Chapter CXVI. to grant to the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company the Right of Way through the Public Lands of the United States
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Chap. CXVI.— An Act to grant to the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company the Right of Way through the Public Lands of the United States. March 3, 1849. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Right of way through the lands of the U. S. granted to the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company. That the right of way shall be, and is hereby, granted to the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company, over and through any of the public lands of the United States, in the State of Florida, over which the road authorized by said State may pass; and the said company is hereby authorized to survey and mark through the said public lands to be held by them for the track of said road one hundred feet in width; and, furthermore, an additional quantity of twenty-five feet in width on each side of said road along the same.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the said company shall haveSaid company may take from the public lands such materials as may be necessary. the right to take from the public lands in the vicinity of said road all such materials of earth, stone, or wood, as may be necessary or convenient from time to time for the actual construction and repair of said road or any part thereof Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That there shall be, and is hereby,All necessary sites for watering places, depots, &c., granted to said company.Proviso. granted to said company all necessary sites for watering-places, depots, and workshops, along the line of said road, so far as the places convenient for the same may fall upon the public lands: *Provided*, That no one depot or watering-place shall contain over five square acres, and that said sites shall not be nearer to each other than ten miles along the line of said road: *Provided*, That the grants hereinProviso. contained, as well of the use of the public lands as of the materials for the construction of said road, shall cease and determine, unless the772THIRTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 117, 119. 1849. road be begun within two years and completed within six years thereafter: Proviso.*And provided, moreover*, That if the said road shall at [*any*] time after its completion be discontinued or abandoned by the said company, the grants hereby made shall cease and determine. Approved, March 3, 1849.