Mr. WRIGHT. This is another of the gifl enterprises. [Laughter] The bill was read. 1st amendment: Page 5.sectionfour. in lines 6 and 7, strike out the words “the pointwhere it may strike the itisys;o"uririverQ and insertinlieu thereof, “Nebraska. so that it will read: Sec. 4. Abife: That for the ur se of enabling said Iowa and hIiuouri State inc ailroud Compuily to ollcet a connection with the Union Pacific rai road or any branch thereof, at a point not further wostthan the 100th meridian of westlongitude, the said companyis herebyau thorized toextend ils line from Nebraskabityto some point to be selectedby it within the limitation above prescribed. upon the sametermsand conditions, and with the like aid Mdffdluqfl. that are granted to the Burlington and souriRiver Railroad Company by sections 18, 19 and 20 of an not in relation to the construction of arailroad and telegraph line to the Pacific ocean, approved July 2 186}: provided, That no lands in this section (ranted shall be taken from any rants or reserve fions heretofore made by the U.S. The amendment was agreed to. 2nd amendment: Page 2. line 22, nfter the word "to" insert not further than 20 miles from said read and not including alternate sectionsreserved;" so it will read: That, for the purpose of aiding the Iowa and missouriState Line Railroad Company(the samebeing acorporstion organisedunder the laws of the State of Iowa) to construct and operate ii. railroad on or near thestatq line of Iowa au dMissouri, between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, or to connect inwgitthotnh.ein DesMoines Valley railroad ator near Farm along the State of Iowa, running thence to and the said State line. as near ssfiiraetle able, to some point on the east bank of the Iissouririver, there ll hereby granted to said railroad company eve alternate sgction of land. designated by odd numbers. to the extent of ten sections permile on each side of said road: but in case it shall appear that the U.S. have. when the line of said road is definitely located. sold nnysection or any part thereof. granted as aforesaid or that the right of preemption or homestead settlement has nttached to the same or that the same has been reserved by the U.S. for any purposewhatever, then it shall be the duty of the SecyInterior to causeto be selectedfor the purpose s aforesaid, from the public lands of the U.S. nearest to and innoctlufudritnhger than 20 miles Eromsaid readand not alternate sections reserved the sections above specified. so much land as shall be equal to the amount to such landsas the U.S. have sold reserved or otherwuc appropriated.orto which theright of homesteadsettlementor preemtion has attached as aforesaid.which lands. thus indicatedby the direction oi the SecyInterior, shall bereserved and held for the use of said oompauy by thesaid Secretary for the purpose of the construction and operation of said railroadI as provided by this act, kit. The amendment was agreed to. 3rd amendment: Add to the 4th section: and the said companymay also form a connection with Brownsville, on the Missouririver, upon the sameterms, and until the aid hereinbetore mentioned, but the lands granted by this section shall not be selectedwithin 8 milesof the southernboundary of the Territory of Nebraskaand no lands shall be selected under a rant heretoioro madeloud in the construction of O extensionof the Burlington and Missouri River railroad within 8 miles of said southern boundary of the Territory of Nebraska. The amendment was agreed to.