46 HISTORY OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT; OR, 



" * SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted* That, for the 

 purpose of aiding in the construction of the railroad of 

 said company, there be, and is hereby granted to said 

 company, from the public lands of the United States, 

 ten sections of land for each mile of railroad completed 

 and placed in running order by said company, pursuant 

 to its charter. That said lands are granted as follows : 

 On the line of said railroad from the city of Chatta- 

 nooga, in the State of Tennessee, to the city of Mobile, 

 in the State of Alabama, every alternate section of 

 public land designated by odd numbers, to the amount 

 of ten alternate sections per mile, for each mile of said 

 railroad from the said city of Chattanooga to the said 

 city of Mobile, such alternate section of land to be se- 

 lected within the limits of ten miles on each side of the 

 centre line of said railroad ; and if public lands sufficient 

 for the purpose shall not be found within said limit of 

 ten miles upon each side of said railroad, then the said 

 alternate sections of land are hereby granted, and may 

 be selected within the limits of twenty miles on each 

 side of the centre line of said railroad. And on the 

 line of said railroad from the city of Mobile, in the 

 State of Alabama, to the western boundary of the State 

 of Louisiana, every alternate section of public land, 

 designated by odd numbers, to the amount of ten alter- 

 nate sections per mile for each mile of said railroad, 

 from the said city of Mobile to the western boundary 

 of the State of Louisiana, such alternate section of land 

 to be selected within the limits of ten miles upon each 

 side of the centre line of said railroad ; and if public 

 lands sufficient for the purpose shall not be found 

 within said limits of ten miles upon each side of said 

 railroad, then the said alternate sections of land are 



