The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-17

OFFICIAL
LAWS OF MINNESOTA.
An Act toexecute the trust created by the act of
Congress, entitled :. An act making grant of
construction of the railroad from St, Paul to
Lake sSSperiC%f approved May s. 1884 and to
the Of it's raiSoad anG to amend na
and continue certain acts in relation to said
Railroad Company.
Be it enacted By the Legislature of the State of
SECTION i. That all the rights of way, beue.
ss to
Congress of the United States, entitled " An act
making grant of lands to the State of Mime
sofa to aid in the construction of the Railroad
s., A. D; 1854, be and the same are hereby accept
ed, and the same are hereby granted. vested in
sppI and
signs to be held, used or sold and disposed Of by
said railroad company, to aid in the construction
OF railroad, as contemplat and provided by
operation of the same and for no other purpose
whatever, the same to be held, used and disposed
Of upon, and subject to the conditions in saidact
Of Congress provided, and upon the conditions in
this act contained. That in consideration of
lands grantedby this act, and of the lands rights
privileges and franchises which have heretofore
been granted to said railroad company, the said
company shall, on or before the first day Of
March Of each and every year after said railroad
is completed and in operation, pay into the treas
uro Of the state three per cent on the gross
1ngs OF said railroad which sum sh Ill be in lieu
and In full Of all taxation and assessment upon
the said railroad, its appurtenances and append.
ges,and all other property of said company, real
personal and'mixed, including the lands hereby
and heretofore granted to said company, or 50
intended to be granted. Provided, however,
That the lands hereby and heretofore granted to
viduals, to be taxed as fast as the same are sold
or conveyed, or contracted to be sold, or are
leased BY said company, or the stumpage upon
any lands is sold or contracted to be sold by said
company; but no mortgage or trust deed execut-
ed by said company upon said lands, shall for the
purpose oftaxation, be construed as such sale,
conveyance, lease or contract Of sale. And for
the purpose of ascertaining the gross earnings
aforesaid of said railroad an accurate account Of
said earnings shall be kept by said company, an
abstract whereof shall be furnished by said COM
the of state on the
which abstract shall be verified by the affidavit of
the treasurer Of said company, and for the pur-
pose of sscertaining the truth of such affidavit
and the correctness of such abstract full poweris
hereby vested in the governor of this state, or
any other person appointed by law to examine
the books and the officers and employees of said
company, or other persons under oath, and if any
person on such examination shall knowingly or
wilfully swear falsely, every such person shall be
subject to the Pains and penalties of perjury.
aforesaidiper centum, it is hereby declared that
the state shall have lien upon the railroad of
said company, and upon all other property of said
hereby Secured to the state shall take and v have
precedence Of all demands, DEGREES and judgments
against said company.
be taxedas other lands in the state in five years
after the said company shall become entitled to
said lands.
Sec. q That whenever within the time in said
act Of Congress and this act provided for the COM
pletiOn of said railroad, said company shall COM
ple:e ten miles of its said line of road, with the
cars running thereon, it shall be entitled to
this state, Of the swamp landsheretofore granted
to said company by the aot entitled An act to
incorporate the Nebraska and Lake Superior
the at Of March 1887 smendatoSy thereof H a ap
pertaining to such ten miles, and go from time to
time as each additional ten miles shall be COM
e tie contrary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. And Whenever
twenty consecutive miles of said road be complet-
provided for in said act of Congress or under
provide then the governor Of this state shall Ger.
tfy the same, and patents shall issue to said COM
pany, as assignees of the state, for the quantity
Of Lard: TO which said state would then De emit
completed portion of said road, and so on from
time to time as each additional twenty miles of
said road shall be so completed, and whenever
said road is fully completed so as to connect the
Mississippi river with the waters of Lake Supe-
rior, in the State of Minnesota, all the residue Of
the lands granted by the said several acts, shall
be conveyed to the said company or Its assigns.
Provided, That said company shall not be emit
tied to any of the lands granted by this act until
ten miles Of said road are graded and the cars
running thereon from the head Of Lake Superior
Sec. 8. The said grants of Land to said cornpa.
ny are on the conditions that said company shall
ill
be completed, with, the cars running thereon,
within three years from the 4th of July, 1866, and
the whole of said line from st. Paul to the waters
4th Of july 1865, and that in default thereof, ali
the lands named in said act of Congress, pertain
ing to the unoompleted portion of said road shall
be forfeited to the state:
first of July next after the passage of this act de-
post the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or that
amount Of Y. s: bonds, with the treasurer of
to complete saidroad within the time provided
in this act, but said deposit may be withdrawn by
said company whenever ten miles of its said road
are completed and the cars running thereon.
Sec. S. The said corporation may make and
negotiate, by sale or otherwise, its mortgage or
other bonds and that any mortgage, trust deed
poration, or any Of its property, may be filed and
recorded In the Office OF the secretary of state of
this state, and that from the time of the filing of
said the record anal Ha hs notice. TO a. ali oer
sons of such lien or interest, and Of the contents
of such deed or instrument. and it shall not be
necessary to record any such conveyance or in
strument in the county in which the property af-
fected is situated.
Sec. 8. That said company shall have the right
at any time to select and designate the swamp
lands granted to aid in the construction of said
road, and from time to time certify the same to
the governor, to be held for its benefit and con-
veyed In accordance with this act as fast as said
company may be entitled to the same, under the
conditions named in section two of this act.
Sec. z. That said railroad company shall trans.
port all cars, freishts and passengers delivered to
1t for such purpose BY any connecting company,
az provided for in the eighth section Of said act
of Congress, and shall have the right and privi-
lege of transporting, or having transported, its
cars. freights and passengers, as in said section
provided, over the road Of any such connecting
company, upon the terms in said act provided;
and that section twelve of the act OF March 9th,
1861, be and the same Is repealed.
Sec. 8. That said company may construct and
maintain telegraph lines upon its road, and
charge fees for transmitting messages thereon.
Sec. Q. That the number of directors of said
company may be by resolution of the present
board, increased to any number, not exceeding
eleven. That any citizen Of the United States
shall be eligible to the Office of director and that