The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-08-13

Anesoan naenfacsaEs q u ssas quality, the Presdsni
The United Ssates shau appoint three commissioner
sxAnns he cans md report 70 him N rsasioa shefs
Co. and is shA appear % him thas forty consecutive
miles Of sad railroad and telegraph ns have been
pletsd and squppo4 h all respects required by thia
eet thea upon certcass of said commnss0srs 70 thai
acs patents shail cOavsyns rshs title q
~ Ands 70 sAd COMPANY, each side u the road
nr - the same compssed, 70 the amount Aforesaid
a aA0 raSosd and Telegraph line completed upon
eertiocate Of said commssioNers Any vacancies oc.
curing II said board OF commissioner by oeAih resg
nation, OF Otherwise, shall be fsc BY ths President
The Gated states, PresSdsd Aors, That such
naaseoess shA De appointed by ths President u the
United SsAss unless there sha be presented 90 him
seasemsut verified oath the President Of
pAny that such forty mikes have been completed
manner required BY This act and setting forth with
~ sAms end which oa,h shall be taken before judge
Of court Of record.
sse- s. AsS b a}sA~ ssadsd, ThA, for The purposes
herein mentioned The Secretary u the Treasury shA
upon the certificate n writing Of said commissioners
ths compets0n and eQupmkRI of forty
Of said railroad and telegraph IN accordance with the
proviaoos Of tLn act said company bones
Shs United States thousand dollars each pay able
thirty years after date bearing per per
annam interest, tsaid interest payable semi annually
which interest may be PAID In United SSASes Treasury
notes or other money currency which the United
states have or shA declare lawful money ana seEAl
tsnaer 70 the Of sixteen bonds per mile
for such Of forty niles the repay
nent 70 the Cnised States, hereinafter provided
the amount Of said bonds % issued and delivered to said
company, together with all interest thsreoa which shall
have been paid by the United states the VI
bonds and delivery TO the company shall pso facto
stituts nrse mortgage On the whole line OF the railroad
and telegraph together with TIE rolling stock fixtures
aAd propsFty u every kind and descrpsoa, ana
sidsrati0a of which sAid bonds may be issued IN
the refusal OF failure Of said company TO redeem said
ooAdS, or any part of them when required to do
the Secretary q tho Treasury accordance with
provisions sS this act the said road with all the rights
anesees immunit,es, and appufenAncss thersuAs" be-
longing, and also all lands granted The SAID company
BY the United States which, at the Of said defaui
shall remain IN the ownsrahp OF the said company may
be taken possesson Of BY the Secretary Of the Treasury
This section sha n0s apply 70 That part Of any road now
constructed.
Aforesaid are made upon condition that said company
shAu pay said bonds a maturity and shall keep said rail-
road ana telegraph line In repair and U.S. and shall 81
Al times Iansms dispatches said telegraph iAs
and transport mails troops ana munitions q war sup
plies, and pubic stores upon said rairoad for tbs Gov
efnmenS required ~ DO so by any
thereof and that the Government snail at all times have
the prelerence in the use Of the same for III the pups
Aforesaid reasonable Of compensa
not 70 exceed the amounts paid BY private parties
for the kind OF service) ali compensation Tor
services rendered for the Government shall b applied
TO the payment Of said bonds ntsrssS unt the Whols
amount y fully paid. Said company may also pay tne
United states, wholly or In part in the same or other
bonds notes. other evidences of debt against
the United States 70 be allowed 1T par and after saiu
road s completed until said bonds and interest pa
at least ave centum Of the net earnings Of
sha Also be annually applied to the payment thereof
Sec. ]. AID Be- fvstAr enacted That ssid company
~ tbs sss o
s.,d raIo.d .sisS.ph sfs. II. vsSnSihs,
herein provided TO the western boundary Of Nevada
rerrsry before the first day Of July thousand eight
hundred and seventy four PROVIDED That within two
ater the passage Of this act said company shall
designate tbs general Of SAID road may
be, and sha 1s map Of the same in ths Depart u
the Interior whereupon the Secretary OF the Interior
shau cause the LANDS within fifteen miles Of said ceisna
ted routes be Withdrawn from pre- empton,
private entry and sAls and when any portion Of saio
shall be haay located the secretary OF the lnte
shall lands before TO be
surveyed and set o6 fast may be for
purposes herein named: Provided, That liking the
Of eonnsxon of She main trunk with the eastern
connexons shA be fixed u the most poist
= hereinafter provided.
