, 1862-06-28

uiS acts As nereln provided, and ntty miles
per year thereafter until the whole is compile
ted; and after completing their roads, respect
lively, said companies, or either of them, may
unite upon equal terms With the frat named
company in constructing so much OF said rail-
road and telegraph line l7ll and branch rail
foads and telegraph lines in this act hereinafter
mentioned, through the Territories from
the State Of California to the Missouri River,
as shall then remain to be constructed, on
the same Terms and conditions as provided in
this act IN relation to the srid Union Pacific
Hallro9d Company. aud the Hannibal and
Company Of Missouri, and the tlrst-uamed
company, or either Of them, on filing their
asstnt to this act, as aforesaid, may unite upon
equal terms, under this act, with the said
Kansas company, In constructing said railroad
and telegraph, to said meridian oi longitude,
{73) with tue consent of the said State of Kan,
sas; and in case Eaid frst-named conp4DY
sball complete their line to the {74) eastern
boundary Of California before it is compIetsd
across said state by the Central Pacific Rlil-
road Company Of California, said frst-named
company is hereby authorized to continue in
constructing The same through California (75)
With the consent of said state, upon the terms
mentioned in this act, until said roads shall
meet aud connect, and the whole liue Of said
railroad and telegraph Is completed; and the
Central Pacific Railroad Company OF Califor-
nla, alter completing its road ACROSS said STATE,
IS authorized 10 continue the construction OF
eatd railroad aud telegraph (76) through the
Territories of the United States to the Mis-
souri River, including the branch roads speci-
NED II his act, upon the routes hereinbcfprt
and hereinafter indicated, on the terms aud
conditions provided in this act in relation to
the said Union Pacific Railroad Comp4ng, un-
til said roads snail neet aud connect and tue
whcle line Of said railroad and branches and
telegraph is completed.
SEC. IL. Aaal De it further cuactea, That for
three hnrH rcd mipE cF
ta!oous and difficult OF construction. to wit
One hundred and fifty miles westwarti3Y from
the eastern base Of the Rocky Mountains, aud
Ole hundred and fifty miles eastwardlY from
The western base Of the Sierra Nevada mouu-
tains, {T7) ssfd point to be fixed by th- Prcsi-
dent OF the United States, the bonds to be is
sntd to aid in the construction thereof shall
be trebblc the number per mile hettinbcfore
provided, and the same shall be issued AMI
the lands herein granted be ect apart, upoa
Tue construction OF every twenty miles there
Ct, upon the certificate Of the commissioners
as aforesaid that twenty consecutive miles OF
the same are completed; and between the
sections last named Of Que hundred and tiftv
miles each the bonds to be Issued to mid in The
construction thereof shall be double the nu m
btr per mile first mentioned, and the same
shall be issued, and the lands herein eranta.;
be SCI apart, upon the construction 81 eycrT
twenty miles thereof, unon the certificate Of
ihe comM!sslo,,:.crs as aforesaid that twenty
! consecutive miles OF the same are completed :
| Provided, That no more than fifty thousand
OF said eonds sbaN be issued under this act 10
aid IN Cons +ructiug the main line Of said rlil
! road aId telegraph.
SEC. II. aHa 1e it further enacted, That
whenever the routc OF said railroad shall
| cross the boundary of any State or Territory,
| or said meridian If longitude, the two com
| }'a14ies meeting or uniting there shall agree
UPON its location at ttat point, With reference
to tue most direct and practicable through
route, and in case Of difference between them
/ az 10 said location, the President Of tue
! United States shall determine the said loc:,
ton: tht companies named in each State aud
aud territory to locale the road across tue
| same between the points SO agreed upon,
| eScep. as herein provided. The track upon
the tntire line OF railroad as and branches
| sfell be OF uniform width, to be {70} deter
| mined by the President OF the United Sta.es,
| so that, When completed, cars eau be run
tro1u the Missouri River to the Pacific coa5t !;
The grades and curves shall not exceed the
| AID Ohio iallroad; the whole line of said
raI}rosc tso) and branches and telegraph shall
be operated and Used fer all purposes Of com.
municstlou, travel, and transportation. SO far
as the public and government are concerned,
a7 ore connecting, continuous line; aud the
companies hercin named in Missouri, {S1)
hans;as, and California, filing their assent to
| the provisions Of this act, Fhau receive aud
| transport ell iron rails, chairs, spikes, ties,
timber, and all materials required for con
sfructlng ard fnrnisling said first mentioned
line between the (s2) aforesaid point, on tue
one bundredth meridian Of longitude and
| western boundary OF Nevada Territory, wnen,
evsr tie same is required by said frs:-named
coIpany, at cost, over that portion Of the
roats OF said companies constructed under the
/ provisions OF this act.
