For surveying the public lands in Oregon, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in his discretion, may authorize public lands in said State densely covered with forests or thick undergrowth to be surveyed at augmented rates, not exceeding eighteen dollars per mile for standard parallels, fifteen dollars for township, and twelve dollars for section lines.

No. 231 B.-An Act to authorize the transfer of lands granted to the Union Pacific Railway Company, eastern division, between Denver and the point of its connection with the Union Pacific Railroad, to the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, and to expedite the completion of railroads to Denver, in the Territory of Colorado.*

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Union Pacific Railway Company, eastern division, be, and it hereby is, authorized to contract with the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, a corporation. existing under the laws of the Territory of Colorado, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of that part of its line of railroad and telegraph between Denver City and its point of connection with the Union Pacific Railroad, which point shall be at Cheyenne, and to adopt the road bed already graded by said Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company as said line, and to grant to said Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company the perpetual use of its right of way and depot grounds, and to transfer to it all the rights and privileges, subject to all the obligations pertaining to said part of its line.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Union Pacific Railway Company, eastern division, shall extend its railroad and telegraph to a connection at the city of Denver, so as to form with that part of its line herein authorized to be constructed, operated, and maintained by the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, a continuous line of railroad and telegraph from Kansas City, by way of Denver, to Cheyenne. And all the provisions of law for the operation of the Union Pacific Railroad, its branches and connections, as a continuous line, without discrimination, shall apply the same as if the road from Denver to Cheyenne had been constructed by the said Union Pacific Railway Company, eastern division; but nothing herein shall authorize the said eastern division company to operate the road or fix the rates of tariff for the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said companies are hereby authorized to mortgage their respective portions of said road, as herein defined, for an amount not exceeding thirty-two thousand dollars per mile, to enable them respectively to borrow money to construct the same; and that each of said companies shall receive patents to the alternate sections of land along their respective lines of road, as herein defined, in like manner and within the same limits as is provided by law in the case

* See No. 89 B. and No. 150 B.

of lands granted to the Union Pacific Railway Company, eastern division : Provided, That neither of the companies herein before mentioned shall be entitled to subsidy in United States bonds under the provisions of this

act.

Approved, March 3, 1869.

No. 232 B.-An Act granting the right of way to the Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right of way through the public lands be, and the same is hereby, granted to the Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the Territory of Washington, and duly incorporated for the purpose of constructing a railroad from said town of Walla-Walla to some eligible point on the navigable waters of said Columbia River, in said Territory; said right of way hereby granted to said railroad is to the extent of one hundred feet in width on each side of said road, where it may pass over the public lands; also, all necessary ground, not to exceed five acres at each station, for station buildings, workshops, depots, machine-shops, switches, side-tracks, turn-tables, and water-stations.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the county commissioners of the county of Walla Walla, in the Territory of Washington, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to aid in the construction of the Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad by subscribing to the capital stock of said Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company in the name and on behalf of said county of Walla-Walla, and by issuing bonds of said county, payable at such time as said commissioners shall think proper, and bearing interest of not more than eight per cent. per annum, in payment for said stock so by them taken in said railroad company, or by issuing bonds, bearing interest as aforesaid, as a loan to said company, to be used in the construction of said road, or to aid said company in the construction of said road by the credit of said county in any other manner the said commissioners may think proper: Provided, That the said subscription, loan, or other aid so given by said commissioners to said company shall in no case exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars: And provided further, That the said subscription, loan, or other aid, shall have been submitted to the people of said county and been voted for by three-fourths of the legal vote cast at an election held for that purpose: And provided further, That if said vote be taken at a special election, the notice shall be the same as provided by the laws of said Territory for general elections.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the county commissioners of the county of Walla-Walla, in the Territory of Washington, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to hold a special election, at such times as they may designate, after twenty days' public notice, which said election shall be governed by the general laws of the Territory upon the subject of elections, at which election the aid to be given by said county to said Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company, either by subscriptions to stock or otherwise, shall be submitted to and be voted upon by the legal voters of said county in such manner as said commissioners may designate: Provided, That this grant is made upon the

express condition that any effort by said company hereafter to obtain any land grant, subsidy, or pecuniary aid from the United States Government shall work a forfeiture of this grant.

Approved, March 3, 1869.

No. 233 B.-An Act explanatory of the act entitled "An act declaring the title to land warrants in certain cases. ""*

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act declaring the title to land warrants in certain cases," approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, be so construed and applied as to authorize the legal representatives of deceased claimants whose claims were filed prior to their decease to file the proof necessary to perfect the

same.

Approved, March 3, 1869.

