, 1864-10-17

of California shall be required to complete
twenty five miles Of their said road in each
year thereafter, and the whole to the State
line within four years, and that only one
halt of the compensation for services ren
dercI for the Government by said compa-
nies shall be required to be applied to the
payment Of the bonds issued by the Gov
ernmcnt in aid of the construction Of said
roads.
Sec. 6. Aad De il .fWther enacted, That
the proviso to section four Of said act is
hereby modified as follows, viz: And the
President of the Uni Cd States is hereby
authorized, at any time after the passage
of this act, to appoint for each and every
of said roads three commissioners, as pro
yided for in the act to which this act i,
amendatory; and the verified statement OF
the president of the California company,
required by said section four, shall be filed
in the office of the United States surveyor
general for the State of alifornia, instead
Of being presented to the Presidentof the
United States; and the said surveyor general
shall thereupon notify the said commission
ers Of the filing Of such statement, and the
said commissioners shall ihereupon proceed
to examine the portion of said railroad and
telegraph line 50 completed, and make their
report. thereon 20 the President OF the
United States, as provided by the act Of
which this is amendatory. And such state.
ment may be filed and such railroad aud
telegraph line be examined and reported
on by the said commissioners, and the
reursite amonnt Of bonds may be issued,
and the lands appertaining thereto may
be set apart, located, entered, and patent
cd, as provided in this act and the act
to which this is amsndatory, upon the con
struction by said railroad company Of CAL
ifornia Of any portion Of not less than
twenty consecutive miles Of their said
railroad and telegraph line, upon the Ger
tificate of said commissioners that such
portion is completed as required by the
act to which this Is amendatory. And
section ten of the act of which this is amend
atory is hereby amended by inserting
after the words " United States" in the last
clause, tue words "and States intervening.
Sec. Z. And be IL further enacted, That
so much Of section seventeen Of said act rs
provides for n reservation BY the Govern.
ment Of portion Of the bonds to be issued
to aid in the construction Of the said rail.
roads Is hereby repealed. And the failure
Of any one company to comply fully with
the conditions aud requirements Of this act
or the act to which this is aniendatory, shall
not work forfeiture of the rights, privi
leges, or franchise Of any other company
or companies that shall have complied with
the same.
Sec. g. Aad be h further enacted, That
for the purpose Of facilitating the work on
said railroad, and Of enabling the said CON,
pany rs carly as practicable to commence
the grading If snid railruad in tho region
Of the mountains, between the eastern base
Of the Rocky mountains and the western
base Of the Sierra Nevada mountains, so that
the same may be finally completed within
tho time required by law, il Is hereby pro-
vided that whenever the chief engineer oI
the said company, and said commissioner,
shall certify TINT a certain proper ion Of the
work required required to prepare the road
or the saperstructure on any such section
of twenty miles is done, (which said certi.
ficate shall be duly verified tho Secretary
Of the Treasury is hereby authorized and
required, upon the delivery Of such certiIi.
cate, to issue TO said company proportion
Of said bonds, not exceeding two-thirds oi
the amount Of bonds authorized TO be Is
sued under the provisions Of the act, to aid
in the construction of such section Of twenty
miles, nor in any case exceeding two thirdl
Of tho value of tho work done, the remain
ing one-third to remain until the said soc
tion is fully completed and certified by th,
commissioners appointed BY the President
according to the terms aud provisions o
the said act; and no such bonds shall issu'
to the Union Pacific Railroad Company fol
work done west of Salt Lake City undcl
this section, more than three hundred mile;
n advance Of the completed continuou,
line Of said railroad from the point OF bO
J ginning on the one hnndredth meridian o
longitude. M
Sec. 0. ARd Be IL further enacted, Thai
to enable any one of said corporations u
make convenient and necessary connexion.
with other roads, 1t Is hereby authorized I,
establish and maintain all necessary ferries
upon andacross the Missouri river and Other
rivers which its road mey pass in its course
and authority is hereby given said corpora
ton TO construct bridges over said Mis-
souri, river and oil other rivers for the con
venicnce Of said road: PrOvi. cd, That any
bridge or bridges 1t may construct over ths
Missouri river or any other navigabl' riyeI
on tho lima of said road shail he ronsf ructnf