Chapter CCLXVII. *amendatory of an Act entitled “An Act granting public Lands to the State of Wisconsin, to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State,” approved* June 3, 1856
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Chap. CCLXVII.— An Act *amendatory of an Act entitled “An Act granting public Lands to the State of Wisconsin, to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State,” approved* June 3, 1856. July 27, 1868. 1856, ch. 48. Vol. xi. p. 20. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That it shall and may be lawful The legislature of Wisconsin may dispose of certain lands for the benefit of the Wisconsin Railroad Farm Mortgage Land Co.for the legislature of the State of Wisconsin to dispose of the lands granted and which may have enured and been certified to the State of Wisconsin under the act of Congress approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, to aid in the construction of a railroad “from Madison or Columbus, by way of Portage City to the Saint Croix river or lake, between township twenty-five and thirty-one,” and commonly known as La Crosse and Milwaukee railroad, for the benefit of the Wisconsin Railroad Farm Mortgage Land Company, existing under and by virtue of the Proviso.laws of Wisconsin: *Provided, however,* That this act shall apply only to such lands as may be due the State of Wisconsin for the portion of said road already completed.
Approved, July 27, 1868.