That the contractors shall have the right of preemptien to three hundred and twenty acres of any land not then disposed of or reserved. at each point necessary for a station. not to be nearer than ten miles from each other. and provided that no mineral land shall be tuspreempted. That provided that the contractors should be entitlbd to preempt and take up three hundred and twenty acres at every ten miles over this 1.500 to 1.800. miles as I suppose it was. but 1.500 is near enough for the general consideration I am advancing. That would be 3.200 acres for every one hundred miles at points at which necessarily emigration would center itself. that is at each station. and where emigration gathered around the station by settlement of other people there would be a village. and land would become valuable. it would be a village plot. Then the thirteenth section of this act provided as to the length of time required for the trip. twentyfive days. and required security. &c. Under that statutothis first contract of 1857 was made by these overlandmail people. as they are called. for the southern route.
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