Chapter 760. declaring forfeited certain grants of land made to certain States in aid of the construction of railroads
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CHAP. 760.— An Act declaring forfeited certain grants of land made to certain States in aid of the construction of railroads.July 10, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Grants of lauds to railroads in Mississippi forfeited; exceptions.Vol. 11. p. 30. That so much of the several acts and parts of acts of Congress as are below recited be, and they are hereby, repealed, namely: Chapter eighty-three, eleventh Statutes at Large, page thirty, approved August eleventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entitled “An act granting public lands in alternate sections to 1 lie State of Mississippi to aid in the construction of railroads in said State, and for other purposes,” except so much of said act as relates to a grant of land in aid of “a railroad from Jackson to the line between the State of Mississippi and the State of Alabama,” which road was completed within the time prescribed by said act; also except so much of said act as relates 141 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 760–703. 1886. to a grant of land in aid of a railroad from Brandon to the Gulf of Mexico, commonly known as the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. Also, so much of chapter forty-one, eleventh Statutes at Large, pageGrant for rail-road from Elyton to Tennessee River, Ala., forfeited.Vol. 11, p. 17. seventeen, approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entitled “An act granting public lands in alternate sections to the State of Alabama, and so forth,” as relates to a grant of lands in aid of the construction of railroads from Elyton to the Tennessee River at or near Beard’s Bluff, Alabama.
Also, to aid in the construction of the Memphis and Charleston railroad,Memphis and Charleston R. R.Vol. 11, p. 18.Savannah andAlbany Railroad.Vol. 11, p. 197. in section six of said act. Also, section seven of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, chapter ninety-nine, eleventh Statutes at Large, page one hundred and ninety seven, making a grant to the State of Alabama in aid of the Savannah and Albany Railroad Company, as recited in said section. Also, so much of chapter forty-two, eleventh Statutes at Large, pageRailroad from New Orleans to the Statel ine in the direction of,Jackson, Miss.Vol. 11, p. 18.All rights, etc., granted for above roads forfeited.Lands restored to public domain.*Proviso.*Sales by United States confirmed. eighteen, entitled “An act making a grant of lands to the State of Louisiana to aid in the construction of railroads in said State,” as relates to a railroad from New Orleans to the State line in the direction of Jackson, Mississippi.
That all rights, titles, and privileges as to any of the public lands granted or conferred by, through, or under the said several provisions of law be, and they are hereby declared forfeited and determined; that all the lands within the terms and scope of said several provisions of law be, and they are hereby restored to the public domain: *Provided, however*, That if sales of any of said lands have heretofore been made by the United States such sales are hereby confirmed. Approved, July 10, 1886.