Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-06-22

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strucuon OF It's road and tee sT1Ph ia the general
I direction ana route upon whch such incomplete
/ or uaooAstrlo ed road Is heTeinbelore authorz d
/ 70 be bUi {, until such Q ntuul ion of the road
OF sue consolidated organization SHAH reach the
cor stiuC ed road aud telegraph 81 nd other COM
| ptny, and at 81 n pliRE 10 come ald unite
! the ewlth; aud Tor AMI IN aid th re0t tn SAID
! consolidated organization may 10 and perform,
IN reference 10 such portion OF road and telegraph
as shall be in Continuation Of its constructed
road and telegraph, aud TO the Construct II aud
equipment thereof, all and singular the several
acts and things hereinoeiore provided, author,
iEed, OF granted 70 be done by the company here
nbet0re a ,thoTiKsd 10 construct and equip the
same, aud sail be entitled TO similar ana like
grant, benefits lmmuulueS, guarantees, acts,
and things 10 be done and performed by the gov
eminent of The Uni'ed 5 tatts, by the PreNuent
Of the Tn ted States, by the Secteta les of the
Treasury and IHterior, and by commissioners
ia reference 70 such company, and 70 such por-
ttou Of the read hereinbefore authorized % be
constructed by ii, aud upon the like and sim lar
terms and conditions, so far As the SAM are ap-
pAoAble thereto, And said consolidated com.
pany shall pay 10 sad detaultng company the
value. 10 he estimated by compe ent engineer,
OF all the work done and material furnished by
said deiaulung company, which may be adopted
and used by said consolidated company in the
progress OF the work under the provision Of this
section: Prorided uererthelssS, That said default
ing company may az any ume, before re .eiveing
pay flr its said work and al iterial, as herein
before provide on its Wn election, pay "a
consolidated company the VI ne of the work done
and material furnished by said cons idated COM
pany, TO be estimated by Comuetent engineers,
necessary for and used IN the construct II of the
ROAD OF sal drtaulting company, and resume the
control OF rs sat1 roa1; and all the rights. beue-
MIS- ana privileges which shall be aCQui-ed, pos
sesssd, or exercised, pu, sIAnt 10 lhls sec ion,
shaIi be TO that eN ent an abatement o the right
benefits, and prlvi,, ges hcreinbefore grant, to
such other company. a nd in case an, company
author 2ed thereto shall not enter into such con
gtah ON, h.,
completion offs road, as heralnoefoIe provided
shall be entitled to and is hereby authorized TO
continue and extend the same, under the same
circumstances, and IN aceordarcs with the pro-
visions OF this .cti0n, and 10 AVE all he hene-
hts thereof, as fully aud completely as aye here
IN provided touching such consolidated orSanizi-
ton' And IN case more than one such uonsoli-
dated organization shal be made, u suant to
TINS act, the terms aud conditions of this act,
herelnbefore reolted As T. one, shall apply in
Ike manner for e, an d effect to the other: Pro
r!ded, however, That rights and interests at any
time acqu red By one such consolidated Grgani-
zttlon shall not be impaired BY another thereof.
II IS further provided that should the Central
racine Railroad Company OF CAN'T rnia complete
tner Ilne 10 the ealltern line of the STATE Of Cal
itornia before 7 E alne of the Union Pacific Rail
ROAD company she'll have been extended we t.
ward SO as 10 NEST the lin Of salt irst.named
company, SAID hrea-named company may extend
their line Of road blstward one hundred and ft,y
miles on the eSta Ii ishedrOute, so4s 20 meet and
complying IN all respects Sith the pr vi,i u sand
ECsnchons OF this act as to sad Union Pacific
fo1d, ana upon DONG So s'al enjoy all the
rights, privileges, and benefits conferred by this
act on said U! ion Pacific Ralro Il Company.
