Mr. HARRIS. I move to take up Senate bill NO. 320. The motion was agreed to; and the bill (S.No.320) to amend an act entitled “ An act for a grant of lands to the State of Kansas, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of certain railroads and telegraphs in said State, ” approved March 3, 1863, was considered as in ComWhole. Whenever it shall be deemed impracticable or inexpedient to construct any portion of the Atchison, Topeka, and SantaFe railroad in the manner required by the act of March 3, 1863, and whenever the Governor of Kansas shall certify to the SecyInterior that upon such portion, in lieu thereof, the railroad company have constructed a road suit able for the running of a steam traction engine with its train of cars over the same, the grant of lands in that not made shall be confirmed to the State for the purpose of aiding in the construction of the road, and in all other respects as in that act provided; but the amount of lands granted in that act, when applied to the construction of a steam traction road, shall be 3 alternate sections of land permile, des ignated by odd numbers, on each side of the road; and patents are to issue upon the completion of every 12 miles of road upon the certificate of the Governor. By the 2nd section the company is to construct the roadway from the boundary line of the State of Kansas, through the Territories of the U.S., on the most eligible route to Santa Fe, in the Territory of NewMexico, and to such Government forts in that Territory as the POTUS may approve; and the company is to have the right of way through the public domain to the extent of 200 feet on each side of the road. And for the purpose of aiding in the construction of the roadway and its equipment and to secure the safe and speed transmission of the mails troops, munitions 0 war, and supplies over the road, the same amount of land not mineral, (but not excludin iron or coal,) is nted to the company, as int e 1st section of this act is provided), and upon the same terms and conditions, but upon the certificate of a commissioner appointed by the SecyInterior that the conditions have been comlied with. Tgese grants are made only upon condition that the road shall be constructed in a substantial and workmanlike manner, with all necessary culverts, bridges, viaducts, crossings, stations, and watering places, and other apipiurtenances, including engines and cars sufficient to move not less than 50 tens, or 200 passengers, in one train, at a rate of 6 miles an hour.