Butte record., 1856-05-10
The Pacific Railroad Bill.

ate by Mr.. Brown, of Mississippi, pro-
yiding for the construction of railroad
and telegraph lino frcm some point on
the Mississippi, south of the 37th par
allel, to SIN Francisco The bill ap-
pears 10 have met with good deal Of
favor and had been referred TO the com
mittee who had that matter in charge,
and who at the last accouu were near
ly ready to report.
A bill to provide for the construction Of
railroad and telegraph communica-
ton from point on the Mississippi
river, south of latitude thirtv-seven,
TO the Pacific Ocean, at San Francis
CO.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
bled, That for the purpose o! aiding IN
the construction of 4 railroad and tele-
graph communication from a point on
the Mississippi river, south Of latitude
thirty-seven, to the Pacific Ocean, at
San Francisco, there be and there Is
hereby granted to Samuel Brannan, c..
K. Garrison, John C. Fail, Robert Nc
Cabs, George Read Riddle, Alexander
r. Boteler, Sidney S. Baxter, William
Schouler, George Greene, and their as
sociates, thirty sections OF land for each
and every mile of rail DAD, to be by the
parties above named selected from the
vacant lands OF the United States, which
lands shall, at the request of the parties
before mentioned, be withdrawn from
sale or entry, and, if required so to be,
shall be surveyed under the direction OF
the Secretary Of the interior; but no pa
tent shall issue for any Of the lands here
by granted until the parties aforcs said
shall pay, or cause to be paid to the
United States, the sum Of fifty cents per
acre for the lands covered by such pa
tent: Provided, however, and it is dis
tinctly understood, that no title to the
lands shall rest in the parties aforesaid
any fuster than tine road shall be ex-
tend d to completion; that IS to sly, not
to exceed thirty sections Pr milo OF
railroad when finished.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the parties abovenamed shall de-
post with the Secretary Of the Interior,
within six months after the passage of
this act, five hundred thousand doliais,
in good State or Unitod States securi>
ties, as a guaranty that they win com
mence and prosecute the construction of
said road unto completion-one hundred
miles thereof to be completed within
eighteen mouths from the time the line
Of said road shall be established. And
when the id one hundred Mills shall
be graded, or SO far finished as to be
ready for the track, the Secretary of the
Interior shall allow the parties before
named the use of the aforesaid five hun
dred thousand dollars to purchase there
for, and shall take in lieu thereof ii fist
mortgage OF the ro ID for that amount,
to be held until the entire line shall be
completed.
Sec. 8. And be it further cn1ctcd,
That the United States shall pay to the
parties before named, six hundred dol
lars per mile of said railroad, per an
mum, for carving the United States
mails, until the completion of said rail
road, and ten years thereafter; and for
transporting the United States troops,
and al! munitions of war, such reason~
able amount also, as the President Of the
United States and the Secretary of War
may determine; which money saall be
applied, as far as practicable, in pay
ment for the lands herein granted, and
the patents shall be issued to the par
ties before named as fast as paid for by
such service.
Sec H. And be it further enacted,
That if the parties shall fail to build the
railroad and telegraph line hereinbefore
provided for, within the per'od of ten
years from the date of the location and
establishment of the line, then all the
right to the land herein granted, and at
that time not paid for, shall be forfeited
Sec. s. And be it further enacted,
That the right Of way through the pub
lie lands of the United States, to the
width Of fonr hundred feet, for the pur-
poses Of said railroad and telegraph line,
be, and the same is hereby granted to
the parties before named.