Chapter LV. *to further provide for giving Effect to the various Grants of public Lands to the State of Nevada.*June 8, 1868. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the State of Nevada is Selection of lands by Nevada under railroad
685 words·~3 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-15/chapter-lv-291182·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
CHAP. LV.— An Act *to further provide for giving Effect to the various Grants of public Lands to the State of Nevada.*June 8, 1868. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the State of Nevada is Selection of lands by Nevada under railroad grants by Congress.authorized to select the alternate even-numbered sections within the limits of any railroad grant in said State, in satisfaction, in whole or in part, of the several grants made in the following acts of Congress, to wit:1864, ch. 36.
Vol. xiii. p. 30. the act organizing the Territory of Nevada, passed March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one; the act admitting the State of Nevada1866, ch. 166. Vol. xiv. p. 85. into the Union, passed March twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and the act concerning certain lands granted to Nevada, passed July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six: *Provided*, That this privilege Pre-emption and homestead.shall not extend to lands upon which there may be rightful claims underLand taken at minimum price of $2.50 per acre to equal two acres at $1.25 per acre. the pre-emption and homestead laws: *And provided*, That if lands be selected, the minimum price of which is two dollars and fifty cents per acre, each acre so selected shall be taken by the State in satisfaction of two acres, the minimum price of which is one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: *And provided further,* That the lands granted in the eighth andCertain selections when to be made. ninth sections of the said act admitting Nevada into the Union shall be selected within four years from the passage of this act, and the period for the selection of said lands is hereby so extended.
FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 55, 61. 1868.68 Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,*Agricultural college lands. 1882, ch. 130. Vol. xii. p. 603. 1866, ch. 209. Vol. xiv. p. 208. That the lands known and designated for the establishment of an agricultural college by the act of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and the acts amendatory thereto, shall be selected in the same manner and of the same character of lands as may be selected in satisfaction of any other grants referred to in the first section of this act.
But this act shall not authorize the selection of lands valuable for mines of gold, silver, quicksilver, or copper. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,*Land district created. That the county of Esmeralda, in the State of Nevada, and the counties of Mono and Inyo, in the State of Location of office.California, are hereby created a land district; and the land office for such district shall be located at Aurora, in Esmeralda county; and the Boundaries and locations of land office may be changed.President shall be authorized hereafter, from time to time, as circumstances may require, to adjust the boundaries of any and all of the land districts in said State, and change the location of the land office from time to time, when the same shall be expedient.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,*Selection of agricultural college lands by California. That the lands granted to the Suite of California for the establishment of an agricultural college by the act of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and acts amendatory thereto, may be selected by said State from any lands within said State subject to pre-emption and sale: *Provided*, that this privilege shall not extend to lands upon which there may be rightful claims under the preemption and homestead laws, nor to mineral lands: *And provided further*, Limitation upon such selection.That if lands be selected as aforesaid, the minimum price of which is two dollars and fifty cents per acre, each acre so selected shall be taken by the State in satisfaction of two acres, the minimum price of which is one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: *And provided further*, That such selections shall be made in every other respect subject to the conditions, restrictions, and limitations contained in the acts hereby modified.
Approved, June 8, 1868.