Chapter CLXXIV. granting Lands to the State of Oregon, to aid in the Construction of a Military Road from Albany, Oregon, to the Eastern Boundary of said State
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CHAP. CLXXIV.— An Act granting Lands to the State of Oregon, to aid in the Construction of a Military Road from Albany, Oregon, to the Eastern Boundary of said State.July 5, 1866. *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,Lands granted to Oregon for military wagon road.Route of road. granted to the State of Oregon, to aid in the construction of a military wagon road from Albany, Oregon, by way of Canyon City, and the most feasible pass in Cascade range of mountains, to the eastern boundary of the State, alternate sections of public lands, designated by odd numbers, three sections per mile, to be selected within six miles of said road: *Provided,* That the lands hereby granted shall be exclusively applied in the constructionLands granted, how to be applied. of said road, and shall be disposed of only as the work progresses; and the same shall be applied to no other purpose whatever: *And provided, further,* That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the UnitedLands heretofore reserved, not granted hereby.Right of way.
States by act of Congress or other competent authority be, and the same are, reserved from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be necessary to locate the route of said road through the same, in which case the right of way is granted, subject to the approval of the President of the United States. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the said lands hereby grantedLands, how to be disposed of. to said State shall be disposed of by the legislature thereof for the purpose aforesaid, and for no other; and the said road shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the government of the United States, freeRoad to be public highway, and free to the United States. from tolls or other charge upon the transportation of any property, troops, or mails of the United States.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That said road shall be constructedConstruction of road. with such width, graduation, and bridges, as to permit of its regular use as a wagon road, and in such other special manner as the State of Oregon may prescribe. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the lands hereby granted toLands, how to be disposed of. said State shall be disposed of only in the following manner, that is to say: that when ten miles of said road shall be completed, a quantity of land not exceeding thirty sections for said road may be sold coterminous to said completed portion of said road; and when the governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any ten continuous miles of said road are completed, then another quantity of land hereby granted, not to exceed thirty sections, may be sold, coterminous to said completedIf road not completed in five years, unsold lands to revert to the United States. portion of said road, and so from time to time until said road is completed; and if said road is not completed within five years, no further sales shall be made, and the land remaining unsold shall revert to the United States.
Approved, July 5, 1866.