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ment and presumption, like other lands, at
price not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre, to be paid to said company.
SEC. 4. And be tt further enacted, Tint
whenever said company shall hnye completed
forty consecutive miles Of any portion Of said
railroad and telegraph line, ready for the ser
vice contemplated By this act, aud supplied
with al necessary drains, culverts viaducts,
cTosefnga, sidings, bridges, turn-outs, water
Passss PsE aeP9tg equipments a9a al
the rails and all the other iron used in the
coER ructicn and equipment Of said road to be
American manufacture OF, the best quality,
the president of the United States shall ap-
same and report to him in relltion t1ereto;
and if it shall appear to him that forty eon- I
Gecutiye. miles Of said railroad and tele-
graph line have been completed and !
g sqnipRea 4s, in Ill respects as rs9uired
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patents shall issue conveying the right and |
title to said lands to said company, on each
side OF the road as far as the same Is compile. !
ted, to the amount aforesaid; and pate1ts
shall in like manner issue SIS each forty mites
Of said railroad and telegraph line are COM
pleted, upon certificate OF said commissioners.
Any vacancies occurring in said board Of com
u,issioners by death, Resignation, or other
wise, shall be filed by the president Of the
United States: Provided, however, That no
PRESIDENT Of the United States unless there
shall be presented to him astatement, verified
On oath by the president Of Eaid company,
that such forty miles have been completed, IN
the manner required By this act, and setting
forth with certainty the points where such
forty miles begin, and where the same end;
which oath ehall be taken before q judge Of a
court of record.
SEC. s. Aa.d be it further enacted, That for
! the purposes herein mentioned the secretary
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| writing Of said commissioners Of the comple-
| tlon and equipment OF forty consecutive miles
| Of said railroad and telegraph, in accordance
with the provisions Of this act, Issue to said
company bonds Of the United States of 81, 600
each, payable in thirty years after date, bear.
interest payable semi annually which interest
may be paid in United States Treasury Notes,
| or any other money or currency which the
United States have or shall declare lawful
sixteen Of said bonds per mile for such section
Of forty miles :; aud to secure there pay
ment1 to the United States, as hereinafter
provided, Of the amount OF bonds SO issued
and delivered to said company together with
all interest thereon which shall have been paid
to the United States, the issue Of said
bonds and delivery to the company shall
ipso .facto constitute first mortgage on
the whole line Of the railroad and telegraph
together with the rolling stock, fixtures
and property Of every kind aud description,
and in consideration Of which said bonds may
be issued; ana on the refusal or failure Of
said company to redeem said bonds, or any
| part Of them, when required SO to do by the
secretary Of the treasury, in accordsnce with
the provisions of this act. the said road, with
all the rights, functions. immunisies, and ap,
purtenances thereunto belonging, and also oil
lands granted to the said company by the
| United States, which. at the time Of said de.
1ault, shall remain iu the ownership OF said
company, may be taken possession Of by the
secretary Of the treasury for the use and ben
eft Ct the United States; Pfo"Med, This sec
ton shsl not apply to that part Of any roae
row constructed.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That tht
grants aforesaid are made upon condition tina
| rity, and shall keep said railroad aud tele
; graph line in r.pair aud use, and shall 1T III
lime transmit dispatches over said telegraph
| line, aud transport mails, troops and muni
, tiors Of war, supplies and public stores upol
l sHid railroad for the government, wheneve
{ and that the government shall at all times hav
e the preference in the USE o. the Same fo
l all the purposes aforesaid, ut fir and reason
/ able Ia1es If compensation, not to exceed tn
amounts paid By private parties for the sam
:, kind Of service;) and all compens ation 70
i services rendered for the government shall b
!, applied to the payment Of said bonds and ir
y ter st until the whole amount is fully pai6
q | Said company may also pay the United States
J wholly or in part, in the same or other bond
j, Treasury notes, or other evidences OF Get
i against the United States. to be allowed
d par; and after said road is completed, unit
10 said bends and interest are paid, at least iy
e per eentum OF the net earnings ct said roa
h shall also be annually applied to the payme1
10 thereof.
