, 1862-03-09

1t conrcrs- alicTuate sections per milo
sc; caeh side Of the road. All lands not sold i1
lofce years :1trr its completion may be settled
and pre-emptcd at ten sh;llings per acra, to
nc i.'ld to tho company. These grants to he
atladc upon the completion Of vycT7 for;r
consecutive 1nllt's, aud III addition to this
land grant the Secretary Of the Treasury is re-
CURED to Issue to tl:c company sixteen United
each, rcr mile, except for 800 miles aloastAe
base Of the Sierra Nevada and Rocky noun
ta1ns-most difficult Of construction
Which The number shall hc trcblcd, for which
bonds the company is to issue to the United
,n5les, free from all :,ifcumbrances. The
Governmcnt to have preference. in the use
oi road and telegraph at reasonable rates,
which. with five per cent. Of tile earnings, is
TO he applied to the payments Of their bonds.
Inc company must file their assent to this
act in the Interior Department within one
ye'rafter its passage; locate the route within
two years thereafter, and complete the road
and telegraph from the wcstert, boundary OF
Kansas to tlic eastern boundary OF Nevada
Territory, before July /, 1874. TIC road aad
ttltsrar!l to run from tho western boundary
81 Kansas, or al the TO- degrees parallel OF lon
gltudc west Of Greenwich, al the Termination
Of the 1-caycnw ortt., IaWncc and Western
Railroad and Telegraph Line {whiei. is to rn1,
i ION the Leayenworib, via Fort Riley, to 1Da
deg F:ral1el}, tl,cnee westerly. uron the
through tie Territories Of the United States,
K: tic eastern BOUNDARY Of Nevada Territorg.
there 10 connect Will! the Nevada railroad 11ne
across thai territory, and which connects the
Central Pacific Railroad OF California, running
thence to San Francisco. The track upon the
entire line is to bc Of uniform width, and the
grades and t'u;ves not TO exceed the 1aximarn
af Ike Ha;tsino1r and Ohio Railroad; ant the
read ard trlt:slsI,!. to he operated as one can-
tinuons line from the Missouri river to the Pa
citc coast.
Tic l1a,.nil,ai and St. u Joseph and t1,e Pacific
railToads 1u;iy extend thGir roads from, St.
Joseph. TIA Atciiiscn, and from Kansas City to
connect With the road through Kansas; and
up to snchpoint Of Junction double tho amount
OF lands a::d honas arc to be granted to them
ard equally divided In case :.l Lie roads pro-
vidcd for i'll the hi!l arc constructed, aad in
case OF faiure Of these companies to construct
such connections, any company or::s:1;zed by
tho State Of Kansas may construct ! co:aacc-
ticn on the same conditions.
Dubuque and Sioux City, the Mississippi
and Missouri, and the Bn,linst ston and afissou-
ii River railroads, may construct a single line,
not to exceed three hundred miles, from
common point on the western boundary Of
Iowa, to connect with The Kansas line on the
same conditions.
In case the company incorporated By this
bill does not complete the road and telegraph
in reasonable time, OF keep the same in re-
pair aid USE, Congress may pass an act to i'll
suEr its speedy completion and use, and di-
rect the income thereafter to he devoted to
the use Of the United States to repay ell ex-
rci:dit1Tes caused by default Of the company.
The company is required to make an annual
rIcrcrt to tlc Secretary Of the Interior, show
ing the cost, Income and expenditure OF the
cttire road aud telegraph, and it the earnings,
including the amount allowed for services
rendered for tilc Un;tca States, after deduct
ins Ill expenditures, shall exceed ten peg
ccntum on its cost, exclusive Of the five per
may reduce the tari:r Of rate Of fare, If III
reasonable, e=d fix the earac '.y Law.