The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-15
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a BILL
For an act to accept Of Tie grant and carry u
to erecution tie trust conferred apoN Il,
State Of Iocd, by an oct of Congress sati
tied an act making a yeantc f asxds 70 ~
State Of IoUa in alternsfs sections 10 cd u
construction Of Railroads a said Stab ap'
proved May l5A, 1856.
Be it enacted BY the General Assembly
oil the State Of Iowa:
SEC. 1. That the lands, rights, powers
and privileges granted 10 and conferred upon
the State oil iowa by the act Of Congress
entitled ian act making a grant of lands to
the State Of Iowa in alternate sections 70
aid in the construction Of Railroads IN ssla
State approved May 10th, 1885," be and the
same are hereby accepted upon the selms,
conditions and restrictions contained IA sald
act Of Congress.
Ssc. Q, That 90 much Of the lands, inter-
est. rights, powers and privileges as are OF
NAV be granted aud conferred to aid in the
construction of Rail Road from Burning
ton on the Mississippi river to a point on
the Missouri near the mouth Of Platte river
are hereby disposed OF, granted and confer
red upon the Burlington and Missouri Rail
Road Company, q body corporate created
and existing ander the laws Of the State OF
Iowa.
SEC. 8. That 90 much Of the lands, inter-
est, rights, powers and privileges as are or
may be granted and conferred to aid in the
construction of a Railroad from Davenport
via Iowa City and Fort Des Moines 70
Council Bluffs are hereby disposed Of, grant
ed and conferred to and upon the MISSISSIPPI
pi and Missouri Rail Road Company, a body
corporate created and existing under the
laws Of the State Of Iowa.
SEC. 1. That go much Of the lan1s, inter-
est. rights, powers and privileges as are or
may be granted and conferred to aid in the
construction of . Railroad from Lyons City
I Northw esterly to a point Of intersection
with the main line of the Iowa Central Air
Line Railroad near Maquoketa, thence on
said main line running as near as prs ctica-
BILE to the forty second parallel across the
said State TO the Missouri river. are hereby
disposed of, granted and conferred to and
upon the Iowa Central Air Line Rail Road
Company, q body corporate created and ex.
listing under the laws Of the State OF Iowa.
SEC. 8. That so much Of the lands, inter-
est. rights, powers and privileges az are or
may be granted and conferred to aid in the
construction Of a Rail Road fromsthe City
OF Dubuque to a point on the Missouri riy-
or at or near Sioux City with a branch from
the mouth of the Tete Des Morris to the
nearest point on said road, to be completed
as soon as the main line is completed to
that paint are hereby disposed Of, granted
| and conferred to and upon the Dubuque
| and Pacific Rail Road Company, Z body
| corporate created and existing under the
laws Of the State Of Iowa.
SEC. 6. The lines and routes of the seve-
raj roads above described shall be definite
ly fixed and located on or before the first day
Of April next after the passage Of this act,
and maps or plots showing such lines and
routes shall be fled in the Office Of the Gov
srnor ofthe State of Iowa, and also in the
office of the Secretary of State of the State
of Iowa; it shall be the duty Of the Cover
nor amer afixing his official signature to file
such map in the Department having the
control of the public land in Washington,
such location being considered final only 90
far as to fix the limit and boundary within
which lands may be selected, and if il shall
appear that the lands that have been oil
may be donated by acts Of Congress for the
construction Of the several lines above in.
dicated cannot be obtained by said compa
MES within the limits and along any part Of
the line aforesaid, the Governor shall from
time to time appoint agents to make suct
selections as may be authorized or grantet
! by Congress for the lines aforesaid, but the
compensation of such agents and the costs
expenses and charges attendant upon ant
occasioned by making such selections shall
be fixed, regulated, paid and borne by eacl
of said rail road companies respectivel,
upon and for its own line.
Sec. The Iowa Central Air Line Raj
Road Company shall furnish, equip and op
crate the branch to their Rail Road tina,
, will be constructed under this grant from
Lyons City to the point of intersection will
J the main line of their road near Moquoket,
, in the same manner with their line from til,
west and as completely as though the sam
was a continuation Of said main line, an
shall never give any preference to tn
main line of said road or any part thereo
. as defined in their articles of incorporate,
by business arrangements, tariff Of prices o
, otherwise over the said branch to their Rsi
Road.
SEC. 5. The grants aforesaid are made I
each Of said Companies respectively upol
, the express condition that in case either o
/, such Rail Road Companies shall fail to hay
completed and equipped seventy-fve mile
of its road within three years from the frs
day Of December next, thirty miles in add
ton each year thereafter for FIVE years an
/, the remainder of their whole line of road i
, one year thereafter, or on the fret Of DE-
cember, A. D. 1865, then and in that case
shall be competent for the State o fIowa
r resume all rights conferred BY this act upo
the company 80 failing and to resume a
rights to the lands hereby granted and re
" naming undisposed Of by the company .
failing to have the length of road complet
ed in name and time as aforesaid.
SEC. 8. The Roads aforesaid shall be con
structed upon a guage with a width of fou
,, feet and one-half inches, and the iron uset
: in the track shall be Of the approved quail
" and pattern, and the said Roads shall b
completed and finished in a style and of
/. quality equal TO the average Of other frs
! ! class Western Roads, and when the Roads
: or any of them authorized to be constructe,
by this Act, shall be intersected by tn
! ! Roads of any other Railroad Company, nov
:. constructed, or hereafter to be constructed
a II 6utlI Ue inc uuty vi euch hOoU OF nOaQt
J receiving the benefit Of this Act, to furnisI
! oil proper and reasonable facilities, and Il
Join such other Company in making all ne
cessary turnouts, ~sidelings, and switches
and other conveniences necessary for tn
transportation of all freight and passenger
e over such Road or Roads, which may b
: brought to such point of interse ction b
any Road now constructed, or which ma
hereafter be constructed, and at such rate
as shall not in any case exceed the reguls
tariff of charges on such Road.
SEC. 10. All persons who at the tim
said grant was made held valid claims by a.
9 tual occupation and improvement upon an
y of the lands embraced in said grant, shall b
protected in the same, and entitled to puI
chase and enter the same upon the term
add conditions hereinafter provided.
v SEC. II. Any person wishing to ava
: himself of the provisions of this Act sha
q within two months of the passage theret
4 file bis application for that purpose, with tn
Judge Of the county where such land ma
. be situated, and shall prove to the ~satisfas
:, ton OF said Judge that his claim is vail
and TINT the same existed at the time sal
grant was made and upon such proof bsin
made such Judge shall give to the applicar
! 4 certificate of the fact and such certi6ca,
shall entitle the holder or his bona fide al
I signee to enter such land at the rate of tw
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