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

unsatisied. or uncanceled bonds of the corn
pany shall make up the whole amount pc
mile to which the company would otherwis
have been entitled: lind prOrided further
That before any bonds shall be so given h,
the United States, the company claiming then
: shall present to the Secretary of the Treasur,
an affidavit of the president and secretary O
the company, to be swosn 70 before the judg
] of court Of record, setting forth whethe
said company has issued any such bonds or Sc
curities, and, il SO, particularly describing tn,
same, and such other evidence as the Secreta
ry may require, so as to enable him to max,
the deduction herein required and such aft
davit shall then be filed and deposited in tn,
toffice of the Secretary of the Interior And
any person swearing falsely to any such affida
Wit, shall he deemed guilty of perjury, and
ON conviction thereof, shall be punished as
aforesaid: Prorided, also, That no land grant.
ed 10y this act shall be conveyed to any party
or'parties, and no bonds shall be issued to any
company or companies, party or parties, on
account Of any road or part thereof, made pri.
or to the passage of the act to which this act
is an amendment, or made subsequent there
to under the provisions of any act or acts 9TH
er than this act, and the act amended by this
act.
tLeavenworth, Pawnce, and Western Railroad
Company, now known as the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, eastern division, shall
| build the railroad from the mouth of Kansas
River, by the way of Lcavenworth, or if that
| be not deemed the best route then the said
company shall, within two years, build a rail-
road from the city of Leavenworth to unite
with the main stem at or near the city OF
Lawrence; but to aid in the construction OF
said branch the said company shall not be en-
titled to any bonds. And il the Union Pa
Il ri Rail xl~l
/ ing in good faith to build the said railroad
through the territories when the Leavenworth,
Pawnee, and Western Railroad Company, now
known a. the Union Pacific Railroad Compa-
ny, eastern division, shall have completed
their road tn the hundredth degree of longi.
tude. then the last-named company may pro
coed to make said rad westward until il
meets and connects with the Central Pacific
Ra''r"ad Company on the same line. And
the said Kansas River to the one hundredth
meridian Of longitude shall he made Ivy the
way OF Lawrence and Topeka, or o. the hank
lof the Kansas River opposite said towns
Procided That no bonds shall he issued oi
land certified by the United States to any
person or company. for the construction oi
any part of the main trunk line of said rail.
road west Of the one hundredth meridian OF
longitude and east of the Rocky Mountains.
until said road shall I've completed from or
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said one hundredth meridian of longitude.
| Sec. 18. Aad be IL further enacted. That at
and after the next election of directors. the
number of directors To be elected by the stock
! holders shall he fifteen and the number of
directors to be appointed by the President
shall he five ond the President shall appoint
three additional directors to serve until the
next regular election, and thereafter five direc-
tors. At least one of said government direc.
tors shall he placed on each of the standing
| committees of said company, and at least one
ON every special committee that may be ap-
pointed. The government directors shall
| from time to time, report to the Secretary Of
| the Interior in answer to any inquiries be
may make of them, touching the condition.
management. and progress Of the work, and
| shall communicate to the Secretary Of the In
terror, at any time, such information as
should he in the possession Of the department
! They shall, as often as may be necessary to "a
full knowledge of the condition and manage
ment of the line, visit all portions of the line OF
road. whether built or surveyed; and while
absent from home attending to their duties
as directors, shall he paid their actu travel
| ling expenses, and be allowed and paid such
reasonable compensation for their time actu-
ally employed as the board of directors may
decide. t"# f
| Sec. H. And be IL furtler enocted, That the
next election for directors of said railroad shall
| be held on the FIRST "Wednesday of October
next, at the office of said company in the city
of New York, between the hours Of ten o clock
a. m, and four o'clock p. M of said day; and
all subsequent regular elections shall be held
annually thereafter at the same place and
the directors shall hold their offices for one
year. and until their SUCCESSORS are qualified.
Sec. IS. .ind be IL further enacted, That
the several companies authorized to construct
the aforesaid roads are hereby required to op-
crate aud use said roads and telegraph for all
purposes Of communication. travel, and trans.
portation, SO far as the public and the gov.
ernment are concerned, as one continuous
line and in such operation and use, to af-
ford and secure to each equal advantages and
facilities as to rates. time, and transportation,
without any discrimination of any kind In IA
vor of the road or business of any or either oi
said companies, or adverse to the road or bu
siness of any or either of the others, and il
shall not be lawful for the proprietors of any
line of telegraph, authorized by this act, OF
the act amended by this act to refuse. or fail
to convey for all persons requiring the trans.
mission Of news and messages of like charac-
ter pain OF forfeiting to the person injured fol
each offence the sum of one hundred dollars
and such other damage as he may have suffer
ed on account Of said refusal or failure, to b
used for and recovered in any court Of tn,
United States. or Of any state or territory o
competent jurisdiction. at
Sec. l6. Ind be IL further enacted, That any
two or more Of the cOmpanis authorized to par
ticipate in the benefits of this act, are hereby
authorized ut any time to unite and consoli
date their organizations. as the same may ol
shall he, upon such terms and conditions, ano
in such manner they may agree upon. anc
a. shall not be incompatible with this act, ol
Al. A. Al. l. al.
roads Of such companies may be, and to as
sumo and adept such corporate name ane
style as they may agree upon, with capita
stock not to exceed the actual cost of the rnad
SO to be consolidated and shall file COPY o
such consolidation in the Department Of tn,
Interior and thereupon such organization 81
formed and consolidated, shall succeed to
possess, aud be entitled to receive from tn,
government of the United States. all anC
singular the grants, benefits immunities
guarantees. acts. aud things to be done an,
performed, and be subject To the same terms
conditi ms. restrictions, and requirement
which said companies respectively, at the tim
of such consolidation. are or may be entitle,
or subject to under this act, in place and sub
stitution of said companies So consolidated re
spccliyely. And all other provisions Of H.
act, SO tar as applicable, relating or in an
manner appertainin to the companies SO con
soli,lated, or either thereof. shall apply an,
be of force as to such consolidated oggani
z,tion. Aud in case upon the completion b.
such consslidated organization vi the roads, o
either Of them, Of the companies SO consolida
: ted. any other of the road or roads of either q
the other companies authorized rs aforesaid
{ (and forming. or intended or necessary 4
: form. portion Of continuous line from eac
OF the several points on the Missouri Rive:
hereinbefore designated, to the Pacific coast,
. shall not have constructed the number O
5 miles of its said road within the time hereil
required. such consolidated organization j
{ hereby authorized to continue the construc
5 tion OF its road and telegraph in the genera
t direction and ronte upon which such incom
{ plrte or unconstructed road is hereinbefore au
thorized to he built, until such continuation
5 of the road of such consolidated Organization
shall reach the constructed road and telegraph
OF said other company, aud at such point I,
connect and unite herewith and for and il