Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-07-12

ern boundary OF Iowa at any point east
of the one hundred,h meridian of west
longitude, or with the main trunk road at
said point but ia no event shall lands or
bonds be given to said company, as herein
directed, to aid in the construction of their
! said road for greater distance than one
hundred miles. And the Leavenworth,
Pawnee aud Western Railroad Company
| Of Kansas may construct their road from
Leavenworth to unite with theroad through
| Kansas.
SEC IA. And be ii further enacted, That
the said Union Pacific Railroad Company
is hereby authorized and required to con-
, struct a single line Of railroad and tele
graph, from point on the western bounda-
~ Of the State of Iowa, to be fixed by
the President of the United States, upon
the most direct and practicable route, to
be sub ect to bis approval, so as to form
connexion with the lines of said company
at some point on the one hundredth meri-
dian Of longitude aforesaid, from the point
Of commencement on the western bounda.
ny of the State Of Iowa, upon the same
terms and conditions in all respects, as
are contained in this act for the construc>
ton Of the said railroad and telegraph
first mentioned and the said Union Pa.
oifc Railroad Company shall complete
one hundred miles Of the road and tele.
graph in this section provided for in two
years after ding their assent to the condi.
tons Of this act, as by the terms of this
act re quired, and at the rate Of one hundred
miles year thereafter, until the whole is
completed Proriaed, That failure upon
the part of said company to make said
connection in the time aforesaid ard to
perform the Obligations imposed on said
company by this section, and to operate
said road in the said manner as the main
line shall be operated, shall forfeit to the
government OF The United States all the
rights, privileges, and franchises granted
to and conferred upon said company by
this act. Aud whenever there shall be
line of railroad completed through Min
nesosa or Iowa to SIOUN CITY, then the
said Union Pacific Railroad Company is
hereby authorized and required to con.
struct a railroad and telegraph from sad
SIOUX CITY upon the most direct aud
practicable route to 4 point on, and so rs
to connect with the branch railroad and
telegraph ia this section hereinbetore men
toned, or with the said Union Pacific Rail
read, said point of junction 10 he fixed by
the President Of the United States, not
further west than the one hundreth meri.
dian OF long j,ude aforesaid and on the
same terms aud conditions as provided in
this act for the construction of the Union
Pacific Railroad aforesaid. and to com.
ple;e the same at the rate OF one hundred
miles per year and should said company
fail to comply with the requirements Of
this act in relation to the said SIOUX
CITY railroad and telegraph the said
company shall suffer the sane forteitures
prescribed in relation to the Iowa branch
railroad and telegraph hcreinbefore men
toned.
SEC. Is. Aad be II furtler enacted, That
any other railroad company now incorpo.
rated, or hereafter to be incorp Grated
shall have the right to connect their road
with the road and branches provided for
by this act, at such places and upon such
just and equitable terms rs the Presidon,
of the United States may prescribe
Wherever the word company is used it.
this act it shall be construed to embrace
the words their associates, succe ,sors and
assignees, the same as it the words had
been properly added thereto.
Sec. IL, AAd b. 1t .fitrtbcr enacted, That
at any time after the passage Of this act
all OF the railroad companies named here.
in, and asserting thereto. or any two or
more Of them, are authorized to form
themselves into one consolidated company;
notice of such consolidation, in writing,
shall be filed in the Department Of the
Interior, and such consolidated company
shall thereafter proceed to construct said
railroad and branches and telegraph line
upon the terms and conditions provided in
this act.
Sec. II. and be ii further enacted, That
in case SAID company or companies shall
fail to comply with the terms and coudi.
tons OF this act, by not completing SAID
road and telegraph aud branches within
a reasonable time, or by not keeping the
same in repair and use, but shall permit
the same, Tor an unreasonable time, to
remain unfinished, or out OF repair, and
unfit for use, Congress mag pass an act to
insure the speedy completion of said road
aud branches, or put the same IN repair
and use, and may direct the income Of
said railroad aud telegraph line to be
thereafter devoted TO the use Of the United
states TO repay all sucn expenditures
caused by the default aud neglect of such
company or companies Proridea, That il
said roads are not completed, SO as to form
q continuous line Of railroad, ready for
use from the Missouri river to the navisa
ble waters OF the Sacramento river, in
California, by the first day of July, eigh'
teen hundred aud seventy-slx, the whole
OF all of said railroads before mentioned
and to be constructed under the provisions
of this act, together will all their furni-
ture, fixtures, rolling stock, machine shops.
lands, tenements, and Entertainments, and
property Of every kind aud character, shall
be forfeited to and be taken possessession
of by the United States iroCiIed, That
Of the bonds Of the United States III this
act provided, to be constructed east OF the
one hundredlh meridian Of west longitude
from Greenwich, and for any part OF the
road west of tho west foot Of the Sierra
Nevada mountains, there shall De reserved
Of each part and instalment twenty Eve
per centum, to be and remain in the Uuitd
States treasury, undelivered, until said
road and all parts thereof provided in this
ac. are entirely completed and of all the