The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

care, the French authorities presented most striking contrast to the incapables in whose hands were the lives of the British soldiery- If the world needed any further proof of the misgovernment of England of the inaction and brainlessness of her aristocratic rulers--of the necessity for a total change in her admins trative polcy-t will be found in the revela- tions of Mr. Roebuck's Investigating commit tee. Never before was such disgraceful ne- glect of human life witnessed under God'ssun; never again, we trust, will the like be seen.
 Is it any wonder that in the face of such facts England continues drifting-drifting towards revolution?''
 AN ACT to confirm the incorporation of the Cairo
 and Fulton Railroad Company of Missouri and to
 apply to the construction of the same the grant of
 land made to the State of Missouri by the Conpress
 of the United States, and accept the said grant of
 land.
 Be it dby tue General Assembly of tue State
 cf Missouri, as Jtolloaos:
 1. That the articles of association of the Cairo and Fulton railroad company, with the papers accompanying such articles, filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Missouri on the l2th day of January, 1854, are hereby de- clared to be compliance with section of the "Act to authorize the formation of railroad associations and to regulate the same;" and the said company are hereby declared fully incor- porated, and to be entitled to all the benefits, and subject to all the liabilities imposed by said act "to authorize the formation of railroad as- soclations, and to regulate the same;;" all pre- vlous lllegalities of any of such filing of said articles to the contrary notwithstanding; said company to be hereby styled the "Cairo and Fulton Railroad of Missouri"
 2. Said Cairo and E Fulton railroad of Missouri is hereby released from all the obligations con- tained in section 54 of said act to "Authorize the formation of railroad associations and to re. gulate the same"
 3. That all the land granted to this State by the act of Congress of the United States, en- titled "An act granting the right of way, and making grant of land to the States of Arkan- sas and Missouri, to aid in the construction of railroad from point on the Mississippi oppo- site the mouth of the Ohio river, via Little Rock, to the Texas boundary line near Fulton, in Ar kansas, with branches to Fort Smith and the Mississippi river," approved Feb 9th, 1853, so far as the same are applicable to the construc- ton of a railroad from the Arkansas northern boundary to a point on the Mississippi river opposite to the mouth of the Ohio river, as may be designated by the said Fulton and Cairo railroad of Missouri, and which may be select cd or located in conformity with the provisions of said act, together with all the rights and privileges thereto belonging as in such act granted, shall vest in full and complete title in the Cairo and Fulton railroad company, for the uses and purposes, and subject to the condition, reverSion and provisions set forth and contained in said act of Congress and this act.
 3 4. The said Cairo and Fulton railroad com- pany of Missouri shall, at their own expense, proceed to locate said railroad, and to oc;'te the lands granted by the said act of Congress, by such agent as may be appointed by the Cover nor of this State for that purpose subject to the approval in said act specified, and along the said line from point on the Mississippi river oppo- site the mouth of the Ohio, to the Arkansas northern line, where the Cairo and Fulton rail- road of Arkansas strikes said line, and copy of the location of the line aforesaid-f not already made-shall be made by the president and chief engineer of said railroad and for warded to the local land office and to the gene ral land office, as in said act of Congress speci- fled.
 5. For the purpose of raising funds from time to time for the construction of the said railroad, the said company may sell the said lands, in the manner provided for by the said act of Congress, and may issue their bonds in such sums as they may deem proper at rates of interest not exceeding seven per cent. per an- mum, payable semi annually, and the principal of said bonds payable at such time and place as they may designate; and may secure the pay ment of said bonds by mortgage of said lands or any part thereof, to be executed by said com pany, and may make the said bonds convertible into land or stock of the company within such periods as they may prescribe; Provided, That the faith of the State is ill no manner pledged for the redemption of said bonds, or any part thereof; And provs1ed jurther That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to author ze said company to sell, dispose of, or apply the said lands, or the proceeds thereof, in any other manner, or to any other purpose, than as required and limited by the said act of Congress.
 2 6. The said company shall, within one year after the said Cairo and Fulton railroad shall have been located, cause to be made a map and profile thereof, and file the same in the office of the Secretary of State, and also maps of the parts thereof located in the different counties, and cause the same to be recorded in the office for recording deeds in the counties respectively in which said parts of said road may be located.
 z. Each and every person who, on the 10th day of June, 1854, was the owner of any im- provement made previous to that date, on any land embraced in the grant aforesaid, and who became such owner with view to residence on, or occupation of such land for agricultural purposes, shall have the right to purchase at not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per acre, subject to the reversion in said act provided for; a quantity of the land so occupied to be bound ed by the legal subdivisions, not exceeding one quarter section, to consist of quarter quarter, half quarter, or quarter section, which will in- clude the improvement aforesaid; Pravided, That any person claiming the right to purchase under the provisions of this act, shall, within four months from the date of the location of the land, file in the clerks office of the circuit court of the county in which the land claimed is situated, notice to the corporation of his or her or their claims, describing the land by its numbers, accompanied with an affidavit stating the date and object of the improvement, the time and manner, when and how he, she or they became owner thereof; and also the afida- wits of at least two residents of the county, proving the facts in relation to cuch claim. AnG