No. 1785.-AN ACT for the admission of the State of Iowa into the Union. Whereas the people of the Territory of Iowa did, on the eighteenth day of May, anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-six, by a convention of delegates called and assembled for that purpose, form for themselves a constitution and State government-which constitution is republican in its character and features-and said convention has asked admission of the said Territory into the Union as a State, on an equal footing with the original States, in obedience to "An act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union," approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and "An act to define the boundaries of the State of Iowa, and to repeal so much of the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five as relates to the boundaries of Iowa," which said last act was approved August fourth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-six: Therefore Dec. 28, 1846. Vol. 9, p. 117. Preamble. Be it enacted, &c., That the State of Iowa shall be one, and is hereby Iowa admitted declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into into the Union. the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatsoever. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the provisions of "An act Former act consupplemental to the act for the admission of the States of Iowa and tinued in force. Florida into the Union," approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-five, be, and the same are hereby declared to continue and remain in full force as applicable to the State of Iowa, as hereby admitted and received into the Union. (a) (a) See Nos. 1068, 1759, 1761, 1763, 1774, 1776, 1779, 1787, 1788. No. 1786.-AN ACT to authorize the constituted authorities of the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa, to enter certain islands between the landings of said city and the main channel of the Mississippi River. March 3, 1847. Vol. 9, p. 691. Be it enacted, &c., That the constituted authorities of the city of Du- Authorities of buque, in the State of Iowa, be, and they are hereby, authorized, to the city of Dubuque authorizenter the islands in the Mississippi River, opposite the said city, which ed to enter cerare fractions within sections nineteen and thirty, in township eighty- tain islands in nine north, in range three east, and in section twenty-five, township the Mississippi. eighty-nine north, range two east, at the minimum price of the public lands: Provided, Said entries shall be made within six months from the passage of this act. (a) (a) See Nos. 1757, 1758, 1773, 1791, 1813, 1815, 1820. Proviso. No. 1787.—AN ACT declaratory of the act for the admission of the State of Iowa into the Union. March 2, 1849. Be it enacted, &c., That by the act entitled "An act for the admission Support of of the State of Iowa into the Union," approved December twenty- common schools eighth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, (a) the United States assented in Iowa. to the application for the support of common schools, as made in the second section of the tenth article of the constitution of said State, of the five per cent. of the net proceeds of the sales of the public lands within the State of Iowa, (b) and of the five hundred thousand acres of land granted to said State by the act of the fourth of September, eighteen hundred and forty-one; said land to be selected in legal subdivisions of not less than three hundred and twenty acres. (a) See Nos. 1068, 1759, 1761, 1763, 1774, 1776, 1779, 1785, 1788. (b) See No. 1777. No. 1788.—AN ACT to cause the northern boundary of the State of Iowa to be run and marked. March 3, 1849. Vol. 9, p. 410. Be it enacted, &c., That the surveyor-general of Wisconsin and Iowa, Northern boununder the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, dary line of Iowa shall cause the northern boundary line of the State of Iowa to be run to be run and and marked, and suitable monuments placed thereon; and the said surveyor-general shall return one copy of said survey to the General Land Office, and another copy to the executive of Iowa, to be deposited in the archives of that State. (a) (a) See Nos. 1068, 1759, 1761, 1763, 1774, 1776, 1779, 1785, 1787. marked. May 27, 1852. No. 1789.- AN ACT to relinquish to the State of Iowa the lands reserved for salt springs therein. Salt Springs Be it enacted, &c., That the twelve salt springs, and six sections of land and adjoining adjoining or contiguous thereto, the use of which was granted to the Bections granted State of Iowa, by the act entitled "An act supplemental to the act for to Iowa. Provisos. Aug. 2, 1852. the Missouri in Iowa. the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union," approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-five, shall be, and the same are hereby granted in fee-simple, to the said State of Iowa, to be disposed of, and the proceeds to be applied as the legislature of that State shall direct: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to interfere with the rights of third parties: And provided further, That if any of the lands which have been selected by the authorities of the State of Iowa, under the act aforesaid, shall have been legally claimed by preemption or otherwise, the State shall be authorized to select other lands in lieu thereof. (a) (a) See No. 1777. No. 1790.