Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 224.
(Report No. 230.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
February 18, 1848.
Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
Mr. T.Butler King, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill:
A BILL

Granting to the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company, the alternate sections of the public land along the route of their contemplated roads, on certain conditions.

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sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That, for and in consideration that the Ala-
bama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company, shall,
and will construct a rail road from the city of Pensacola,
in the State of Florida, to Montgomery, the capital of the
State of Alabama, by the first day of January, in the
year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, or by the
expiration of such time as may be allowed in their char-
tered privileges, the said railroad company shall be entitled

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each side of the said road, and the branches they may
construct through the public domain, in the states of Ala-
bama and Florida.

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after the passage of this act, the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, shall cause to be reserved from
entry and sale the public lands through which the said
company propose to construct their road and its branches,
until the same be located: Provided, the said location
shall be made within twelve months next ensuing. And
after the said company shall have located their said road
and its branches, there shall be reserved from sale and
entry, within six ^five^ miles on each side of said road and its
branches, the alternate sections, quarter sections, and
parts of sections of the public lands, according to the
legal subdivisions in each township, which shall be for
the benefit and use of the said company, upon the follow-
ing limitations and conditions, viz: Whenever the said
company shall make it appear, to the satisfaction of the
Commissioner of the General Land Office, that they have
constructed, bona fide, ten miles of railroad, then the
said company shall be entitled to receive patents for the
alternate sections, quarter sections, and fractional parts of
sections of public lands for the space of six ^five^ miles on

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constructed, and in like manner for every ten miles of
railroad the said company may construct through the
public lands, until the main stem or trunk of said railroad
and its branches be finished. Ând the alternate sections reserved to United States shall not be sold for less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre.^

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lands along the route of the said road and its branches
have been heretofore entered, so that the said company
cannot receive the alternate sections, quarter sections, and
fractional parts of sections in the manner specified in the
foregoing section, then, and in that case, the said com-
pany, shall be entitled to the same quantity of public
land any where within twenty-five miles of the main stem
of the said road and its branches, ôf the place where the company so failed to receive said land^ it being the intention
to grant the said company public land equal in quantity
to the alternate sections of land along the route of the
said road and its branches, for six miles ^five miles^ on each side
thereof: Provided, however, That in no instance is the
said company to be entitled to any public land, except
upon the limitations and conditions mentioned in the pro-
viso to the second section.

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vantages, with the limitations and conditions herein granted
to the Alabama, Florida and Georgia Railroad Company,
are extended to the Pensacola and Perdido Railroad and

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Company, provided the said companies shall construct a
railroad from Pensacola, in the State of Florida, to the
waters of Mobile bay or Tensaw river, in the State of Ala-
bama, within such time as may be limited by their char-
tered privileges.

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companies shall at all times, whenever required by the
Government of the United States, transport, free of ex-
pense, all munitions of war and troops belonging to, or in,
the service of the United States ^, and also the United States mail.^

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H R 224
(Report Nô 230)

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Withdrawn

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February 18. 1848
M^r T. Butler King from the Committee on Naval Affairs reported a bill Nô224 which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands

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March 7, 1848
M^r Stephens from the Committee on Public Lands reported back the following amendatory bill which was read twice, and Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

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A Bill
(see within)

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Report on House Bill 224

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for and in consideration that the Ala- bama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company, shall, and will construct a rail road from the city of Pensacola, in the State of Florida, to Montgomery, the capital of the State of Alabama, by the first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, or by the expiration of such time as may be allowed in their char- tered privileges, the said railroad company shall be entitled
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11 12 13 14	to the alternate sections of public land for six ^five^ miles on each side of the said road, and the branches they may construct through the public domain, in the states of Ala- bama and Florida.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21	Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the passage of this act, the Commissioner of the General Land Office, shall cause to be reserved from entry and sale the public lands through which the said company propose to construct their road and its branches, until the same be located: Provided, the said location shall be made within twelve months next ensuing. And after the said company shall have located their said road and its branches, there shall be reserved from sale and entry, within six ^five^ miles on each side of said road and its branches, the alternate sections, quarter sections, and parts of sections of the public lands, according to the legal subdivisions in each township, which shall be for the benefit and use of the said company, upon the follow- ing limitations and conditions, viz: Whenever the said company shall make it appear, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, that they have constructed, bona fide, ten miles of railroad, then the said company shall be entitled to receive patents for the alternate sections, quarter sections, and fractional parts of sections of public lands for the space of six ^five^ miles on
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22 23 24 25 26	each side of said road and its branches, so finished and constructed, and in like manner for every ten miles of railroad the said company may construct through the public lands, until the main stem or trunk of said railroad and its branches be finished. ^And the alternate sections reserved to United States shall not be sold for less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre.^
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, when the lands along the route of the said road and its branches have been heretofore entered, so that the said company cannot receive the alternate sections, quarter sections, and fractional parts of sections in the manner specified in the foregoing section, then, and in that case, the said com- pany, shall be entitled to the same quantity of public land any where within twenty-five miles of the main stem of the said road and its branches, ^of the place where the company so failed to receive said land^ it being the intention to grant the said company public land equal in quantity to the alternate sections of land along the route of the said road and its branches, for six miles ^five miles^ on each side thereof: Provided, however, That in no instance is the said company to be entitled to any public land, except upon the limitations and conditions mentioned in the pro- viso to the second section.
1 2 3 4	Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all the ad- vantages, with the limitations and conditions herein granted to the Alabama, Florida and Georgia Railroad Company, are extended to the Pensacola and Perdido Railroad and
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5 6 7 8 9 10	Canal Company and the Blakely and Perdido Railroad Company, provided the said companies shall construct a railroad from Pensacola, in the State of Florida, to the waters of Mobile bay or Tensaw river, in the State of Ala- bama, within such time as may be limited by their char- tered privileges.
1 2 3 4 5	Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said companies shall at all times, whenever required by the Government of the United States, transport, free of ex- pense, all munitions of war and troops belonging to, or in, the service of the United States ^, and also the United States mail.^