SEC. :, And be IL further enacted, That So mu h
OF section tUUrteel Of said atlas relate, TO
bran from Sioux City be, and the same is
her oh, amended so as to read as follows: Ira
EhenyeVer a line of railroad shall be complete
through the States OF low or Miuneso . q.
sioux CITY, such company, now ofg4ni 3ei or To
my hereafter be organized under the laws OF
IOWA Minnesota, Dakota, or Nebraska as the
Iteslien' OF the United St4tes, 5y its request.
may deslnate or apprO We for that purpose. stall
cons rue. ana operate line of railroad aud tele-
= pm rom SIOUX City, upon the most dir. CT and
Prdctcio4e roUte, TO such point on, AMI so as
~ CVlheg. WIN tie Iowa branch Of the Union
a GCinc railroad from Omaha, or the UnInPacific
railroad, sucA company nav select, and on
the same terms and conditions as are provided
III TINS act and the act to which this is au am end
nent' Tor "a construction OF be said Union and
racine FaIlroat and telegraph line and br inches;
ahd SAID Compang shall com plete thu same AZ
the rate OF nifty nj es per year. Pr0Uidsd,
mat and Union Pacific Railroad Comp ny hal
pe, ana Is h .rebg, released from the construct
i)n Oh sald branch. Aud said company cor
sruclnS e ud branch shall not he Cutitled to
CelTe IN bont, an amount larger than the said
Union Ia tic Railroad Company would b, en-.
titled 20 reeve ifit had constructed the branch
unaeF thlS act and the act to which this IS an
am ndmenti bu. said company shall be entitled
to receive alternate sections OF land for IN mites
IN width on eaeh side OF the same along the
Ehoie tength OF said branch; And provided fur
mex, lbat II Il railroad should not be completed
70 81 uA Cty across Iowa or Minnesota within
ei. cen months from the date of = is ac', then
o4 t company designated by tn President, as
AioteS9td' may commence. continue, and com.
Fie.e ne INSTRUCTION of said branch as contem-
pune % the provisions OF this act: Provided
H0~socf, mat If the said company so DIS grated
hy IN President aforesaid shall NOT complete
ifx n a
i".Hosu WITHIN ten years from the passage Of
TINS act thea and in that case all tn railroad
" men snail nave been constructed by slid com.
pany SHAH be forfeited 10 and become the prop
erty of the United States
Gee. 49, Aad be it FURTHER enacted That the
burlington ana Missouri River Railroad Com
p1ny1 corporation organized under and by
virtue OFT laws of the State Of Iowa BE-, and
through the Territory of Nebraska fir m the
point Wher" It's strikes The Missouri river south
Of the month OF the Plate river 70 some point
not further 81 than the one hundre h mer-
ldlaIl o. vest longitude, so as to connect, By the
most practicable route, with the main tru X of
the Union Pacific "a ilroad. or that part of it
whlca runs from Omaha to the SAID one hun
dreth merriam OF west logn itude. And fo7 the
purpose Of enabling said Burlington an | Miss
Ourl River Railroad Company to construc. that
portion Of th=lr road herein authorized, the
right OF way through the pub ic lands is Hereby
granted to aid company for the construction of
said road And the right, power, and authority
lshereby given u said co npary 10 TAKE from the
P ubllc lands adjacent to the line of said road
earth, stone, tim 7er, and other maerials TOR the
constru stion thereof Said right of way is
granted to said company to the extent of two
hundred feet where 1t may pass over the EubHc
lands, Including all necessary grounds for sta
tons, bu ldlngs, workshops, depots machine
shops, switches, side tracks, turn-t tables, and
water tations. And the United States shall ex.
tinguish as rapidly as may be consistent with
pubic policy and the welfare of the said Indians
the indian titles to all lands falling under the
operation of this section and required for the
SAID night of way and grant of land herein made
SEC. ID. And b u further enacted, That for the
purpose OF aiding IN the construction of said
road there be, and hereby is, granted to the said
Burlington and hissouri River Railroad Com
pany every alternate seCton of public land *
ceptlng mineral lar DIS IA provided in this aGt de-
slnated by odd numbers, to the amount of ten
alternate sections per mile on each side of sa d
road, on the line thereof and not sold. reserved
or otherwise disposed of by the United States,
and to which pre-emption or homestead claim
may not have attached at the time the line tol
said road is definitely fixed: Provided, That
said Company shall except this grant wthio one
year from the passage of this act, by filing such
acceptance with the Secretary of the Interior,
and shall also establish the line of said road aud
file map thereof wsth the Secretary of the In
terror within one year of the date of said ,ept
ance, when the said Secretary shall Withdraw