Chapter XXIV. *to renew certain Grants of Land to the State of Alabama*
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CHAP. XXIV.— An Act *to renew certain Grants of Land to the State of Alabama*. April 10, 1869.1871, ch. 123.*Post*, p. 580. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Grant of public lands to Alabama for railroads renewed, subject, &c.1856, ch. 41.Vol. xi. p. 17. That so much of the grant of lands made to the State of Alabama by the act of Congress approved June three, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entitled “An act granting public lands in alternate sections to the State of Alabama, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State,” as were granted to assist46FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 24, 25, 26. 1869. in the building of railroads “from near Gadsden to some point on the Alabama and Mississippi State line, in a direction to the Mobile and Ohio railroad, with a view to connect with the said Mobile and Ohio railroad,” and “from Gadsden to connect with the Georgia and Tennessee and Tennessee line of railroads through Chattooga, Wills, and Lookout valleys,” is hereby revived and renewed, subject to all the conditions and restrictions contained in the act referred to, and subject to the further limitation that if either of the said railroads is not completed If roads are not completed in three years, no further sale of lands therefor, and lands unsold to revert.Lands how and to whom to be sold.within three years from the passage of this act no further sale shall be made for the benefit of such railroad, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States: *Provided*, That the lands granted by the act hereby revived, except mineral lands, shall be sold to actual settlers only in quantities not greater than one-quarter section to any one purchaser, and for a price not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
Sec. 2. Materials for constructing roads may be taken from adjacent lands.Right of way over public lands with grounds for stations, &c.*And be it further enacted*, That the right, power, and authority is hereby given to the companies building the aforesaid railroads to take from the public lands adjacent to the lines of said railroads earth, stone, and other materials for the construction thereof; and the right of way is hereby granted to the extent of one hundred feet in width on each side of said railroads where they may pass over the public lands, including all necessary grounds for stations and structures connected therewith, not exceeding forty acres at any one station.
Approved, April 10, 1869.