Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-01-31

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by the President of the United States, by tn
Secretaries of the Treasury and Interior, and b.
commissioners in reference to such company
and to such portion Of the road hereinbefor
authorized to be constructed by it, and upon thI
| like and similar terms and conditions, 50 far Of
the same are applicable thereto. Aud said con
sOlidated company shall pay to said defaultinl
company, the value, to be estimated by compe
tent engineers Of all the work done and materia
furnished by said deiaulting company, which
may be adopted and used by said consolidated
company 10 the progress Of the work under thu
provisions Of this section - Provided, aeperthe-
less That said defaultng company may OF any
time before receiving pay for ita said work and
material as hereinbeiore provided, on its own
election, pay said consolidated company the value
of the work done and material furnished by said
consolidated company, to be estimated by com.
petent engineers, necessary for and used in the
construction Of the road Of said defaulting COM
pany, and resume the control Of its said road /;
and all the rights, benefits and privileges which
shall be acquired, possessed or exercised pur-
euant TO this seetion, shall be TO that extent 90
abatement of the rights, benefits and privileges
hereinbefore granted 10 such other company
And in case any company authorized thereto
shall not enter into such consolidated organizaA
tion, such company upon the completion Of its
road as hereinbefore provided, shall be entitled
to and is hereby authorized to continue and ex-
tend the same, under the circumstances, and in
accordance with the provisions Of this section,
and to have all the benefits thereof as fully and
completely as are herein provided touching such
consolidated organization. And in case more
than one such consolidated organization shall
be made pursuant TO this act, the terms and
conditions of thisact, hereinbefore recited as to
one shall apply Unlike manner, force and effect
to the other; Provided, howsver, That rights
and interests at any time acquired by one such
consolidated organization shall not be impaired
by another thereof. 1t is further provided that
should the Central Pacific Railroad Company Of
California complete their line to the eastern line
of the State of California before the line Of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company shall have been
extended westward so as to meet the line of said
iirst named company, said first named company
may extend their line of road eastward one hun
dred and fifty miles on the established route so
as to meet and connect with the line of the
Union Pacific road, complying in all respects
with the provisions and restrictions of this act.
as to said Union Pacific road, and upon doing so
shall enjoy all the rights, privileges and benefits
conferred by this acton said Union Pacific Rail-
road Company. c9ag III M
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That SO
much Of section fourteen of said act as relates
to branch from Sioux City be and the same Is
hereby amended 80 as to read as follows; That
whenever line of railroad shall be completed
through the States Of Iowa or Minnesota TO Sioux
City, such company now organised -or'as may
hereafter be organized under the laws Of Iowa,
Minnesota, Dacota or Nebraska, as the President
Of the United States, by Its request, may desig-
nate or approve for that purpose, shall construct
and operate line Of railroad and telegraph
from Sioux City upon the most direct and prae-
tlcable route to such point on and 50 as to con-
meet with the Iowa branch of the Union Pacific
railroad from Omaha, or the Union Pacific rail-
road, as such company may select, and on the
same terms and conditions as are provided in
this act and the act 10 which this is an amend
ment for the construction Of tho said Union and
Pacific railroad aud telegraph line and branches;
and said company shall complete the same at
the rate OF fifty miles per year PYo0ided, That
said Union Pacific Railroad Company shall be
and is hereby released from the construction Of
said branch. And said company constructing
said branch shall not be entitled to receive in
bonds an amount larger than the said Union
Pacific Railroad Company would be entitled to
receive if il had constructed the branch under
this act and the act to which this 10 on amend
menti but said company shall belentiied to re-
ceive alternate sections of land for tenmiles in
width on each side Of the same along the whole
length Of sRid branch And provided further,
.Dt
Sioux City, across Iowa or Minnesota, within
eighteen months from the date Of thisl aet then
said company designated by the President As
aforesaid, may commence, continue and com
plete the construction Of said branch as oontori
plated by the provisions of this act PSoFided,
however, That if the said company 80 designated
by the President as aforesaid shall not complete
the said branch from Sioux City to the Pacific
railroad within ten years from the passage Of
this act then and in that case, oil Of the railroad
which shall have been constructed By saidcom-
panY shall be forfeited to and become the pro-
perty of the United States,
Sec. lS And be it further enacted, Thst the
burlington and Missouri River RailroAd Com !
pany, corporation organized under and by vlr. |
tue of the laws of the State OF Iowa be and
hereby is authorized to extend Is liisl. road
through the Territory Of Nebraska from the
point where 1t strikes the Missouri river south
Of the mouth Of the Platte river to some point
not further west than the one hundredth meridi,1
an Of west longitude, so as to connect by the |
most practicable route with the main trunk Of |
the Union Pacific railroad, or that part. Of Il
which runs from Omaha to the said one huns |
dredth meridian of west longitude. And for the /
purpose of enabling sRid Burlington and Mis- |
souri, River Railroad Company to construct that |
portion Of their road herein authQrized the |
right Of way through the public lands ishsreby
granted to said company for the construction, Of |
5alo road and the right, power and authority |
= hereoy gwen to said company TO take from /
the public lands adjacent to the line Of said road |
earth, stone, timber and other materials for the |
construction thereof. Said right Of way is grant
I'd to said company to the extent of two hnndfed |
Ieet where 1t may pass over the public lands, |
including all necessary grounds for stations, |
buildings, workshops, machine shops, switches, |
ttawn TAXI \
Aud the United States shall extinguish as rap
idly as may be consistent with public policy and |
he welfare OF the said Indians, the Indian titles
70 al lands falling under the operation or this
section and required for the said right OF way
ind grant of land herein made. ,.s "a
Seo' ~. And be 1t further enacted, That for
he purpose Of aiding in the construction Of said
,oad, there be and hereby is granted to the said
burlington and Missouri Liver Rsilrosd Compa-
~, every alternate section Of public land (sxcep-
ing mineral lands as provided in this aot) desig-
iated py odd numbers, to the amount Of ten al
ornate sections per mile on each eide Of said road
N the line thereof and not sold reserved or0ther-
" Yise disposed of by the United Statos, and TO
'hlch Presumption or homestead claim may
lot nave attached at the time the line Of saidl
cad is definitely fixed; Provided, TThat1 said /
company shall accept this grant within oae year
rom the passage OF this act by filing such 40
eptanee with the Secretary of the Interior, and
hall also establish the line Of said road, and file
map thereof with the Secretary Of the Interior
Tithin one year Of the date Of said acceptance.
'hen the said Secretary shall withdraw the
anus embraced no IN TINS grant from market.
Sec. ~. And be 1t further enacted. b That
whenever said Burlington and Missouri River
Railroad Company shall have completed tu455iv
consecutive miles Of the road mentioned in tbe
oregoing section, In the mapuer proyid tor.otberl
Dads mentioned in this act and the act TO which
his is On gmendment, the President Of the Unit
ed States shall appoint three commissioners to
Examine and report to him in relation