A Bill
Granting to the State of Indiana the right of way and a donation of public lands for
making a rail road from New Albany in said State to a point on the Wabash river opposite Mount Carmel
Sec 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress Assembled, That there be, and hereby is, granted to the state
of Indiana for the purpose of aiding ^said^
state state in completing the raill road from New Albany in said State to the Wabash river opposite Mount Carmel on the
most eligible route, a quantity of land equal to one half of six sections in width
on each side of said railroad; to be selected in alternate Sections or part of sections
by an agent or agents to be appointed by the Governor of said State subject to the
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury; (and if any of the Sections or parts of
Sections within the limits aforesaid have been heretofore sold or otherwise disposed
of or incumbered, so that this cannot be so applied, a quantity of lands equal to
that so sold or otherwise disposed of or encumbered, Shall be selected by said agent,
under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, from the public lands within
twenty miles of the route of said railroad on either side thereof.)
Sec 2 And be it further enacted that the said lands hereby granted to the said State
shall be subject to the disposal of the Legislature thereof for the purposes
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purposes aforesaid and no other; and the said railroad shall be and remain a public
highway for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other
charge upon cars or carriages the said government may place thereon, and upon the
transportation of any parts property or troops of the United States
Sec 3 And be it further enacted, that if the said railroad shall not be completed
within fifteen years, the said State of Indiana shall be bound to pay to the United
State the amount which may be received upon the sale of any part of said lands by
said State the title to the purchasers under under said state remaining valid
Sec 4 And be it further enacted that before it shall be competent for the State of
Indiana to dispose of any of the lands to be selected as aforesaid a plat or plats
of the courses, distances and points of termination of said rail road shall be furnished
by said State to the commissioner of the General Land Office
^Insert House Bill with amendments of Comittee of Pub. lands.^
Sec and be it further enacted that it shall be competent for the State of Indiana
to dispose of any of the lands to be selected as aforesaid, a plat or plats of the
sec 5 And be it further enacted that the State of Indiana be & is hereby authorised
to survey and mark through the public lands of the United States the route ^of^ said rail road
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and that twenty five feet of the said lands on both sides of said rail road in addition
to one hundred feet the width of said railroad be reserved from sale on the part of
the United States and the use thereof forever vested in said State, for the purpose
aforesaid and none other
sec 6 And be it further enacted that no lands reserved for schools or for military
or other purposes, nor mineral lands nor any to which the right of pre-emption has
attached shall be selected by said State under this act
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A Bill Granting to the State of Indiana the right of way & a donation of ^public^ lands for making a rail road from New Albany to the Wabash river opposite Mount
Carmel
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Embree 7 [H?] R
Pub Lands
Pub Lands
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HR
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June 27, 1848
Mr Embree, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
June 27, 1848
Mr Embree, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), RG 233, Entry 362: Records of the United States House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House, 1847-1849, NAB ,