Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-10-01
TPrBI.,c-\o. 1861


Lake Superior TO l'uge,'s Sound. on the
Pacific coast, by the northern route.
Re At enacted by tie Scnafe and House
Of Representatives. ot TIE tnHed States
Of .imertc. ~ Congress aarmJied, Tha,
Richard ID. Rice, John A. Poor, Samuel l.
Strickland. Samuel c. Fessendrn. Charles
=. kmball. Augustine Hanes. Edwin X.
W. Wigsin, Anson i. Morrill,. Samuel j.
Anderson, of Maine William Sears, !. s.
Wilmington Josiah Pcrham. James VI. Beck
ct, A. W. Banfcld. Abicl Abbott. John
Newell, Austin T.. Rogers. Nathaniel Greene,
jur., Oliver Frost, John A. Bass, John o.
Brrsbrey, George Shivcrick. Edward Tyler,
Filandcr J. Forristall, Ivory II. Tope, oi
Massachusetts, George Opdykc. Farley
Holmes, John IIuggins, Phiander Reed,
George Briggs, Chauncry Vibbard, John c.
Fremont, % New York =; Ephraim Marsh,
John =. Jackson, jr, of New Jersey; S. NJ.
FELTON,, John Toy, o. J. hickey, B. +. Archer,
G. w. Cassin J, Edgar Thompson, John A.
Green, of ?rnnsylvania::; Il. NJ. Allyn. Moses
w. Wilson. Horace Whitaker, Ira Bliss, of
Connecticut, Joseph A. Gilmore, Onslow
Stearns, +. p, Emerson, Frederick Smyth,
William +. Chandler, of New Hampshire /;
Cyrus Aldrich, IL. NJ. Rice, John McKusic,
II. G. Waite, Stephen Miller, of Minnesota /;
l.. A. Chaplin, John Gregory Smith, George
Merrill, of Vermont; James Y. Smith, Viii
liam S. Slater, Isaac II. Southwick, Earl p.
Mason, of Rhode lsland Seth Fuller, Will
liam kellogg U. S. Grant. William G..Grccn,
Leonard Sweat, Henry w. Blodgctt, Porter
Sheldon, Of Illinois; J. NJ. Winchel, Ellsworth
Chcesebrough, James S. Emery, of Kansas {:
Richard +. Perkins, Richard Chcnery. s.
Brannon, George Powland, Henry Platt, of
California; William +. Mercer, W..
Prescott Smith, OF Maryland Greenburry
Slack, A. J. Boreman. of West Virginia !;
Thomas L. Bramlettc. Frand Shoin, OF
Kentucky; John Brough, John a. Bingham,
Oran Foiet, John Gardner, s. S. LlIom-
meden, Harrison G. Blake. Philo Chamber
lin, of Ohio; John A. Duncan, Samuel M.
Harrington, of Delaware; Thomas A. Morris,
Jesse l.. Williams, of Indiana; Samuel l..
Case, Henry l.. Hall, David II. Jerome,
Thomas T.. Gilbert, G. A. Trowbridge, Of
Michigan; Edward II. Broadhead. Alexan-
der Mitchell, Benjamin Ferguson, Levi Ster-
ling, -- Marshall, Of Wisconsin; J. c..
Ainsworth, Orlando IIumson, IL. W. Corbctt,
Henry Failing. of Oregon j. B. s. Todd,
NJ. X. Armstrong, J. Shaw Gregory. }. lie
Bcrce, of Dakota Territory; John Mullan,
Anson G. Henry, 3. y. Smith, Charles
Terry, of Washington Territory; II. w.
Starr, Platt Smith, Nixon Denton, William
Leighton, B. +. Allen, Ruben Noble, John
l.. Davis, of Iowa; Willard =. Hall, George
II. Smith, II. Gayle King. John G. Sargent,
of Missouri; William ii. Wallace, Of Idaho
Tertiary; J. II. Lathrop. Henry ID. Conke,
II. 8. Herrick, of the District of Columbia,
and all such other persons who shall or may be
associated with them, and their successors,
arc hereby created into body corporate and
politic in deed and in law, by the name,
style, and title of the "Norlhcrn Pacific
Railroad Company" and by that name shall
have perpetual succession, and shall be able
to sue and to be sued, plead, and DO implcad-
ed. defend and be defended, in all courts Of
the United States, and may make and have
a common zeal. And said corporation Is
hereby authorized and empowered to lay out,
locate, construct, furnish, maintain, and enjoy
continuous railroad ard telegraph line, with
the apurtenances, namely. beginning at a
point on Lake Superior, in the State Of Min
ncsota or Wisconsin; thence westerly by
the most eligible railroad route, rs shall DO
determined by said company. within the
territory of the United States, OH line north
of the forty fifth degree Of latitude to some
point on Pugrts Sound. with branch. via
the valley Of the Columbia river, to point al
or near Portland, in tho State Of Oregon,
leaving the main trunk line at the most sui,a-
bic place, not more than three hundred miles
from its western terminus; and is hereby
vested with all the powers. privileges, and
immunities necessary to carry into effect the
purposes ofthis act as herein set forth. The
capital stock Of said company shall consist OF
one million shares Of one hundred dollars
each. which shall in all respects be deemed
personal property, and shall be transferable
in such manner as the bylaws of said cor
poraiiou shall provide. The persons herein
before named are hereby appointed commits
sioncrs, and shall be called the board of com.
missioners of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company and fifteen shall constitute quo
rum for the transaction of business. The
first meeting Of said board Of commission =.
shall he held At the Melodian Hail. in the
CITY of Boston. at such time a any five COIN.
rni-.ion-rs hcrrin named from Massachusetts
hall appoint. no; more than three months
after the passage cf this act. notice Of which
shall be given hv thru 90 the other commits
sioo~rs by publishing said po,ie- in at least
one daily newspaper in the eifies Of Boston
New York Philadelphia. Cincinnati. Milwau
kir. and Chicago. once a w--k AZ least foar
weeks previou. TO the day o: meeting. Said
board shall organize by the choice from it,
nusnlsr Of n r,rv-sidrn;. vic, president. SEC
rr,ary and treasurer. and they shall require