-AN ACT to create three additional land districts in the State of Iowa. Vol. 10, p. 26. Be it enacted, &c., That all that portion of the public lands in the The Chariton, State of Iowa, lying west of the range line dividing ranges seventeen Northern, and and eighteen, and east of the range line dividing ranges thirty-one and River land dis- thirty-two, and now included in the district of lands subject to sale at tricts constituted Fairfield, shall comprise a new land district, to be called the Chariton district; that so much of the public lands in said State, now included in the Iowa and Dubuque land districts, as lie between the range line dividing ranges sixteen and seventeen, and the range line dividing ranges thirty-three and thirty-four, shall form a new land district, to be called the Northern district; that all that portion of the public lands in said State, now included in the district subject to sale at Fairfield, and lying west of the range line dividing ranges thirty-one and thirty-two, and all that portion of the public lands now included in the districts subject to sale at Iowa City and Dubuque, and lying west of the range line dividing ranges thirty-three and thirty-four, shall form a new land district, to be called the Missouri River district; and that the district of lands subject to sale at Dubuque shall hereafter be bounded on the north by the northern boundary line of the State of Iowa. Appointment SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is of officers for hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of said districts. the Senate, a register and a receiver of the public moneys for each of the said districts, respectively, who shall each be required to reside at the site of the respective office to which they may be appointed, and who shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the same compensation as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to other land offices of the United States. (a) Sale of lands in said districts. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President is authorized to cause the public lands in said districts, respectively, (with the exception of sections numbered sixteen in each township, reserved for the use of schools, or such other lands as may be selected by law in lieu thereof, and of such other tracts as he may select for military or other purposes,) to be exposed to sale in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as the other public lands of the United States. (b) President may SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President is hereby authorestablish and ized to designate the sites at which each of the several offices shall be alter sites of offi- established, and to remove the same to any other places within said districts respectively, whenever, in his opinion, it may be deemed expedient. ces in said districts. Sales in other firmed. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That any location or sales of land districts con- lying in either of the districts hereby created, made by the land officers at Dubuque, Iowa City, or Fairfield, after the passage of this act, and prior to the receipt by them of instructions from the Commissioner of the General Land Office under this act, shall be as good and valid in law as if this act had not been passed. No. 1791.—AN ACT for the relief of the town of Belleview, and the cities of Burlington and Dubuque, in the State of Iowa. Feb. 14, 1853. Vol. 10, p. 157. Grant to Belle act of 1836. And be it enacted, &c., That there shall be and hereby is granted to the town of Belleview, in Iowa, the land bordering on the Mississippi view, Iowa, of Iland reserved by River, in front of said town, reserved by the act of second July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, for a public highway, and for other public uses: together with the accretions which may have formed thereto, or in front thereof, to be disposed of in such manner as the corporate authorities of said town may direct. The grant made by this act shall operate as a relinquishment only of the right of the United States in and to said premises, and shall in no manner affect the rights of third persons therein, or to the use thereof, but shall be subject to the same; and on application by a duly authorized agent of the corporate authorities of said town to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, a Patent to issue patent of relinquishment, in accordance with the provisions of this act, and its effect. shall be issued therefor, as in other cases. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be and hereby is Grant to Burgranted to the cities of Burlington and Dubuque, in Iowa, the land bord- lington and Duering on the Mississippi River, in front of said cities, reserved by the buque, Iowa, of land reserved by act of second July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, for a public high- act of 1836. way, and for other public uses, together with the accretions which may have formed thereto, or in front thereof; to be disposed of in such manner as the corporate authorities of said cities may direct. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the grant made by this act shall Grant, how to operate as a relinquishment only of the right of the United States in operate. and to said premises, and shall in no manner affect the rights of third persons therein, or to the use thereof, but shall be subject to the same; and on application by a duly authorized agent of the corporate authori ties of said cities to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, a pat- Patent to issue. ent of relinquishment, in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall be issued therefor, as in other cases. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the lot or parcel of land in the Land in Ducity of Dubuque heretofore set apart and used by the authorities of said buque, Iowa, recity as a cemetery or burying-ground, under the act of Congress of the served by act of 1836 and 1837, second July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An act for the granted to the laying off the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county of city. Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Dubuque and Peru, in the county of Dubuque, Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes," and the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, amendatory thereof, be and the same hereby is granted to the common council of the said city of Dubuque, to make such disposition of the said land included in said cemetery or burying-ground as that common council may deem proper. (a) (a) See Nos. 1757, 1758, 1773, 1786, 1813, 1815, 1820. No. 1792.—AN ACT for the benefit of citizens and occupants of the town of Council Bluffs, in Iowa. April 6, 1854. County judge Pottawatto Be it enacted, &c., That the judge of the county court, as such, for the county of Pottawattomie, in the State of Iowa, be, and he is hereby, of authorized to enter at the proper land office, by paying therefor, at the mie, Iowa, to enrate of one dollar and twenty-five cents the acre, the west half of the ter certain lands. southwest quarter of section thirty, the west half of the northwest quarter of section thirty-one, in township number seventy-five, north of range forty-three west; the southeast quarter and the east half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-five, and the northeast quarter and the east half of the northwest quarter of section thirty-six, in township seventy-five, north of range forty-four west, in said State of Iowa, in trust for the several use and benefit of the occupants thereof, according to their respective interests; the execution of which trust, as to the Execution disposal of said land and the proceeds of the sales thereof, to be con- the above power. ducted under such rules and regulations as are prescribed by the legislative assembly of the State of Iowa in an act entitled "An act regulating the disposal of lands purchased in trust for town sites," approved January twenty-two, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, or as may hereafter be prescribed by the legislative assembly of said State of Iowa: Provided, That any act of said judge, not in conformity to the rules and reg. Proviso. of Entry to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the entry contemplated in this made in twelve act shall be made within twelve months from the date of the passage months; patent hereof, and a patent shall issue for said land as in other cases. (a) to issue. (a) See No. 1831. March 3, 1855. No. 1793.-AN ACT to change the boundaries of the land districts in the State of Land districts Be it enacted, &c., That all that portion of the public lands in the State established in of Iowa lying north of township line dividing townships ninety-three Iowa. district. district. Fort and ninety-four, and east of the range line dividing ranges twenty-four and twenty-five, shall constitute a new land district, to be called the Turkey River Turkey River district. That all that portion of the public lands in said State, now situated in the Northern land district which lies north of the township line dividing townships eighty-five and eighty-six, and not included in the Turkey River and Dubuque districts, shall constitute a Fort Dodge new land district, to be called the Fort Dodge district, and the name of the Northern district is hereby changed to, and shall be hereafter called Des the Fort Des Moines district. That all that portion of the public lands Moines district. in said State, now lying in the Kanesville district, and situated north of the township line dividing townships eighty-five and eighty-six, shall Sioux River constitute a new land district, to be called the Sioux River district, and district. the name of the Kanesville district is hereby changed to, and shall be Council Bluffs hereafter called, the Council Bluffs district. That townships eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-eight, eighty-nine, ninety, ninety-one, ninety-two, Dubuque dis. and ninety-three, of ranges seventeen and eighteen, are hereby attached to and made a part of the Dubuque land district, and townships sixtyseven, sixty-eight, sixty-nine, seventy, seventy-one, seventy-two, seventy-three, seventy-four, and seventy-five, of ranges thirty-two and thirtyCharitan land three, are hereby attached to and made a part of the Charitan land district. district. trict. district. Register and SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United receiver to be ap- States be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the adpointed. vice and consent of the Senate, a register and a receiver of the public moneys for each of the districts respectively hereby created, who shall each be required to reside at the site of the respective office to which he may be appointed, and who shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the same compensation, as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to other land officers of the United States. (a) Sales of land SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United authorizedin said States is authorized to cause the public lands in said districts respectdistricts, except, &c. ively, (with the exception of sections numbered sixteen in each township, reserved for the use of schools, or such lands as may be selected by law in lieu thereof, and such other tracts as may be selected for military or other purposes), to be exposed to sale in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as the other public lands of the United States. (b) President may SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United establish and States is hereby authorized to designate the sites at which each of the change sites. several offices shall be established, and to remove the same to any other places within said districts respectively, whenever in his opinion it may be deemed expedient. Acts done at SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That any locations or sales of land, old districts, va- in either of the districts of land now subject to sale at Dubuque, Fort lidity of. Des Moines, or Kanesville, after the passage of this act, and before the receipt, by the land officers respectively, thereat, of instructions from [the] Commissioner of the General Land Office, under this act, shall be as good and valid in law as if this act had not been passed. May 15, 1856. Grant of land roads. (a) See Nos. 1760, 1781, 1790. (b) See Nos. 1757, 1758, 1760, 1781, 1790, 1794, 1798, 1803, 1804, 1806. No. 1794.