Ssc .. And be fAer eaodsd That the line Of said
hundrsth meroian Of Longitude west from Green
wch between the south margin Of the valley Of the Re-
publican river and the north margin Of the valley OF the
fixed by the President Of the United States after
surveys thence running westerly upon the di
central aud practicable route through the terrific
OF the United States to the western boundary o
the Territory Nevada there 70 meet and connect with
the line Of the Central Pacific Railroad Company Of Cali
fornia.
Sec And be further e~aded That the Leaven worth
on ras ID % 9as RsrSsS ss the ~
rscnc railroad Of Missouri the aSeresad point on tn
one hundredth meridian Of longitude from Green
wch, as rein provided, upon the same terms and
disions in all respects provided in this tn
Of the railroad and telegraph line rst men
toned, and to meet and connect with the ct tn
meridian Of longitude aforesaid and in the geners
route line Of road from the Missouri river to tn
Rocky Mountains should located a. to REQUIRE dc
parIure nofthwsrdy from the proposed line Of Kan
railroad before reaches the meridian Of longtud
aforesaid the location Of said Kansas road shall be mad
conform thereto; and said railroad through
shall be located between the mouth VI the
river Aforesaid, and the Aforesaid point the
hundredth meridian Of longitude that the several raj
roads from Missouri and Iowa. herein authorized to
meet with the same, make connexsn within the lin
its prescribed in this act, provided the same
done without devAtng from the general direction Of q
| whole line to ths Pacific coast The route In Kanss
Of the meridian Of Fort Riley the aforesaid pos
as one aSnarsdsn meridian ne, o. to Be sui
and 70 be determined by him On actual survey. Al
said Kxnsas company may proceed to build said ralroa
longitude west from Greenwich in the Territory Of
| braska The Central Pacific Railroad Company Of ca
forns corporation existing under the laws Of the Sta
Of Caifornia hereby authorised 10 construct
rood and telegraph line from the Pacific coast or ne
San Francisco the navgabe waters Of the Sacrame
river the eastern boundary Of California, upon Il
same terms and c0ndtiens in al respects, - are CO
tanned in this act for the construction Of said rairo
aad telegraph line drst mentioned, and to meet and
acct with the nrst mentioned railroad and telegraph lii
+ on the eastern boundary Of California Zach Of %
companies shall ie their acceptance Of the conditions
this act in the Department Of the Interior within
! months after the passage Of this act.
= Sec 10 And Be afsytA1 ensosa, That the said col
pany Chartered by the State Of Kansas sha complete
hundred miles OF their said road, commsncing at
mouth Of the Kansas river Aforesaid within yea
after ding their assent to the conditions Of this
herein provided and one hundred miles per year the
ses until the whole ID eomplsted; and the aAd Cent
Pacific Railroad Company Of California shall complete
ty miles Of their said road within years after M
their assent tAs provisions Of this act, herein
vided and hy miles per year thereafter until the VII
completed and After completing their roads, resp
lively said companies either Of them, may unite W
equal terms with the nrst named company in constr
ting 90 much Of railroad and telegraph line and
railroads and telegraph lines in this act hereinafter
toned through the Territories from the State Of Calf
~ the Missouri river - sha thea remain 70 be C
in this act relation 70 the said Union Pacific Railr
= Company And the hannibal and Saint Joseph Railro
- the Pacific Railroad Company Of Missouri and the
- named company either Of them, hling their -
this Aforesaid, nay unite upon equal terms
~ this act with the said Kansas company IN construct
said raroad and telegraph said meridian q ongtu
with the consent Of the said State Of Kansas and in
y | said nrss named company shall complete their lint
the eastern boundary Of California before s compile
across said State by the Central Pacific Railroad Com
nv Of California, said hrst-named company b hereby
thorised 70 continue IN constructing the same thro
California with the consent Of said state upon the
~ mentioned IN this sct until aaid roads shall meet
connect and the whole line Of said railroad and teegr
n is completed; and the Ceetra r.enc kalre.a comp
10 authorised 70 continue the construction OF said
road and telegraph through the Territories Of the On
states 70 The Missouri river including the branch re
specified in this act upon the routes hereinbefore
harsinaes Indicated On the terms and coodisons pr
ded in ths act in relation 10 the said Cnioa Pacne
~ road COMPANY until said reads shall meet and conn
~ and The whole me OF seid fsNfoeo ana o'asenes
act telegraph ID completed.
q. Sec. IL. Asd Be = 5sEA9 Saoded, That for q
hundred miies of hid road mast mountainoua and
cuIt Of construction, to w.t. one hundred and my