Chapter 1215.
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CHAP. 1215.— An act to provide for the disposal of the Fort Wallace military reservation in Kansas.October 19, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the*,Fort Wallace Reservation, Kans.To be sold. *United States of America in Congress assembled*, That so much of the northwest quarter of section nineteen, township thirteen south, range thirty-eight west, and of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township thirteen south, range thirty-nine west, and the east half of the east half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-four, township thirteen south, range thirty-nine west, included within the Exceptions.Right of way to Union Pacific Railroad Company.limits of the Fort Wallace Reservation, excluding and excepting therefrom the right of way heretofore granted to the Union Pacific Railroad Company and excepting so much of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township thirteen south, range thirty-nine west, as may be conveyed to the Union Pacific Railroad Company, under the provisions of section two of this act, be, and is hereby, set apart for town-site purposes, and may be entered by the corporate authorities of the city of Wallace under and subject to the provisions [R.
S., sec. 2887, p. 437](/us/rs/s2887/p437).and restrictions of section twenty-three hundred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statues. Sec. 2. That the Union Pacific Railroad Company is hereby granted the preference right, for the period of three months after the passage of this act, to purchase such portion of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township thirteen south, range thirty-nine west, as may embrace the improvements thereon of said company, and as may be necessary in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior for the purposes of said company.
All said lands to lie west of the east line of township thirteen south, range thirty-nine west, and to Preference to Union Pacific Railroad Company to buy lands occupied by them. FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 1215, 1216. 1888.613 embrace no lands in the actual possession of any settler or purchaser from the Wallace Town Company, and not to consist of over forty acres in all, the purchase price of the same to be thirty dollars perPrice. acre; and the Secretary of the Interior shall survey and establish by metes and bounds the exterior limits of said tract.
Sec. 3. That the Wallace Water-Works Company, a corporationWallace Water-Works Company given preference to buy certain lands. organized under the laws of the State of Kansas, is hereby granted the preference right, for the period of three months after the appraisement herein provided for, to purchase the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty-five, township thirteen south, range thirty-nine west, at such price as may be fixed thereonPrice. by the Secretary of the Interior, not less than two dollars and a half per acre: and, said Water-Works Company is hereby granted the use of a right of way, not exceeding twenty-five feet m width, for theRight of way. purpose of maintaining the line of pipes now laid and laying and repairing the same hereafter, and connecting said tract of land with the city of Wallace, the same to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 4. That the use of the southeast quarter of the southeastCemetery. quarter of section twenty, township thirteen south, range thirty-eight west, heretofore set apart by the military authorities of Fort Wallace as a cemetery, is hereby granted to the city of Wallace for cemetery purposes, said grant to continue so long as the said tract is used as a cemetery, and when such use ceases the same shall revert to the Government: *Provided*, That bodies heretofore interred in*Proviso*. said ground shall not be disturbed.
Sec. 5. That the northeast quarter of section twenty-nine, townshipBuildings at post to be sold. thirteen south, range thirty-eight west, being that portion of said reservation on which are situated the buildings constituting the Fort Wallace military post, shall be appraised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior and sold at public or private sale, as he may deem to the best advantage of the Government, except that it shall not be sold at less than its appraised price.
Sec. 6. That the remainder of said reservation shall be disposed ofDisposal of remainder.[R. S., sec. 2301, p. 421](/us/rs/s2301/p421).*Proviso*.Limit to single purchaser. under the homestead laws, except the privileges granted by section twenty-three hundred and one of said homestead laws: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, limit the quantity of land which may be entered by one entryman, within one mile of the limits of the city of Wallace to a quantity not less than forty acres, and not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres.
Approved, October 19, 1888. Chapter 1216: supplementary to the act approved February third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to fix the day for the meeting of the electors of President and Vice-President, and to provide for and regulate the counting of the votes for President and Vice-President, and the decision of questions arising thereon.” Chapter 1216 25 Stat. 613 1888-10-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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