-AN ACT making a grant of lands to the State of Iowa, in alternate sections to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State. Be it enacted, &c., That there be and is hereby granted to the State of to Iowa for rail- Iowa, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads from Burlington, on the Mississippi River, to a point on the Missouri River near the mouth of the Platte River; from the city of Davenport, via Iowa City and Fort Des Moines, to Council Bluffs; from Lyons City northwesterly to a point of intersection with the main line of the Iowa Central Air Line Railroad, near Maquoketa, thence on said main line, running as near as practicable to the forty-second parallel across the said State to the Missouri River, from the city of Dubuque to a point on the Missouri River near Sioux City, with a branch from the mouth of the Tete Des Morts to the nearest point on said road, to be completed as soon as the main road is completed to that point, every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of each of said roads. But in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the lines or routes of said roads are definitely Other lands to fixed, sold any sections, or any parts thereof, granted as aforesaid, or be selected in that the right of preemption has attached to the same, then it shall be lieu of those sold or pre-empted. lawful for any agent or agents, to be appointed by the governor of said State, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary to the Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, so much land, in alternate sections, or parts of sections, as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold or otherwise appropriated, or to which the rights of preemption have attached as aforesaid; which lands (thus selected in lieu of those sold and [to] which preemption rights have attached, as aforesaid, together with the sections, and parts of sections, designated by odd numbers as aforesaid, and appropriated as aforesaid) shall be held by the State of Iowa for the use and purpose aforesaid: Provided, That the land to be so located shall, in no case, be further than fifteen miles from the lines of said Proviso. roads, and selected for and on account of each of said roads: Provided, further, That the lands hereby granted for and on account of said roads Said lands severally shall be exclusively applied in the construction of that road granted solely for and on account of which such lands are hereby granted, and shall be for railroad pur. disposed of only as the work progresses, and the same shall be applied poses. of way. to no other purpose whatsoever: And provided further, That any and Prior reservaall lands heretofore reserved to the United States, by any act of Con- tions excepted, gress, or in any other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of except as to right aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be and the same are hereby reserved to the United States from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to locate the routes of said railroads through such reserved lands, in which case the right of way only shall be granted, subject to the approval of the President of the United States. (a) SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of sections Price of the alof land which, by such grant, shall remain to the United States within ternate sections. six miles on each side of said roads, shall not be sold for less than double the minimum price of the public lands when sold; nor shall any of said lands become subject to private entry until the same have been first offered at public sale at the increased price. (b) SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted Lands granted to the said State shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof, solely for the above purposes. for the purposes aforesaid, and no other; and the said railroads shall be Railroads to be and remain public highways for the use of the Government of the United public highways, States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any free from toll. property or troops of the United States. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to How said lands said State shall be disposed of by said State only in manner following: shall be disposed that is to say, that a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and of. twenty sections for each of said roads, and included within a continuous length of twenty miles of each of said roads, may be sold; and when the governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any twenty continuous miles of any of said roads is completed, then another quantity of land hereby granted, not to exceed one hundred and twenty sections for each of said roads having twenty continuous miles completed as aforesaid, and included within a continuous length of twenty miles of each of such roads, may be sold, and so from time to time until said roads are completed; and if any of said roads are not completed within ten years, no further sale shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States. (a) SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall be Transportation transported over said roads, under the direction of the Post Office De- of the mails on said railroads. partment, at such price as Congress may by law direct: Provided, That until such price is fixed by law, the Postmaster-General shall have the power to determine the same. (a) See Nos. 1801, 1803, 1804, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1813, 1814, 1817, 1823, 1824, 1828. (b) See Nos. 1757, 1758, 1760, 1781, 1790, 1793, 1798, 1803, 1804, 1806. |