Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-09-04
NUMBER SO.

Missouri So as 10 cbntcct and unto
with the road leading from the west
ern boundary of Iowa at any point
east of the one hundredth meridian Of
west longitude, or with the mailt
trunk road at said point; but in NO
event shall lands or bonds be giveIi
to said compatiy, as herein directed,
to aid in the construction Of their said
road for greater distance than ono
hundred miles. Aud the Leavcnwortl,
Pawnec, and Western Railroad COM
pany of Kansas may construct their
road from Leavcnworth to unite with
the road through Kansas.
SEC. Ia Ind he ii further enac'ed, That the
said Union Pacific Railroad Company
is hereby authorized and REQUIRED to
construct single line of railroad and
telegraph from point on the wcstcrii
boundary of the State of Iowa, to be
fixed by the President of the United
States, upon the most direct and prac:
ticable route, to be subject to his ap-
prova!, SO as to form a conncxion with
the lines of said company at some
point on the one hundredth meridian
of longitude aforesaid, from the point
of commencement on the western
boundary of the State of Iowa, upon
the same terms and conditions, in all
respects, as arc contained in this act
for the construction of the said rail-
road and telegraph first mentioned
and the said Union Pacific Railroad
Company shall! complete one hundred
miles Of the road and telegraph in
this section Provided for in two years
after filing theft assent to the condi:
tions Of this act, as by the terms of
this act required, and at tho rate of
one hundred miles per year thereafter,
until the whole is rothpleicd Provid-
ed, That failure upon the part Of
said company to make said connex-
ion in the time aforesaid, and to per.
form the obligations imposed ON said
company by this section and to oprs
rate said road ia the same manner as
the main line shall be operated,
shall forfeit to the Government Of
the United States all the rights,
and franchises granted to
and conferred upon said company by
this act. And whenever there shall
be a line Of railroad completed through
Minnesota or Iowa to Sioux City, thcii
the said Pacific Railroad Company is
hereby authorized and required to cons
struct a railroad and telegraph froHi
said Sioux City upon the most direct
and practicable route to q point or,
and SO as to connect with tire branch
railroad and telegraph in this se,t;ou
hereinbcfore mentioned, or with the
said Union Pacific Railroad, said
point of junction to be fixed by tho
President of the United States, nor
further west than the one hundreth mo-
ridian of longitude aforesaid, and oii
the same terms and conditions as pro-
vided in this act for the construction
Of the Union Pacific Railroad, as
aforesaid, and to complete the same
atthe rate of one hundred miles per
year ;; and should said company fail
to comply with the requirements Of
this act in relation TO the sad Siotix
City railroad and telegraph, the said
company shall suffer the same forfeit
urcs prescribed in relation 10 the To-
wa branch railroad and telegraph
hereinbciore mentioned.
SEE. 10. Ind I've L .fGfkcr enacted, That any
other railroad company now incorpo-
rated, or hereafter to be Incorporated,
shall have the right 10 connect their
road with the road and branches pro-
vidod 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 as ssociates, SUCCESSORS, and
assigns, the same as ii the words had
been properly added thereto.
SEC, IL. Ind be IL further mos'oa, That at
any time after the passage of this
act all Of the railroad companies na-
med herein, and asserting hereto, or
any two or more of them, are author
lied to form themselves into one con-
solidated company notice of stci.
consolidation, III writing, shall be filed
in the Department of the Interior, aid
such consolidated company shall there
after proceed to construct said rail-
road and branches and telegraph line
upon the terms and conditions proyi
ded iu this act. ... s.-a.=
SEC. II. And be IL further enacted, That
in case said company or companies
shall fail to comply with the terms and
conditions Of TINS act, by not complet-
ing said road and telegraph
aud branches within a reason.
able time, or by not Keeping the
same in repair and use, but shall per.
NIT the same, for an unreasonable
time, to remain uniininishcd, or out OF
repair, aud unfit for use. Congress may
pass any act 10 insure the speedy cop
pletion Of said road and brat ches, oi
put the same in repair and use, and
may direct the income Of said railroad
and telegraph line to be thereafter de-
voted to the use Of the United States
to repay all such expenditures caused
by tue default aud neglect Of such com
pany or companies: I'yorided, That il
said roads are not completed, so as t.
foru a continuous line of railroad
ready fer use, fron the Missouri riv,
cr to the navigable Waters of the Sac
ramento river. in California, by the
first day of July, eighteen hundred
and scvcnty,six, the whole Of said
railroads before mentioned and to be
constructed under the provisions Of
this act, together with all their furni
ture, fixtures, rolling stock, machine
shops, lands, tenements, and heredita.
ments, 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
uf the United States In this act provi-
dcd to be delivcgcd for any AUD all
parts OF the roads TO be constructed
cast of the one hundredth meridian of
west longitude from Greenwich, and
for any part Of Tie road west Of. the