517Montana Territory, with a branch from the mouth of Turtle Hill River, or such other point as may be selected, to Omaha. Second. A road from a point at or near the mouth of the Big Sioux River, via Yancton, Dakota Territory, to a point at or near the mouth of the Big Sheyenne River, thence up said river to its main forks, thence up From Big Sioux River, via Yancton, &c.the north fork to a point of intersection with the road from Niobrara.
Third. For a road from a point on the western boundary of Minnesota, From western boundary of Minnesota to Big Sheyenne River.to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, to a point at or near the mouth of the Big Sheyenne River. Fourth. A road from Virginia City, in Montana, upon the most practicable From Virginia City to Lewiston, in Idaho.route, to Lewiston, in Idaho. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the provisions of the foregoing section, the Appropriation, and apportionment thereof.sum of one hundred and forty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, fifty thousand dollars of which shall be applied to the construction of the road from Virginia City to Lewiston; fifty thousand dollars shall be applied to the construction of the road from Niobrara and branch to Omaha; twenty thousand dollars shall be applied to the con struction of the road from the mouth of the Big Sheyenne to its intersection with the Niobrara road; ten thousand dollars shall be applied to the construction of a bridge over the Big Sioux River, or so much of this sum as may be necessary, and any balance remaining to be applied to continuing and improving the road from Sioux City, Iowa, to the Big Sheyenne, Dakota Territory, and the remainder shall be applied to the construction of the road from the western boundary of Minnesota to the Big Sheyenne River: *Provided,* That any unexpended money now in the Proviso.treasury, appropriated for the construction of a road from Sioux City to Fort Randall, Dakota Territory, shall be, and is hereby, transferred from the War Department to the Department of the Interior.
Approved, March 3, 1865.