No. 234 B.-An Act to amend an act entitled "An act granting lands to the State of Oregon to aid in the construction of a military road from Eugene City to the eastern boundary of said State."f

Whereas by an act granting lands to the State of Oregon to aid in the construction of a military road from Eugene City to the eastern boundary of said State, approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and whereas the time designated for the completion of said road expires on the second day of July, eighteen hundred and sixtynine: Therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for the completion of said road be, and hereby is, extended to the second day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.

Approved, March 3, 1869.

No. 235 B.-An Act granting lands to the State of Oregon to aid in the construction of a military wagon road from the navigable waters of Coos Bay to Roseburg in said State.

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 Oregon, to aid in the construction of a military wagon road from the navigable waters of Coos Bay to Roseburg, alternate sections of public lands, designated by odd numbers, to the extent of three sections in width on each side of said road: Provided, That the lands hereby granted shall be exclusively applied to the construction of said road and to no other purpose, and shall be disposed of only as the

* Vol. I. No. 335.

† No. 110 B. See also No. 186 B.

work progresses: Provided further, That the grant of lands hereby made shall be upon the condition that the lands shall be sold to any one person only in quantities not greater than one quarter section, and for a price not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per acre: And provided further, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the United States, or otherwise appropriated by act of Congress or other competent authority, be, and the same are hereby, reserved from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be necessary to locate the route of said road through the same, in which case the right of way to the width of one hundred feet is granted: And provided further, That the grant hereby made shall not embrace any mineral lands of the United States, or any lands to which homestead or pre-emption rights have attached.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to said State shall be disposed of by the legislature thereof for the purpose aforesaid, and for no other; and the said road shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free from tolls or other charges upon the transportation of any property, troops, or mails of the United States.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said road shall be constructed with such width, graduation, and bridge as to permit of its regular use as a wagon road, and in such other special manner as the State of Oregon may prescribe.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the State of Oregon is authorized to locate and use in the construction of said road an additional amount of public lands, not previously reserved to the United States nor otherwise disposed of, and not exceeding six miles in distance from it, equal to the amount reserved from the operation of this act in the first section of the same, to be selected in alternate odd sections, as provided in section first of this act.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That lands hereby granted to said State shall be disposed of only in the following manner, that is to say, when the Governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that ten continuous miles of said road are completed, then a quantity of the land hereby granted, not to exceed thirty sections, may be sold, and so on from time to time, until said road shall be completed; and if said road is not completed within five years no further sales shall be made, and the lands remaining unsold shall revert to the United States: Provided, however, That the entire amount of public land granted by this act shall not exceed three sections per mile for each mile actually constructed.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the United States SurveyorGeneral for the district of Oregon, shall cause said lands, so granted, to be surveyed at the earliest practicable period after said State shall have enacted the necessary legislation to carry this act into effect. Approved, March 3, 1869.

No. 236 B.-An Act to confirm certain private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That private land claims numbered forty-one, forty-two, forty-four, forty-six, and forty-seven, Territory

of New Mexico, as known and designated by the numbers aforesaid in the reports of the Surveyor-General of the said Territory and on the books of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed: Provided, That such confirmation shall only be construed as a quit-claim or relinquishment of all title or claim on the part of the United States to any of the lands not improved by or on behalf of the United States, and not including any military or other reservation embraced in either of the said claims, and shall not affect the adverse rights of any person or persons to the same, or any part or parcel thereof. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall, without unreasonable delay, cause the lands embraced in said several claims to be surveyed and platted, at the proper expense of the claimants thereof, and upon the filing of said surveys and plats in his office he shall issue patents for said lands in said Territory which have heretofore been confirmed by acts of Congress and surveyed, and plats of such survey filed in his office as aforesaid, but for which no patents have heretofore been issued.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all surveys authorized by this act shall conform to and be connected with the public surveys of the United States in said Territories, so far as the same can be done consistently with the landmarks and boundaries specified in the several grants upon which said claims are founded: Provided, however, That when said lands are so confirmed, surveyed, and patented, they shall in each case be held and taken to be in full satisfaction of all further claims or demands against the United States.

Approved, March 3, 1869.

No. 237 B.-Joint Resolution explanatory of the act to create an additional land office in the State of Minnesota, approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.*

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the limits of the land district as designated in the act entitled "An act to create an additional land district in the State of Minnesota," approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to wit: "all that part of the northwestern land district which lies north of township number one hundred and twenty-four north and west of range number thirty-five west of the fifth principal meridian," shall be construed to embrace all the lands north of township one hundred and twenty-four and west of said range thirtyfive.

Approved, January 14, 1869.

No. 238 B.-A Resolution requiring the Commissioner of the General Land Office to transfer certain money.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Americain Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and he is hereby, authorized to transfer to the Treasury

* No. 216 B.