Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-08-04
GPuDLIc.--No. al

AN ACT to confirm the act Of the Legislative
Council Of Florida incorporating the Florida
Peninsula Railroad and Steamboat Company,
and granting the right of way to said company
through the public lands, and for other purposes.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatires Of the United States Of .4merica in Con-
gress assembled That the act passed by the Legs
ative Council of Florida, entitled An act to moor
porate the Florida Peninsula Railroad and Steam
boat Company" approved eighth January, eighteen
hundred and thrtY-elght, be, and the same is here
by, ratified and confirmed Prortded h0werer That
the said company shall not be deemed to have nor
shall they exercise banking privileges; nor shall the
said act be SO construed To give or grant banking
privileges TO said company and in case the said
company shall exercise banking privileges, of any
description in any way or manner, then this confr-
nation or ratification Of said act olncorporaon shall
be void and of no effect.
Sec. 2. And be il further enacted, That the right
of way shall be, and Is hereby, granted TO said com
pany over and through any Of the public lands OF
the United States over which the said road may
pass Provided, That the said land to be used and
occupied by said company for the line or route of
such road shall not exceed eighty feet in width.
Sec. 8. And be il further enacted, That the said
company shall have the right to take from the pub
lie lands IN the vicinity of said road and within
twenty rods OF the centre thereof on each side all
such materials oil tn, stone, or wood as may be
necessary or convenient for the actual construction
OF said road or any part thereof; and, during the
construction Of said road TO occupy said lands to
the width aforesaid, so far as may be necessary to
the convenient performance Of said work Prorided,
houeper, That the rights and privileges granted by
this section shall be exercised to cause little
damage as possible 10 the public lands adjacent to
said road; add proper drains or suces shall be con-
sfr,,ctod hv tho end comnanv In prpypnt the oh.
structon Of any streams or water courses which
may be crossed by said road
Sec a. And he it further enacted, That there
shall be- and are hereby, granted TO the said conf
pany all necessary sites Tor watering places, depos,
and workshops all through the line Of roaI Prori
ded, That no one depot or waterng-place shall
contain over four square acres, TO be laid OFT in
square form: and not more than one OF said squares
sha be granted to or taken by said company FOR
earh ten miles Of sad road.
Sec s. And be il further enacted, That the sad
company shall, with little decay as may De conve-
nent, aud at all events within enc year from the
passage of this act and at their own expense cause
the route of said road and the sites which they may
select for depots, watering places or workshops, 70
be surveyed and designated through said public
lands by plain marks ard monuments copies Of the
feld-notes Of the survey, With map or plat oil the
said route and Of said sites and OF the connection OF
said route with the previous official surveys Of the
adjacent lands, shall be returned To tie Office oithe
Surveyor General of that land district and TO ihe
General Land Office at Washington
Sec 6. And be il further enacted That il the
said road shall be abandoned or discontinued, or II
the route shall cease TO be used by said company for
the purpose Of rail road then and in that case tbs
act and the privileges hereby granted shall cease and
be void and the land occupied By said road shall
revert to tile United States.
Sec. 7. And be il further enacted, That Con-
gress may at any time, until said Territory shall be
admitted as State, prescribe and regulate the tolls