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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 14 STAT. · July 23, 1866 · Chapter CCXIV

Chapter CCXIV. to authorize the Construction of a Railroad through certain Lands of the United States in Kansas

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CHAP. CCXIV.— An Act to authorize the Construction of a Railroad through certain Lands of the United States in Kansas.July 23, 1866. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Leavenworth CityLeavenworth City Railroad Company may construct horse railway through military reservation; may take land for road. Location of road. Company to erect own bridges and crossings. Land granted, to revert if not used for railroad purposes.
Privilege to cease at will of Secretary of War. Railroad Company be, and are hereby, authorized to construct a horse railway, with one or two tracks, through the military reservation from Fort Leavenworth to the city of Leavenworth, Kansas, and take for the accommodation of the said road, or the business thereof, a strip of land over said reservation not exceeding twenty feet in width: *Provided,* That the location of said railroad through said reservation shall be on and along the west side of the wagon road leading from the said city to the said fort, and that the said company shall erect their own bridges and crossings, and not be permitted to use those of the wagon road: *And provided also,* That whenever said strip of land shall cease to be used for the purposes of said railroad company or the accommodation of the business thereof, the same shall revert to the United States; that this privilege shall be allowed as long as the Secretary of War shall, in his discretion, determine, and no longer.
Approved, July 23, 1866.
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