Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-12-26
TPuBLIo-No. ls0 l

An ACT for increased facilities Of telegraph
communication between the Atantic and Pa
cif, States and the Territory of Idaho.
BE IL enacted By The Senate and House Of Repre-
ssatGti6ss Of he United States Of America in Con
gress 0ssemJled That the United States Tee-
graph company aud their associates are hereby
authorized to erect line or lines of magnetic
telegraph between the Missouri river and the
City Of San Francisco, In the State Of Caiifor-
min, on such route as they may select, to con-
meet with the lines of the said United States
Telegraph Company now constructed aud being
constructed through the States Of the Union.-
The said company shall have the use Of such
Huoceupied land Of the United States as may be
necessary for the right Of way, and materials,
and for the establishing of stations along said
line for repairs not exceeding at any station one
quarter section of land and such stations not
to exceed one in fifteen miles on the average Of
the whole line, unless said lands shall be re-
quired by the Government Of the United States
for railroad or other purposes: And provided,
That no right to pre-empt any Of said lands un-
der the laws Of the United States shall enure
to said company or their agents, or any other
person or persons whatsoever.
Sec. q Ana be il further enacted, That the
said United States Telegrsph Company, under
the direction Of tho President Of the United
States, is hereby authorized to erect a liae Of
telegraph from fort Hall, by Walla-Walls and
the Dailss and San Francisco, TO Portland, in
the State Of Oregon, and from Fort Hall to Ban
mock and Virginia City, in the Territory of
Idaho. with the same privileges as to the right
Of way and so forth, as Is provided in the hrst
section Of this act the United States to have
priority in the use Of said lines of telegraph to
Oregon aud Idaho.
Sec. 8. And 6e il further enacted, That the
aforesaid company is authorized by this act to
send aud receive dispatches on payment OF the
regular charges for transmission Of dispatches
ever any line that may now or hereafter be oon.
struoted by the authority or aid Of Congress, to
connect wi tn any lines authorized or erected by
the Russian or English Government and that
a dispatches received by said line or lines shall
be transmitted 10 the order Of their reception,
and the answers thereto shall be delivered TO
said United states Telegraph Company for
transmission over their lines 10 the office whence
the original message war sent, whenever So di-
rected by the sender thsrsof.
SEQ. 4. And be IL further eadeied That tho
several railroad companies authorized by act of
Congress July one, eighteen hundred aud sixty
two, are authorised to enter into arrangements
| with the United States Telegraph Company so
that the line OF telegraph between tho Missouri
river and Ban Frsncieco may be made upon and
| a1opg the line Of said railroad and branches as
fast a. said rOsds and branches are built; and
4 il said arrangements he entered into and the
transfer OF said telegraph line be made in ac-
| eoraanoe Herewith to the line Of said railroads
and branches such transfer SHALL for all purpo-
ses Of the act referred to, be held and consider
ed inl6lment on the part Of said railroad
companies Of The provision Of the act in regard
| to the construction Of q telegraph line; and, in
case Of disagreement said telegraph company
are authorized to remove their line of telegraph
along and upon the line Of railroad therein oou-
tsmplAted without prejudice to the rights of
said railroad companies.
Approved, July ., 1864.