t. SEC. Z. A,ad be it further enacted, Til
'e said company shall file their assent to this &C
le under The seal OF said company, in the depal
T. mcnt Of tic interior, within one year after Il
q 1.assage Of this act, and shall complete sa
ae railroad ahd telegraph from the point OF
be ginning as hereinafter provided, to the VT:
as ern boundary of Nevada Territory before t
e. first day Of July, one thousand eight hundE
IN ard seventy four: Provided That with
s. two years after the passage Of this act, 8,
en- company shall designate the general rou
e- OF snid road, as near IS may be, Al
IL shall file map OF the same in the departing
y Of the interior. wheIeupon the secretary Of t
IL interior shall cause the lands within ffte
n 1nilrs Of said designated route or routes to
i'd withdrawn from presumption. private ent
ia and sale; and when any portion Of said rou
ts- shall be hnal1y located, the secretary OF t
e. interior shall cause the said lands heretnbeft
nd | granted to he surveyed and set of as fast
be pa1ned: Provided, that in fixing the point
to connection Of the 1nsin trunk with the ca
at ern connections, it shall be fixed at the III
he practicable point for the construction Of i
em Iowa and Missouri branches, as hereinaf
to provided.
Ia SEC. S. And be it further enacted, That |
1b- line Of said railroad and telegraph shall go
on mcnce at point on the one hundredth mes
ID ian Of longitude west from Green wich,
tu- tween the south margin Of the valley of
~, Republican River and the north margin Of
aid valley Of the Platte River, in the Territory
ne Nebraska, at . point to be fixed by the Prt
ri dept OF the Unitad States, after actual s
lall | ye5s; thence running westerly upon
per most direct, central, and practicable rou
3ks through the territories Of the United Stat
wi 10 the western boundary Of the Territory
cri- Nevada, there to meet and connect with
I'd, I line of the Central Pacific Railroad Comp1
Ind ! Of California
zen SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That
ec- LeavenWorth. PaWnee, and Western r litr'
tile Company OF Kansas are hereby authorized
ent construct railroad and telegraph line II
ers the Missouri River, at the mouth Of the E
and sac River, on the south side thereof, SO a
Of connect with the Pacific railroad Of Missol
the to the aforesaid point, Oh the one hundTc
ary merician oflongtude west from Greenwi
the as herein provided, upon the same terms
her conditions in all respects as are provided
the this act for tic construction Of the ratlr
off, and telegraph line first mentioned, aud
sase meet and connect with the same at the me
the ian Of longitude aforesaid; and In case
itic general route or line Of road from the ,
and Eouri River to the Rocky Mountains she
the be SO loeuted as to require departure no
! be ! wardly from the proposed line Of said kaz
tied railroad before 1t reaches the meridian OF
rec gituGe aforesaid, the location of said Ka1
the read shall be made so us to conform there
1en- ond said railroad through katsas shall
me, go located between the mouth Of the Z
tied | eas River, as aforesaid, and the atore
the point, on the one hundredth meridian
the longitude, that the several railroads from
ect- souri, and Iowa, herein authorized to CON
ltter with the Same, can make connection wi
ar the limits prescribed in this act, provi
also the came can be done without deyia
rson from The general direction Of the vi
5 he line to the Pacific coast. The route in kl
at west Of the meridian at Fort Riley, to
said aforesaid point, on the one hundrcdrn me
be an OF longitude, to be subject to the appr
said OF the president Of the United States, an
the be determined by him On actual survey.
hall said Ka1sas company may proceed to b
egu- Baid railroad to the aforesaid point, on the
per, hundredth meridian Of longitude west
ock, Greenwich in the territory Of Nebraska.
the Central Pacific Railroad Company of Cal
the MIA, q corporation Existing under the laV
lice, the State Of Californfa, are hereby author
ser to constructs railroad and Telegraph line
hich the Pacific coast, at or near San FTaucisct
npa- the pavigable waters of the Sacramento
SHALL to the eastern boundary Of California,
onts the same terms and conditions, in all resp
le be rs are contained in this ACT for the cons
this ton of said railroad and telegraph line
, the mentioned, aud to meet and conuect Will
and first mentioned railroad and telegraph lin
pay the eastern boundary Of California. Eac
ock, said companies shall file their aceeptanc
such the conditions of this act in the Dtpart1
: to of the Interior within SIX months alter