Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-01-31
WILMINGTON, TUESDAY. JANUARY 81. 1865.

eie'o Ve haue 10 priority OF preference VI puy
ment TO the said guaranteed bonds, or said fir!
mortgaged bonds, the amount of suoh corporal
bonds outstanding and uusatshed or uncancelle
shall be deducted from the amount Of such Gov
eminent and first mortgage bonds which til
company may be entitled to receive and issue
and such nm amount only of such 0oyernmen
bonds and such first mortgage bonds shall b
| granted or permitted as, added to such outsland
/ ing unsats6ed or uncancelled bonds Of the com
pany, shall make up the whole amount per mill
to which the company wonll otherwise have heel
entitled dHd dpsoviied, further, That before an,
bonds shall be so given by the United States
the company claiming them shall presen
to the Secretary Of the Treasury an afida
| Wit Of the President and Secretary OF the com
pany, to be sworn to before the judge Of q eour
Of record, setting forth whether said COMPANY
has Issued any such bonds or securities, ard il
so, particularly describing the same, and sucl
other evidence as the Secretary may require
80 as to enable him to make the deduction here.
! in required; and such affidavit shall then bl
| hled and deposited in the office Of the fecretary
Of the Interior. And any person swearing falsely
to any such affidavit shall be deemed guilty o
perjury, and on conviction thereof shall he pun
| ished as aforesaid Provided, also That no land
granted by this act shall be conveyed to any
party or parties, and no bonds shall be issned
to any company or companies, party or parties
on account Of any road or part thereof made
prior to the passage Of the act to which this act
is an amendment, or made subsequent thereto
under the provisions Of any act or acts other
than this act and the act amended by this act
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the
Leayenworth, Pswnee and Western Railroad
Company, now known as the Union Pacific Rail
road Company, eastern division shall build the
railrond from the mouth OF Kansas river, by the
way Of Leavenworth, or, if that be not deemed
the best route, then the said company shall,
within two years, build o railroad from the city
OF Leavenw0rth to unite with the main stem at
or near the city Of Lawrence but to aid in the
constructionsof said branch the said company
shall not be entitled to any bonds. And if the
Union Pacific Railroad Company shall not be
proceeding in good faith to build the said rail-
road through the Territories when the Leaven-
worth, PaWnee aud Western Railroad Company,
now known as the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pAny, eastern division, shall have completed
their road to the hundreth degree of longitude,
then the last named company may proceed to
make said road westward until it meets and
connects with the Central Pacific Railroad Conn
pany on the same line And the said railroad
from the mouth of Kansas river TO the one hun
dredth meridian of longitude shall be made by
the way Of Lawrence and Topeka, or on the
bank Of the Kaneas river opposite said towns :
PFopiasdI That no bonds shall be issued or land
certified by the United States to any person or
company, for the construction of any part Of
the main trunk line Of said railroad west Of the
ones hundredth meridian of logitude and east
OF the Rocky Mountains, until said road shall
be completed from or near Omaha, on the Mis-
souri, river, to the said one hundredth meridian
Of longitude.
Sec. 10. And be 1t further enacted, That at
and after the next election of directors the num-
M In In ala tai
ers shall be fifteen and the number of directors
TO be appointed by the President shall be five ;
and the President shall appoint three additional
directors to serve until the next regular election
and thereafter five directors. At least one Of
said Government directors shall be placed on
each Of the standing committees of said compa-
ny, and at least one on every special committee
that may be appointed. The Government direc.
tors shall, from time to timo, report to the Sec-
retary Of the Interior, in answer TO any inqui-
quiries he may mako oil them touching the COM
dition. management and progress Of the work,
ana shall communicate to the Secretary Of the
Interior nt any time such information as should
be in the possession of the Department. They
shall as often ns may be necessary to a full
knowledge Of the condition and management 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,
and be allowed and paid such reasonable COM
pensation for their time actually employed as
the board of directors may decide.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted. 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. NJ.
ano four O'clock 2. NJ. of said day and all
subsequent regular elections shall be held annu-
ally thereafter at the same place and the di-
rectors shall hold their offices for Que year, and
until their successors are qualified.
See. l5 And be il further enacted That
the several companies authorized to construct
the aforesaid roads are hereby required to op-
crate and use said roads and telegraph for all
purposes Of communication, travel, aud trans
portaton, so far as the public and the Govern
ment are concerned, as one continuous line
and, in such operation and use, to afford and
secured to each equal advantages and facilities
as to rates, time, and transportation, without
any discrimination of any kind in favor Of the
road or business OF any or either of said COM
paniOs, or adverse to the road or business Of any
or either of the others, and it shall not DO law
full for tho proprielors Of any liue of telegraph
authorized by this act or the act amended by
this act to refuse or fail to convey for all per-
sons requiring the transmission Of news and
messages Of like character, on pain of forfeiling
TO the person injured, for saeh offence, the sum
Of one hundred dollars, and suen other damage
as he may have suffered, on account Of said re.
fusal or failure, to be sued for and recovered in
any court Of the United States, or Of any State
or Territory of competent jurisdiction
Sec. is. And be it further enacted, That
any two or more Of the companies authorized to
participate in the benefits of this act are hereby
authorized at any time to unite and consolidate
their organizations, as the came may or shall be,
upon such terms and conditions and 10 such
manner as they may agree upon, and as shall
not be incompatible with this act, or the laws of
the State or States in which the roads of such
companies may be, and to assume and adopt
such corporate name and style as they NAV
agree upon, with capital stock not to exceed
the actual cost Of the roads SO as to be consoli-
dated, and shall file copy Of such consollda-
tion in the Department Of the Interior and
thereupon such organization SO formed and con-
sOlidated shall succeed to-, possess and be enti-
tied to receive from the Government of the Uni
ted States all and singular the grants, benefits,
immunities, guarantees, acts and things to be
done and performed, and be subject to the same
terms, conditions restrictions and requirements
which said companies respectively at the time
Of such consolidation ac or may bs entitled or
subject to under this act in place and substitu-
tion Of said companies so consolidated respec.
lively. And all other provisions of this so far
as applicable, relating or in any manner apper-
tanning TO the companies % consolidated, or
either thereof, shall apply and be Of force as to
such consolidated Organization. Aud in case,
upon the completion by such consolidated or
ganization Of the roads or either Of them OF the
companies SO consolidated any other Of the road
or roads of either of the other companies autho-
rized as aforesaid (and forming, or intended or
necessary to form portion Of continuous line
from each Of the several points on the Missouri
river hereinbefore designated to the Pacific
eoast) shall not have constructed the number of