| Sec i. -ind BE- It further enacted. That the
Hannibal and st. Joseph Railroad Company
| Of Missouri may extend its road from St. 10.
seph (S5) via Of Atctison to connect with the
road through Kansas, upon filing its assent to
the provisions Of this act upon the same terms
miles in length next to the Missouri River, rs
i are provided ii this act for the construction q
| Of tie Railroad aud telegraph line first meu-
tioned, and may for this purpose, use any
railroad charter which has been or may De
! GRANTED by the Legislature Of Kansas: tS;)
Provided, That if actual survey shall rendc1
!; it desirable, the said company may construct
their road, with the consent OF the Kans Is
!! Legislature, on the most direct and practica-
Bile route west from st. Joseph, Missouri, 50
IS to connect and unite with the road lending
fo1n he western boundary Of Iowa at any
point east Of the one hnndrcdih meridian of
trunk road at said point; but In no event
shall lands Or bonds be given to said
company, as herein directed, to MD
i'll the construction Of their said road for ]
greater distance than one hundred miles
And the Leayenworth, Pawnee, aud Western
Kailroad Company OF klnsas may construct
their rond from Leavenworth to unite with the
road through Kansas {s5.)
Sec. H. And be Il further enacted, That the
said Union Pacific Railroad Company is here
by authorized and required to construct Z
point on the western boundary of the State
Q. Iowa. tsG) to be fixed By the President ol
the Culted States, upon the most direct an5
practicable route. {s0 to be subject to his ap
pro1a1, 20 as to form connection with the
lines Of sa;d COMPANY at soc,e point 1881 or
liz one hundredlh meridian Of lonritudt M
Aforesaid, from the point Of Commencement
Oh the western boundary of the State of 10 va
upon the same terms and conditions, in al
respects, us are contained in this act for tht
construction OF the said railroad and telegraph
Gfst mentioned; and the said Union Pdciii.
Railroad Company shall complete one hun
dred miles OF the road and telegraph il
this section provided for in two years afle
filirg their assent to the conditions Of t1l
act, as by the terms Of this act required, ant
at the rate OF 1o0 miles per year thereafter
until the whole is completed: Provided, Ina
failure upon the part of said company t,
make said connection in the time aforesaid
aud to perform the obligations imposed o1
said company by this suction and TO operat
ea]d road IN the same manner aS the naiu lin
shall be operated, shall forfeit to tile govern
ment Cf the United States all the rights. priv;
lcges and franchises granted to and conferre,
: upon said company b. this act aud wheneye
there shall be railroad completed throug
Minnesota or Iowa to Sioux City %s9) the
the said Union Pacific Railroad Company i
hereby authorized and required to construl
| railroad and telegraph IRON said Sioux Cit
upon the most direct and practicable route i.
point On, and SO as to connect with til
. branch railroad and telegraph in this scctio
| heretnbstore mentioned, OF with the sal
} !-,n,! Enlon Pacific railroad; said point {
| dent of the United States, nc ne
further west than the one hundredth merida
{ OF Longitude aforesaid, and On the same tern
aid conditions SIS provided In this act for th
/ construction Of the Union Pacific Rai1ros
} aforesaid, and 10 complete the same at the rat
| eaid company fail to comply with the require
ments ct this act in relatlon to the said Sion
, City railroad and telegraph, tue said com2a1
eha4l suffer the same forfeiture prescribed
relation 10 the Iowa branch railroad and tel
: graph herelnbefore mentioned. 1901
: SEC Il; did 6e it further enacted, That an
, other railroad company now Incorporated, {
e hereafter to be Incorporated, shall have. L
t right to connect their road with the 70
: road and braches provided for by this ac
: at such piaccs and upon {92) such Just az
i equitable terms (as) as the President Of II
). United States may prescribe. Wherever tt
+ word company Is used In thls act 1t shall I
J construed to embrace the words their assocl
: ates, successors and assigns, the same as
4 The words had been properly added thereto
] SEC. 1G. A7sd Be It fuTtdc1. enacted, That
/ any time after the passage of this act all
e the railroad companies named herein, aud a
s scnt1ug thereto, or any TWO or more of ther
a soaidated company; notice Of such coesolid
4 t0n, in writing, ehall be filed in the Depsl