Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-07-29

menu0nedi and may fer this purpose use auJ
railroad charter which has been or may bt
granted by the Legislature Of Kansas ProUiaed
That il actual survey shall render il desirable
the said company may construct their road, with
The consent OF the Kansas Legislature, on the
most direct and practicable route west from ST.
Joseph, Missouri, 80 as to connect aud unite
with the road leading from the western bound
nry OF Iowa at any point east of the one huu-
dredth meridian OF vest longitude, or with tue
main trunk road at said point but ia no event
shall lands or honds be given to sad company,
as herein directed, to aid in the construction OF
their said road fol greater distance than Que
hundred miles. Aud the Leavonworth, Pawnee,
and Western Railroad Company Of Kausas may
construct their road from Lesvenwuith to unite
with the road through Kauaas.
SEQ. II. And be Il further enacted, That the
said unlou Pacific Railroad Company is hereby
authorized ani required to construct n single
| inc Of railroad aud telegraph from IL pout 0u
the westcrn boundary Of tbs State. OF lOHa, 10
br hxed by the Prcaidcni Of tbs United States,
upUu tho most diteot aud practicable rDutul 10
be subject " bio approval, 30 AZ Ia lerm a con
ncctipn with lhs linca OF said COmpHuy at come
pOiut ou the one huudredth meridian Of lungi-
1 indc aforesaid trOm tho point Ot commencement
gu the Western boundary Of thG state Of luWn,
upon the snmu terms aud cuuditishs III all &c.
alCuts, as arr contained IN this act for tho Gu
elruoton Of tho uai1 railroad aud telegraph first
mentioned aud tho said uuiou Pacific Enil-
ruai Company shall cvmplule Que huudrsl
miles Ol tho road sud telegraph In this suGiiuu
provided for, III two ycary niicr hliug their aa
Beul TO tho conditions Of this act us by the term
Of this act required, aud al tho rats VI Gus huu.
dred miles per year thereafter, until the whole
is completed. Pfovacd, Thnt failure upuu
the part Of said company to nuke said oVunux
ion in the time aforesaid, aud to perform tho
obligations imposed on said company by this
section, and to operate said road in the sumo
manner as tile main liue 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.
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
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 hereinbe-
fore mentioned, or with the said Union Pacific
Railroad, said point of junction to be fixed by
the President of the United States, not further
west than the one hundredth meridian of longi-
tude aforesaid, and on the same terms and con
ditions as provided 10 this act for the construc-
tion of the Union Pacific Railroad as aforesaid,
and to complete the same at the rate of one hum
dred 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
same forfeitures prescribed in relation to the
Iowa branch railroad and telegraph hereinbe.
fore mentioned
Sec. 10. And be il further enacted, That any
other railroad company now Incorporated, OF
hereafter to 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
II the words had boon properly added thereto.
Sec. 10. And be 10 further enacted, That OF any
time after the passage Of this act all Of tho
railroad companies named herein, aud assenting
hereto, or any two or m0re Of them, are author
lied 10 form themselves into one consolidated
company; notice Of such consolidation, in
writing, shall be filed in tho Department Of the
Interior, and such consolidated company shall
thereafter proceed to construct snid railroad aud
branches aud telegraph line upon tue terms aud
conditions provided iu this act,
Sec. II. Aud De il further enactsd, That in
case said company or companies shall fail TO
comply with the terms and conditions of this
act, by n0t completing said road aud telegraph
and branches within reasonable time, or by
not keeping the same in repair aud use but
shall permit the same, for an unreasonable time,
to remain unfinished, or out of repair, aud un-
fl for use, Congress may pass uuy act to insure
the speedy completion Uf eaid road aud branch
es, or put the same IN repair mud use, aud may
direct the income Of said railroad and telegraph
liue to be thereafter devoted 10 the use Of the
United States, To repay all such expenditures
CAUSED by the default aud neglect of such COM
pauy or companies Pyoui1ed That ii said rOads
| t,tatp Ers, fis.ttf.,
liue Of railroad, ready for use, from the Missou
ri river 10 the uayigablu waters Of tho Saora-
menta river, III California, by tho FIRST day uf
July, eighteen hundred aud aeveuly six, tho
whole Vi said railroads before mentioned aud IN
be constructed under tho provisions Of this act,
together with all their furniture fixtures, rolling
stock, machine shops, lande, tenementB, aud
hcreditamcnts, aud property Or every kiud and
character, shall be forfeited to aud be iukuu
possession of by the United States: Provided,
That Of the bonds OF tho United StatOs iu this
act provided to be delivered for any und all
parts of the roads to be constructed east Of tho
one hundredth meridian Of west longitude from
Greenwich, and for any part OF the road west OF
the west foot of Sierra Nevada mountain, there
shall be reserved of each part and instalment
twenty five per oentum, to be and remain in the
United States Treasury, undelivered, until said
road and all parts thereof provided for in this
act are entirely completed and of oil the bonds
provided to be delivered for the said road, be-
tween the two points aforesaid there shall be
reserved out Of each instament fifteen per CEN
tum, to be and remain in the Treasury until
the whole of the road provided for in this act is
fully completed; and il the said road, or any
part thereof, shall fail of completion at the time
limited therefor in this act, then and in that
case the said part Of said bonds so reserved
shall be forfeited to the United States.
Sec. 1S. And be IL further enacted That when
ever il shall appear that the net earnings Of
the entire road and telegraph, including the
amount allowed for services rendered for the
United States, after deducting all expenditures,
including repairs and furnishing, running and
managing of said road, shall exceed ten per
centum upon its cost, exclusive of the five per
centum to be paid to the United States, Con-
gress may reduce the rates Of fare thereon il
unreasonable in amount, and may fix and es-
| tablish the same by law And the better to ac-
complish the object Of this act, namely, to pro-
mote the public interest and welfare by the con-
struction of said railroad and telegraph line,
and keeping the same in working order, and to
secure to the government at all times (but par
iioularly in time OF war; the use and benefits Of
the same for postal, military and other purpos
es Congress may, at any time, having due re-
gard for the rights of said companies named
heren add to, alter, amend, or repeal this act.
Sec. 10. And be further enacted, That the
several railroads companies herein named are
authorized TO enter into an arrangement with the
Pacific Telegraph Company, the Overland Tcle-
grnph Company and the California State Tclr-
graph Company, 80 that the present line of icle-
graph between tho Missouri river and San Fran
cisco may be moved upon or along the line Of
said railroad and branches as fast as said roads
aud branches are built: and If said arrangement
be entered into and the transfer OF said telegraph
line he made in accordance herewith to The line