Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-06


ry of Iowa at any point east Of the one
hundredth meridian Of west longitude, or
with the main trunk road at said point
but in NO event shall lands or bonds be
given to said company, as herein directed
o 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 Leaven-
worth to unite with the road through Kan
sas ~ ss
Sec. IA. And be it further enacted, That
the said Union Pacific Railroad Company
is hereby authorized aud required to con-
struct 3 single line of railroad and tels-.
graph from a point on the western bound
ary OF the State Of Iowa, to be fixed by the
President Of the United States, upon the
most direct and practicable route, to be
subject to his approval, so as to form a
eonpexion with the lines of said company
at some point on the one hundredth meri-
dian of longitude aforesaid. from the point
Of commencement from the western bound
ary of the State of Iowa, upon the same
terms and conditions, in all respects, as
are contained in this act for the eonstrlc-
ton of the said railroad and telegraph first
mentioned; aud the said Union Pacific
Railroad Company shall complete one hun
dred miles OF the road and telegraph in
this section provided for in two years after
filing their assent TO the conditions of this
act, as by the terms of this act repaired,
and at the rate of one hundred miles per
year thereafter, until the whole is COM
pleted: Provided, That failure upon the
part of said company to make said cOnnex-
inon in the time aforesaid, and to perform
the obligations imposed on said company
by this section and TO. operate said road in
the same manner as the main line shall be
operated shall forfeit to the Government of
the United States all the rights, privileges,
aud franchises granted to and conferred
upon said company by this act. And
whenever there shall be line of railroad
completed through Minnesota or Iowa TO
Sioux City, then the said Pacific Railroad
Company is hereby authorized and required
to construct a railroad and telegraph from
said Sioux City upon the most direct and
practicable route to point on, and so as
to connect with the branch railroad and
telegraph in this section hereinbefore men
tiored, or with the said Union Pacific Rail-
road, said point of junction to be fixed by
the President OF the United States not fur
ther west than the one hundredth me-
ridian of longitude aforesaid, and on the
same terms aud conditions as proVid-
ed in this act for the construction OF the
Union Pacific Railroad as aforesaid, and
to complete the same at the rate of one
hundred miles per year; and should said
company fail to comply with the require
ments Of this act in relation to the said
Sioux City railroad and telegraph, the said
company shall suffer the same forfeiture
prescribed in relation to the Iowa branch
railroad and telegraph hereinbefore men
toned.
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted, That
any other railroad company now incorpora-
ted, or hereafter 10 be Incorporated, 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 as the President OF the
United States may prescribe. Wherever
the word company Is used in this act it
shall be construed to embrace the words
their associates, successors, and assigns,
the same as if the words had been properly
added thereto
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That
atany time after the passage of this act all
of the railroad companies named herein,
and assenting hereto, or any two or more
of them, arc authorized to form themselves
into one consolidated company; notice of
such consolidation, 10 writing, shall be fled
in the Department ofthe Interior, and such
consolidated company shall thereafter pro-
ceed to construct said railroad and branches
and telegraph line upon the terms aud con.
ditions provided in this act.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That
in case said company OF companies shall
fail to comply with the terms and condi-
tions Of this act, by not completing said
road and telegraph and branches within
reasonable time, or by not keeping the
same in repair and use, but shall permit
the same, for an unreasonable time, to re-
main unfinished, or out of repair, and un-
fit for use, Congress may pass any act to
ensure the speedy completion of said road,
and branches, or put the same in repair
and use, and may direct the income Of said
railroad and telegraph line to be thereafter
devoted to the use of the United States,
to repay all such expenditures caused by
the default or neglect of such company or
compRniRs: Provided, That IL said roads
are not completed, so as TO form contin-
uous line OF railroad, ready for use from
the Missouri river to the navigable waters
of the Sacramento river, in California, by
the frst day of July, eighteen hundred and
seventy.six, the whole OF said railroads
before mentioned, and to be constructed
under the provisions of this act, together
with all their furniture, fixtures, rolling
stock. machine shops, lands, tenements,
and hereditaments, and property of every
kind and character, shall be forfeited
to and be taken possession of by
the United States: Provided, That
of the bonds Of the United States 10 this
act provided to be delivered for any aud
all parts of the roads to. be constructed
east Of the one huudredth meridian of west
longitude from Greenwich, and for any
part of the road west OF the west foot Of
the Sierra Nevada mountain, there shall be
reserved of each part and instalmenttwen-
ty.fve per centum, to be and remain in the
United States Treasury, undelivered, until
said road aud all parts thereof provided fol
in this act are entirely completed; and all
of the bonds provided to be delivered for
the said road, between the two points afore-
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