Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-01-26

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good faith be subscribed for, and ten dollar
per share actually paid into the treasury o
the company. the said president and secretar,
of said hard of commissioners shall appoint ,
time and place for the first meeting OF the sub
scribers to the stock Of said company. AM
shall give notice thereof in ut least one news
paper in each state In which subscription books
have been opened, Mt least fifteen days Prev
Gus to to the day of meeting. anl such s'ib"cri
bers rs shall attend the meeting 81 called, ei
ther i'm person or Ivy lawful proxy, then and
there shall elect by ballot thirteen directors
for said corporation and in such election each
share OF said capital stock sh,'l cntitle the
owner Their of TO one vote. The president
and secretary Of the board of commissioners,
and in case of their absence or INABILITY, any
two of the officers of said board, shall act as
INSPECTORS of sid election, and shall certify
under their hands the names of the directors
elected at said meeting and the said COM
missioners. treasurer. and secretary. shall then
deliver over to said directors all the proper
fies subscription books, and other books in
their possession and thereupon the duties OF
said commissioners and the officers previous
" appointed by them, shall cease and deter
mine forever, aud thereafter the stockholders
shall constitute said body polite and corpo-
rate. Annual meetings of the stockholders
of the said corporation for the choice OF otii-
GERS (~hen they are to be chosen) and for the
transaction Of business shall bc holden at such
time and place and upon such notice as may
I've prescribed in the by laws
Sec. 2. Ind be ii further enacted, That the
right Of way through the public lands be and
the same is hereby granted to the said = North
ern Pacific Railroad Company" its successors
and assigns. for the construction Of a railroad
and telegraph as proposed; and the right,
power, and authority is hereby given to said
corporation To take from the public lands. ad-
jtcent to the line of said road, material OF
earth. stone, timber. and so forth, for the con-
straction thereof Said way Is granted to said
railroad to the extent of two hundred feet in
width on each side of said railroad where il
may pass through the public domain, includ-
ing all necessary grounds fer station buildings,
workshops, depots, machine shops, switches,
side tracks, turn tables. and water stations
and the right Of way shall be exempt from
taxation within the Territories Of the United
States. The United States shall extinguish,
NJ rapidly as may be consistent with public
policy and the welfare of the said Indians, the
Indian titles to all lands falling under the OPP
Grafton of this act and acquired in the dona-
fion to the Troadl named in this bill.
Bee. 8. lind be IT, further enacted, That there
he and hereby is granted to the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company" its successors and
assigns. for the purpose of aiding in the con-
struction of said railroad and telegraph line
TO the Pacific coast and to secure the safe and
speedy transportation of the mails, troops,
munitions of war, and public stores, over the
route of said line of railway, every alternate
section of public land, not mineral, desgna
ted by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty
alternate sections per mile, on each side of
said railroad line, as said company may adopt,
through the Territories of the United States,
and ten alternate sections of land per mile on
each side of said railroad whenever it passes
through any States, & whenever, on the line
thereof, the United States have full title, not
reserved, sold. granted or otherwise appro-
priatcd, and free from presumption, or other
claims or rights, mt the time the line of said
road is definitely fixed. and a plat thereof filed
in the Office Of the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office; and whenever, prior to said
time, any Of said SECTIONS or parts of sections
shall have been granted. sold, reserved, occu-
pied 10y homestead settlers, or pre- -empted, or
otherwise disposed of, other lands shall he Sc
lected by said company in lieu thereof, undci
the direction Of the Secretary # the lnte,icr,
ia alternate sections. and Designated 10y nd,
numbers. not more than ten mikes beyond the
limits of said alternate sections Procsded.
That if said routes shall lie found upon the
line of any other railroad route to aid in the
construction OF which lands have been hereto
fore granted 10y the United States. rs la u,
the routes are upon the same 20 neral line. the
amount of land heretofore granted shall he
deducted from the amount granted 10y TIM
act :, Prorided, further, That the railroad com
pany receiving the previous grant vi land may
assign their interst To said Northern Pacific
Railroad Company" or may consolidate, con-
federate, and associate with said company up
On the terms named in the first section of thin
act FroUtded, further, That all mineral
lands he and the same are hereby excluded
from the operations of this act, and in liet
thereof a like quantity of unoecupied and un
appropriated agricultural lands in odd
bered sections nearest to the line of said road
and within fifty miles thereof, may be select
ell As above provided: And prorid,d. further
That the word mineral. when it occurs in
this act. shall not be held to include lion o,
coal lind prouided, further, That no money
shall he drawn from the Treasury of the Uni
led States TO aid in the construction of the
said Northern Pacific railroad.
Sec 4. And be 10 further enacted, Thai
wheneversaid Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany shall have twenty-five consecutive miles
Of any portion of said railroad and telegraph
line ready for the service contemplated, the
President of the United States shall apdoint
three commissioners to examine the same, and
Ii it c..all appear that twenty five consecutive
miles OF said road and telegraph line have
been completed in good, substantial, and
workmanlike manner, as in all other respects
required by this act, the comm issionsrs shall
So report to the President OF the United States.
and patents of lands, as aforesaid, shall be is
sued to said company, confirming to said COM
pany the right and title to said lands, situate
opposite 10 and coterminous with said compile
ted section Of said road and from time 10
time, whenever twenty five additional consec-
ntiye miles shall have been constructed com
pleted. and in readiness as aforesaid and veri-
fed by said commissioners to the President oil
the United States, then patents shall he issued
to said company conveying the additional Sec
tons OF land as aforesaid, and 50 on as fast as
every twenty-five miles of said road is compile
ted as aforesaid PROVIDED, That not more
than ten sections of land per mile, as said
road shall lie completed, shall be conveyed 10
said company for all that part of said railroad
living east of the western boundary Of the
State Of Minnesota, until the whole of said
railroad shall be finished and in good running
order, as n first class railroad. from the place
of beginning on Lake Superior to the western
boundary of Minnesota Procided, also, That
lands shall not be granted under the provis-
ions of this act on account Of any railroad, OF
part thereof constructed at the date OF the
passage III this act
Sec. s. And be 1t further enacted That said
Northern Pacific railroad shall he constr ucted
in substantial and workmanlike manner
with all the necessary draws. culverts. bridges
yiaducts. crossings, turnouts, stations, and VIA.
tering places. and all other appurtenances, in.
GLIDING furniture. and rolling stock equal in
all respects to railroads of the first class, when
prepared for business, with rails OF the best
quality. manufactured from American iron
And uniform gauge shall lie established
throughout the entire length Of the road
And there shall lie constructcda telegraph line,
of the most substantial and approved descrip.
tim. to he operated along the entire line
Prorided. That the said company shall n
charge the Government higher rates than the.
do individuals for like transportation and tel
egraph service And it shall he the ,la,y 81
the :. Northern Pacific Railroad Company .
!. e. permit any other railroad which shai l..
authorized to be built hy the United States
or by the Legislature OF any Territory q. Stat,
In which the same may be situated 10 torn
running connexions with 1t. on fair and equit
able terms.
Sec 6. And Be IL .f,l,tler enoeted. Tha
the President If the United States shall s'a,,s,
the lands 10 be SURVEYED for forty miles II
width on both sides OF the entire line of sal
road after the general ronie shall bc fixed. ant
~ fast as may he required by the construction
of said railroad; and the odd sections of Ian,
hereby vtt,nfaI eb,ll not L. l;a,J.. A. II. ,