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srcorded June 12th, 1884 at 9 20/60 O'clock A M
=corded in Book "2" of Patents at page 82 et seq.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: .
WHEREAS, by the Act of Congress approved July 1, .
&62, as amended by the Act of July 2, 1864, "to aid
m the construction of a railroad and telegraph line .
rom the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to .
ecure to the Government the use of the same for postal,
tllitary and other purposes", authority is given to the .
entral Pacific Railroad Company of California, a
orporation existing under the laws of the State, "to .
onstruct a railroad and telegraph line", under certain:
onditions and stipulations as expressed in said Acts;
nd provision is made for granting to the said Company
every alternate Section of Public Land designated by
dd numbers", to the amount of "ten alternate Sections —
ier mile on each side of the said railroad, on the line .
Ihereof, and within the limits of twenty milos on each
ide of said road", not sold, reserved or otherwise dis.
osed of by the United States, and to which a "pre}
mption or homestead claim may not have attached at the.
ime the line of said road is definitely fixed".
PIERCE-BOSQUIT ABSTRACT & TITLE CO., Nevada City, Cal.